I think it is important to remember that differetn babies respond to the same stimulus in varied ways. My experience with broken clavicles has been more in the direction of continued fussiness and refusal to bf on the side where pressure on the broken bone was greatest, but these babies also were very vigorous nursers, not the ones inclined toward more gourmet eating styles. Some babies post circ shut down; others are fussy to the point of being inconsolable. Why not similar kinds of ranges of responses to other reasons for pain? %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %% "We are all faced with a series of great %% %% opportunities brilliantly disguised as %% %% impossible situations" - definition of a %% %% lactation consulting service. %% %% Kathleen G. Auerbach, PhD, IBCLC %% %% [log in to unmask] Homewood, Illinois USA %% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%