Hi Nikkie, 

> Dear Friends: 
> Could it be that this baby is missing his  mother? 
> Could it be that the only thing that consoles this  baby is to 
> suckle?  
> (That doesn't mean that he is hungry.) Could someone in the 
> daycare hold the baby while he sucks on a pacifier, after he 
> has been fed a bottle of EBM? 

That was my immediate gut reaction too!  Eating disorders start when  
the only way babies have with which to comfort and mother themselves  
is to eat. 

Here's a copy and paste from an article I did recently -- the comments  
are from a clinical psychologist in Cape Town whose own kids were  
breastfed and family bedded.  He was responding to a local book on  
sleep training, and the fact that babies should not be forced to 'self  
soothe'. 

"Cape Town Psychologist, Abraham le Roux, points out that the results  
of forcing babies to ‘self soothe’ (necessary for sleep training) are of  
serious concern too.  Later as adults these people are likely to need to  
continue to try to self soothe, and the soothers used may include  
alcohol, drugs, compulsive overeating, obsessive sex, etc." 

So compulsive eating starts right there...  I would think this baby needs  
to be carried in a sling, cuddled, rocked, stroked, sung to, played with,  
and helped to know that it's mouth and stomach are not the only parts  
of it that can get any nurturing. 

Just my 2 cent's worth. 

Pat (Cape Town) 

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