Interesting thread, personally. My highest need baby who slept little, nursed constantly turned out just fine. The "easiest" of four children was the one who is bi-polar. She distinguished herself very early,before toddlerhood, by being alternately very perceptive or misinterpreting others words or actions, shy,and constant thumb sucking. A grandchild was very high need - had to be sucking continuously - nursing or pacifier. At 13 yrs. was discovered to have a large hole in her heart. There was a Japanese study that spoke to midline defects being common among children who needed excessive amounts of sucking. Anne Grider *********************************************** 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(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html