>>How about ADD and ADHD (Attention Deficit)? Does anyone know of any
correlation between the high number of currently diagnosed ADD kids and their
method of feeding?<<

I'm not sure if there was anything behind this question, but you all might
like to know that Gary Ezzo asserts that there are more cases of "ADD"
children because more children are being demand-fed! His answer would be that
demand feeding is the *cause* of much of what we call ADD, and that their ADD
behavior is *learned*,  and not a chemical imbalance or other physical
problem.  To paraphrase the 3rd edition of PREPARATION FOR PARENTING, "95% of
all diagnosed ADD/ADHD cases are actually the result of demand feeding
practices and permissive parenting."  As the mother of one ADHD child, the
first and only of my four children, I take exception to this as I know a lot
about ADD. But *true* ADD often responds to stimulants that would wind the
average person up tighter than a top, disproving the "learned' theory.

This may not be what the question was referring to, but I just had to throw
this in anyway!

-Lisa Marasco, IBCLC
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