Liz discusses an article I hope to get my hands on quite soon:
 

<<So she is saying that MAYBE the reason we have so much  "GERD/GORD" being
diagnosed in infants in modern western cultures, and  maybe the reason we
have so many excessively crying babies, is because the  baby's biology was
not intended to have the infant be "left alone" for long  periods of time,
un-held and un-BF.  But the fact that we DO have so  many excessively crying
baby's may, in fact, be a contributor to true  GERD/GORD diagnosis>>
 
May I humbly suggest that "back in the day" when we had babies sleeping on  
their tummies and car seats were used for cars that we didn't have nearly 
as  much GERD/GORD.  We had "spitting."  But nothing like what we see  now.  
And may I also posit that we really didn't have all that much  GERD/GORD 
until we invented drugs to "cure" it.  
 
Sorta like we didn't have nearly as much Type II Diabetes until we invented 
 Metformin.  And we weren't as worried about high cholesterol until the  
statins came along.  Also like we didn't worry nearly as much as we used to  
about hypoglyemia in babies until we invented chem strips.  Or low levels  of 
hyperbilirubinemia until we developed the bililight.
 
 
I'm not suggesting babies be put to sleep on their tummies. But it's  
interesting to think about. Brian Vartabedian recommends that "tummy time" be  
done a whole lot more than it is now. Many parents don't do it at all because  
their babies "don't like it."
 
And -- I don't think we are leaving babies alone nearly as much as we did  
last century -- particularly in the 20's thru the 60's.  But GERD/GORD is  
far more rampant now than then.
 
Jan Barger, RN, MA, IBCLC, FILCA
Newly  revised!! _http://lactationeducation.com_ 
(http://www.lactationeducation.com/)   
Wheaton IL




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