First, thanks to all who have responded so far, from me and from the mother. I can't begin to say what it means to her to have some new ideas from a group of 3000 people putting their heads together to think about her and her child. I've found some possible leads to OTs who work with swallowing/eating disorders and will be contacting them next week. It seems that both his clavicles were fractured at birth, but this was not discovered until two months later, I think during the hospital stay to try to find out why he was screaming and fighting the breast. Likely uncomfortable to be held from the start. But he doesn't have torticollis, pyloric stenosis or malrotation of the bowel. Reflux has not been investigated, much to her frustration, because he not only spits up, he sometimes 'empties himself' completely - projectile vomiting by her description, though not daily. There has been no investigation of his neurological status. No physical therapist or OT or speech therapist has been involved. The admitting doctor is aware that the problem has not subsided, despite baby's passing the age when 'colic' is a common diagnosis, and his response was to re-label the behavior 'a bad habit'. But mother is optimistic that the PHN will support her if she wants a referral for a neuro or a reflux work-up, which would be at a university clinic. He reacts violently to any food being put in his mouth, but he chews on toys, things he finds, his hands, anything - as long as he puts it in his mouth himself. Mother says 'it seems like his stomach is protesting against the food'. Bottles have been tried, with even less success than BF. He has not been fed formula. Outside of feedings he is a happy child, but very sensitive to sounds, unable to sleep unless the house is very still. They do baby swimming with him and he likes it. Haven't tried, or heard of co-bathing before now, but plan to give it a go this weekend. She defines the problem as 'getting food into him - I spend 24 hours a day getting him fed or worrying about getting him fed and am exhausted'. She is more than ready to wean to anything else at all if it would mean the struggle would stop, and she really hasn't experienced much joy from breastfeeding, but since bottles were even worse, she has continued. If any of this sparks any more drops of wisdom, send them on over. Thanks again for responses so far. Rachel Myr Kristiansand, Norway *********************************************** 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