Hi, folks.  I personally do not have lots of experience with colic, but as I
read these last posts by R. Coats, the thought came to my mind that there IS
a major difference between breastfed babies with colic and AIM-fed babies
with colic.

This difference lay in the management of this condition and the ability to
solve it.  To clarify, we all know that b/fing is extremely comforting and
allows a nursing mom the opportunity to soothe a crying infant, and to bond
with her high-need child; but also, b/fing a colicy baby offers the mother
and her healthcare providers a wonderful opportunity to actually do the
detective work required in order to try and discover what may be causing the
colic.  It seems to me that AIM-feeding is all a bunch of guess work b/c one
doesn't really know exactly what is in any given formula and/or what baby
may be reacting to - switching formula is nothing more than a stab in the
dark.  But b/fing along with mother's instinct, observation of her baby,
elimiation diets, family history, etc. seem to offer a much better framework
with which to relieve an infant's colic.

Just some thoughts.

Karyn-grace

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