Dear Cindy, I thought about the unusual cracking, that it may be attributed to a tongue-tie......something you surely already looked for!!! So felt I had nothing intelligent to add. In my younger years, that didn't stop me.....but I'm in my 40s now!!! I have seen both vertical and horizontal cracks from a tight frenulum in baby. Best of luck to you and your patient; please post what happens. Susan Potts rn ibclc Staying warm with the wood stove in Minnesota.....I love chopping and carrying it in, don't even mind cleaning out the ashes every morning. We bought a big pine toy box that works great for the wood. ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html