I'm glad Heather commented, because she has experience. I will say one thing
which occured to me when describing this mom's interaction ( or lack of) with
her child. It almost sounds like the babies in the old orphanage studies who
were not near the door and got little people interaction failing to thrive. A
mom at wit's end, as was described, might be willing to adapt her parenting to
include trying wearing this baby as much as possible for a time. It won't fix
everything obviously, but it might provide something else this baby is
seriously lacking other than food and normal digestion and it might open the door for
change.
Hope this helps,
Judy LeVan Fram, PT, IBCLC

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