Hi Netters,

Anyone see/read this article in Pediatrics??  It is amazing to me that
formula can now reduce newborn crying to painful stimulation.  Ross took 72
normal newborns and ingested 2 ml (cc) of Similac, Ross Special Formula
 prior to a heel stick for collection of blood to do a PKU.  They compared it
to the ingestion of water, lactose and sucrose.  They then evaluated the
infants crying duration during and for the 3 minutes after the procedure was
done.  Conclusion: "Milk and some of its components are antinociceptive in
human newborns."  They did though add:  "Thus, mother's milk itself may be
quieting and antinociceptive.  Indeed, according to Barr and colleagues,
mature breast hindmilk significantly reduced spontaneous crying in 10-day
-old infants.  Milk flavor, like sweet taste, may be operating through an
opioid pathway."  What new will the formula companies come up with???

Pat Bull, RN, IBCLC
The Breastfeeding Connection/Medela
Naperville, IL- finally sunny and 80