Graciesmom wrote: I also found a company called Prolacta, with milk banks around the country (and growing). I note that a gmailer with no usenet posting history has leapt in not once, but twice in this thread to enthusiastically promote Prolacta. Prolacta is not...

Ada has just become a nightmare biter, I'm doing the standard stop the feed when she bites, but she just isn't learning, I think this is because she appears to be teething, but the result is she hasn't actually fed other than suck suck suck bite for about 3 days! What on earth to do, to complicate...

I'm trying really hard not to get worried here, but I had Will weighed today (he's 1 in 2 weeks), and he was only 8075gm! That's 17.8lbs. This is way below the 3rd percentile. He was on the 50th at birth, and has gradually slipped down since then. From what I've read, this is considered FTT!! I...

All you wise souls... My almost 12 month old boy is still breastfeeding well, around 4 times a day and 3 or so times a night. He drinks about 200ml of water a day with food, too. He's not ever been a big eater, but lately he's been a really cr@ppy eater. A teaspoon or two of breakfast (porridge...

Anyone ever hear about something this far fetched? I don't know why it popped into my mind, but back just before DD was born, MIL brought it up for the first time... Saying something about how SHE would take DD whenever... Shortly after DD was born, she had said the same thing... She'll take...

I often find I follow the topics about cloth diapers... *I* use cloth diapers for DD, but DH won't because he just can't seem to be able to pin them and all that... He is also not a fan of rinsing diapers, so when he's with DD, he opts for the disposables, and when we go out, I put DD...

Thanks to all who attended the first official group photo of misc.kids.breastfeeding. It came out swell. It was taken just after a lecture "Breast feeding and Beauty tips". http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/8657/silent4xk.jpg

http://cutefamousbabynames.blogspot.com/ Do you know the meaning of your name? Names from all over the world and their meanings... Indian, Hindu, Sanskrit, English, Japanese, Hebrew, Spanish, Danish, Dutch, Arabic, Arabian..... What month baby are you?

My little boy is almost 7 months and we started to introduce solids. He is still nursing every three hours as well. He seems totally indifferent to the food. He's far more interested in bitting and playing with the spoon than actually eating. My friends who use formula seem to have kids that open...

my aunty swears this is true, when she gave birth approx 32 years ago, she had heroin during labour. As in prescribed, not scored it off the street. she said it was great!! my how times have changed -- Parenthood is like being pecked to death by small chickens

I own a homecare agency. Does anybody own one too? Anybody wants to share their experience? my website is www.alliancenursing.org have a great day nina

Greetings folks: I need some help in finding retailers in Atlantic Canada that sell larger size nursing bras. I was a DD before I got pregnant, and now that I have a four week old son, am now making due with a DDD size I found at Sears. It's not quite cutting it though, and the ones I have are the...

Mastitis is perhaps the most distressing problem you may encounter when attempting to breastfeed. You have been making it through the sleepless nights, the relentless feeding schedule, the diapers, the leaking... when all of a sudden you want to stop breastfeeding. Why? Mastitis is the answer. One...

How can I get my baby to nap in the crib during the day? He will nap in the swing, bouncy seat, car seat and stroller but NOT in the crib during the day time. He is out growing the swing and bouncy seat and it would be soooo much easier if I could put him down in the crib but he refuses and screams...

Ok, so for some reason, this really really really ticks me off. I don't understand why "new moms forums" exists and why they've chosen to post all the content from these established usenet newsgroups. A quick dash around their website shows, they've got a grand total of 31ish members (woop doo)....

I was planning to purchase the Medela Pump in Style pump, but was just told I can borrow the Ameda pump from WIC (I work for a health dept, they have a few for employees). I don't know which model only that it's "hospital grade and runs US$450. I just have to buy the kit. I was thinking maybe I'd...

Motherhood - A Trivial Pursuit? By Jacklyn Lee Lindstrom You've no doubt heard of Trivial Pursuit, the popular board game based on answering trivia questions. I've often thought that mothering is similar to such a game. It seems we spend much of our time in a maze of trivia, fumbling through the...

I hope this isn't way OT. I haven't been regular since pregnancy. I have done all the things they say to do, high fiber, lots of water, exercise, etc, to no avail. I hate taking laxatives, and hope there is a natural approach to solving this problem. Someone told me it might be a...

My son still takes a long time to eat at my bbs. He's never really popped off when he's done...he just continues to suck at them until I manually pop him off. I was always told that when he's done, he'll come off. If I don't pop him off, it seems that he could go on forever. How do I know when...

So, since I am close to getting an IUD, I'd like a little assurance that it really is the way to go. I've heard alot of people say they loved it, but I feel a little uneasy about having semi-permanent hardware hanging out in my insides... The things I am most worried about are pain/discomfort,...