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>     Another result of persistent hard crying is  increased cortisol levels.


I'd recommend Sue Gerhardt's book Why Love Matters: how affection 
shapes a baby's brain (Brunner Routledge) which is an accessible 
account of the literature on neurology, psychiatry, development and 
physiology as it pertains to infant care.

My experience is that nurses on paediatric wards seem to get hardened 
to the sound of babies screaming - maybe it's the only way they can 
get their job done. Most maternity units no longer have central 
nurseries (thank goodness) but sick infants cared for in hospital may 
be left alone and untended for hours, and may scream and scream 
(until they give up).

This cannot be good for them, in the short or long term, and the 
Gerhardt book explains why.

Heather Welford Neil

NCT bfc, tutor, UK

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