GE reflux is the diagnosis du jour of the medical profession for fussing babies. It is greatly over diagnosed and way too many babies are being put on medication. Lacnet readers may be interested in a recent article and editorial in (by Moore and Putnam respectively) in the August issue of Journal of Pediatrics that report on fussy babies who had reflux...were treated...had their acid reduced...BUT it made no difference in their crying. http://www2.us.elsevierhealth.com/scripts/om.dll/serve?action=searchDB&s earchDBfor=iss&id=jpd031432&target= Best wishes, Harvey Karp *********************************************** 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