In a message dated 98-02-24 04:31:45 EST, Donna writes: << DH came leaping downstairs to turn the radio on so I could hear a CBC radio program "As It Happens" interviewing Dr Michael Commons, the Harvard researcher who looked at stress levels in babies who were left to cry or left alone. >> Hi Lactnetters, Any ideas on where his research is published? I am pushed beyond my limits with the don't spoil/let them cry/self calming stuff. I am collecting a file of articles and research to have available to the moms I contact (the usual books, too, of course). See, that's pregnancy sensitivity going full steam. I can see that my bfing classes and my LLL group are in for an intense few months! Karen Seroussi, LLLL Norwich, CT --"Let your food be your medicine." Hippocrates