I just finished reading my January/February 1997 issue of the Journal of Perinatology. They reported on *Vitamin D Deficiency in Pregnant and Breast-feeding Women and their Infants.* They studied five infants brought in for hospitalization in Vancouver, Canada, and found to have low serum levels of total calcium and symptomatic vitamin D deficiency. "Four infants were totally breast fed and the fifth at age 15 months received most of his nutrition from breast milk. Four of the infants were light skinned and all had poor sunlight exposure. " All of the mothers had diets deficient in vitamin D and Ca, and either low or absent of dairy intake.They summarized that "regardless of race, lactating mothers with poor sunlight exposure who avoid dairy products may have vitamin D deficiency. Vitamin D in breast milk correlates with maternal levels of vitamin D. Mothers who are deficient in Vitamin D would be expected to have low levels of vitamin D in their milk, perhaps placing their infants at increasted risk for vitamin D deficiency. .....(and) indicates that all mothers of infants with vitamin D deficiency should themselves be studied for vitamin D deficiency. ..Lactating mothers with poor sunshine exposure who avoid dairy products should receive vitamin D supplimentation, as should their infants....." I thought this was an interesting article. They nowhere said to stop breastfeeding to cure the vitamin D or Ca deficiency. However, if you have any problems with these findings, remember, I am just the messenger here, folks, so if you have any discussion or questions about this article, I would be happy to e-mail you the journal's address. Debbie Rabin, OTR, CLC Los Angeles, CA