Katie Thanks for the refs on bone loss. I will add them to my file on this. Just happens that I went to a new (female) family practice doc this week. She asked what I did and I explained. She said her sis is trying to wean her 1 yo and did I have any tips? Oy - did she open a can of worms! Well, this doc stated "lactation is a huge drain on a womans' body." And "at 1 yr it is definitely time to wean." Well....that got us into all kinds of things like weaning age, bone loss, and also meds and unnecessary weaning. In her defense she did ask me to fax her a bunch of things re osteoporosis and current refs she could use about meds. Of course I gave her Tom's book info. Hope I will make a little difference to the bf families in her practice. Laurie Wheeler, RN, MN, IBCLC Violet Louisiana, SE USA _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com *********************************************** 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