Dr. Nils Bergman speaks in his research to the rising levels of cortisol in
infants separated from their mother, these stress hormones are associated
with increased illness. I am just in the middle of a pop science book called
Genome that speaks to this. Bergman's research also speaks to changed
patterns of breathing in infants separated from their mother.  This stress
patterned breathing is something I have always assumed is normal since I
hear so much of it. So infants in cribs would have much higher levels of
cortisol and therefore higher levels of illness.



Pat Thomas PHN IBCLC
Winona County Community Health
Winona, MN

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