Diane says,

> Maybe it's worth taking another look at overactive let-down/oversupply.
> A few years ago I saw a momw/ a *miserable* baby.  I was confident
> *I* could settle the baby in a slingand get her to sleep... but I couldn't.
>
>
I'm convinced we get to help moms with these babies in order to make sure we
KNOW we don't know it all.  I'm always humbled when I can't fix it -- can't
even HELP, sometimes.  Sigh.

I pondered the oversupply thing -- even thought that might be it when I first
talked to her on the phone, but no, I don't think so.  He's like this
unrelated to feeds -- as I said, it started in the hospital before he had
even gotten anything to eat -- and then even before her milk came in and all
she had was colostrum.  And even now, she's lucky to breastfeed him for more
than two minutes once or twice a day before she just resorts to giving him
the bottle in utter despair because he's screaming so much.  When I saw him
yesterday, he settled for a few minutes after his bottle feed (of EBM) and
almost drifted off to sleep, but kept rousing himself as though he couldn't
bear to keep his eyes shut.

She told me that the nurses kept bringing him to her in the hospital telling
her that he was crying inconsolably -- and she couldn't do much to console
him herself.... which is what led me to the birth trauma thingy -- but then I
wonder about the possibility of true lactose intolerance?  While I know that
theoretically this can't occur in babies, I wonder if there is that rare
child.....

Nothing amiss in the stools, however, and abdomen is soft, and he's not
particularly gassy (which is a miracle given the amount of time he spends
crying).  I called her and left a message -- which she hasn't yet returned,
so I don't know if she tried anything I suggested or not.

Jan

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