I disagree with the suggestion that because strategies such as swaddling and holding can stop a baby who is crying and colicky, that the baby must not have been in pain. There's good research out there to show that skin-to-skin contact and breastfeeding relieve pain in infants (and they tested this with real pain - a heel prick, if I remember correctly). If those two things relieve pain, why can't others? Teresa Pitman Guelph, Ontario *********************************************** 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