I spoke by phone today with a mother (PTP) whose 12-month-old has her concerned. She says he is "99% breastfed" and rarely eats much solids though she offers with the baby-led weaning approach. Baby nurses very frequently, 30 seconds-15 minutes at a time at intervals of 10 minutes-2 hours (almost never longer). He also requests as much as 2 ounces of water at a time when eating food. Due to the baby's apparent constant thirst, and family history (2 and 3 generations back) of Type 1 diabetes, his blood glucose was tested and turned out to be fairly low -- 65 mg/dL (~3.6 mmol/L). Baby's 19-year-old sister has severe food allergies, so baby's lack of interest in solids may not be surprising. His frequently soaked diapers (sometimes 1 cloth/hour) would seem to indicate that thirst is not due to sweating in the Oklahoma heat. Please tell me, wise ones: Based on this report, are you worried about this child? What information about blood sugar issues at this age would you refer the mother to? What, if any, sort of practitioner would you refer this family to? Thanks, Ruth -- Ruth Piatak, BA, MS, LLLL, IBCLC Tulsa, Oklahoma 214-886-1218 [log in to unmask] *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html To reach list owners: [log in to unmask] Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask] COMMANDS: 1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: set lactnet nomail 2. To start it again: set lactnet mail 3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet 4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome