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