> How many of us had babies prior to (let's pick a date -- > 1993) that had such severe reflux that it caused self limiting of feeds, pain, and > medication? How many of us had the plain old common garden variety of > spitters? > But didn't some of the babies in pain have "colic"? And now my dh has "reflux" where, twenty years ago, he would have had "ulcers" or "heartburn" (depending on the severity) -- all in parentheses because I am not sure the diagnoses are any more scientific than colic (= ?) Interestingly, my colicky baby was one of those that the research in 1982-83 tested out, and we noted a change with less dairy. Allergies? Another variety / manifestation of intolerances? Jo-Anne Elder-Gomes, IBCLC whose stomach has always tended to rise under stress. *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html