I find this very facinating, Rachel.  Thank you for posting.

I have wondered about the psycological vs. physical symptoms on non-eaters 
for some time (both infant and adult).  I myself am what I like to call 
an "emotional non-eater", meaning that I do NOT eat when I am upset, 
worried, bored, nervous, excited, stressed, too busy, etc.  I simply have no 
appetite during these times, and food becomes work.

Emotional eaters are the opposite.  They eat during those times because food 
helps to calm them and make them feel better, or to distract them.

Because I am an emotional non-eater, I know first hand that I DO reach a 
point where even if I feel hunger, I cannot eat.  That is when I start to feel to 
sick and may get a migraine, have no energy and often become quite 
nausiated.  You'd think at that point I would just put food in my mouth, but 
it's not that simple in the absence of appetite.

I can certainly see how this affect could easily happen for an infant, and how 
it would further negatively affect milk supply and the breastfeeding 
relationship.  I personally believe more studies/training need to be done on the 
emotional well-being of infants and on mothers and professionals learning to 
read the signs.

If anyone has any further info, I'd be interested to hear it.

Blessings.

Karyn-grace Clarke, IBCLC, LLLL
Gulf Islands, BC, Canada
www.breastfeedingwithkg.com

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