I've been spotty in reading L net but saw some of the posts about the toddler w/ breast buds. Isolate premature telearchy, breast buds, but no other signs of puberty isnt uncommon. Its caused by breast tissue sensativity to normal pre-pubertal estrogen levels. In such cases there are no other signs of puberty/excess estrogen such as growth spurts, vaginal tissue changes, or excellerated weight gain especailly in the buttcks and hips ( testosterone puts weight on the abdomen). In the really paraniod parent / doc case one can check estrodiol level and a wrist x ray for bone age to r/o excellerated growth. Once while seeing a toddler with this mom commented she felt the "lumps" and didnt knwo what they were. To which I said "Youre not doing self breast exams are you?" She wasnt. Rob Rob Cordes, DO pediatrican Reading PA _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. *********************************************** 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