Annie writes:
"Tongue tie?  I helped a baby like this, he wasn't tongue tied, and he
finally
got bfing at about 8 weeks.  I saw the mom everyday for 24 days!  He is
still
going strong at the breast at 13 months.  He has always been pretty
grumpy
and anti-social.  He never really did the sing-songy cooing, toe
grabbing, or
easy laughing.  He has gained well, is obviously very bright but it
seems
like there is a missing link.  It has been a very strange case and I
wonder
what the future will tell us. Any LC's had a similar experience?  His
was a
very normal pregnancy, very healthy mom and dad and a wonderful
homebirth."

I wonder about autism.  You might not want to mention that outright to
the parents initially, but perhaps you could suggest to them that while
this may just be that babies personality, it isn't the way babies
usually act and they might want to consider having him evaluated
further.  If it is such a problem, it seems that early interventions can
lessen the severity.  In autism, the natural tendency is for the parents
to back off on interacting with their infant because it seems to make
the child uncomfortable.  For years this was observed and the parents
were blamed for the condition because they were seem as "cold and
unfeeling".  Eventually someone realized that that was a reaction to the
baby's behavior rather than the cause of it!  Unfortunately, in the
meantime too many parents were given a real guilt complex which in
itself interferred with their relationship with their child.  (Sorry, I
wandered off topic a little.  It's a real sore spot with me.)

Winnie

             ***********************************************
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