Judy quotes the Douglas study "infants who cry excessively may be predisposed to GORD after three to four  months of age..." and asks:
~~~ Comments on how this misalignment predisposes to GORD/GERD after 3-4  
months of age? I feel dense, like I'm missing something obvious...

I remember reading in The Continuum Concept (Leidloff, 70s) [sorry, book out on loan so can't quote] that if needs are met when physiologically appropriate, then the need disappears.  But if the need is not met, it can manifest in many ways later.  One of her examples was people with speech difficulties who had never been allowed to crawl; by "regressing" and spending time on the floor crawling, the speech impairments improved.  I wonder if Douglas is saying something similar: if babies receive the "sensory nourishment" they physiologically require in the first 2-3 months, then the GORD/GERD disappears, but if they don't get it, the GORD/GERD continues.

Now I need to see if I can track down the full article to see if this interpretation is accurate.

Nicola Aquino
LLLC-Leader

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