Hello to All, I have a couple of situations posed by an LLL Leader friend. #1 In the group she works with the moms have let the baby lead in introducing solid foods. BBs have started solids anywhere from 4 months to 10 or 11 mos. Mothers did not refuse solids when babies took an interest. On the military base that the group meets at, all babies have a hemoglobin test at the one year visit. Many of these BBs have been diagnosed with low iron, hemoglobin have been 9.5 to 10.4, with the Drs. considering 10.5 on the low end of normal. ALL of these kids are VERY healthy looking, active kids, developing normally in every other way Two things to question, first is 10.5 normal for ALL BBs, or is this a norm taken from infants fed iron fortified formulas and maybe a lower reading is OK in a breastfed baby? Second thing is whether baby led solids perhaps caused the low iron readings. #2 Healthy 15 month old girl, normal weight for height. Pediatrician noticed enlarged breasts. Not just a fat baby with fat pads but breast development similar to what is seen in a newborn from maternal hormones Mom says baby has been this way, with no noticeable variation since birth. Mom is not taking any hormones and the condition does not change with menstrual cycles. Mom thought this was normal. Now that pediatrician has seemed concerned, mom is worried. All the BEST, Linda Pohl, IBCLC