Debbie wrote: <<My sons would get "mean" right before my period.....Since I nursed my second child for 4 1/2 years, it became especially noticeable with all the heavy fits that he threw at that time.>>> My son (breastfed for 3 years) picked up my moods like blotting paper, even after he weaned. Sometimes his behaviour was a cue to me that I was due. While I have heard lots of babies fussing and feeding more around the time of mother's menstuation (some around ovulation), I suspect tantrums and moods are more the result of the close relationship breastfed children have with their mothers. Ros Escott IBCLC Tasmania, Australia