>Hi Denise
>
>In exchange for your reference, I offer the following articles that are
quite fascinating in Acta Paediatr Suppl 397: 1-2 1994, a whole series of
articles beginning with the explanation "The neurobiology of infant-parent
interaction in the newborn: an introduction" which explains how two groups
of scientisits met at a symposium to share important research from the
animal world that is felt to be specifically generalizable to the human
population. A group of experimentally active biologists studying the
interaction between mother and offsprings and its biological foundation in
animals, and a group of clinically active neonatologists and obstetricians.
Other titles include Influences of environmental demand on maternal
behaviour and infant development, The role of the mother's voice in the
organization of brain function in the newborn, Milk as the proximal
mechanism for behavioural change in the newborn, Learning as adaptation in
the infant, Behavioural and physiological consequences of suckling in rat
and human newborns.  They describe a whole new world of ressearch that
discusses just how important early suckling is in learning behaviour
interactions and so on I ended up photocopying most of the journal. They may
well give you a research based argument for why interference with early
suckling can be detrimental more so than ever thought.

Susan Moxley IBCLC
Ottawa
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