Points well taken. I have had a baby in my practice who was "fussy," and
crying. Baby was diagnosed over the phone, and parents were told to give
baby a suppository because baby was obviously "constipated." At 3 weeks,
baby had not been seen, and was seriously under birth weight.

Kathleen

At 05:39 PM 12/11/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>Before we try to "quiet" babies who are unhappy, we should be carefully
>investigating WHY this baby is unhappy, and set about to fix the problem(s).
>Swaddling, jiggling, etc can cause a baby to "shut down" and shut up, but
>does not fix the underlying problem(s).

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