Someone wrote: "Infants under 6 weeks of age can die or sustain permanent neurological damage from herpes viruses, including herpes simplex I and II." Thanks for this information. Does the danger *gradually* fade as the baby gets older (so one would still be somewhat concerned about, say, a 3 month old) or does it abruptly stop after six weeks? Re FLKs -- while people may object to the phrase "funny-looking kids" this is often used by health care personnel, and, as explained before, refers to the child without a diagnosed genetic abnormality, but who may very well have something mild the matter with them; writing "FLK" in a child's chart is an alert that the child should be watched closely for developmental disorders. In addition to FLP (funny-looking parent), you may find "SUP" in the chart under FLK. SUP stands for "See the Ugly Parent," which is less kind, but probably more commonly used. And remember that simply because the parent is funny-looking/ugly doesn't mean that the child is fine. The child AND the parent may have a mild, undiagnosed, genetic problem that may put the child at risk for developmental delays. Never assume that the ugly parent doesn't also have a problem. Kathy Dettwyler, parent of an FLK _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx *********************************************** 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