Hello, Yesterday my baby spat up some blood shortly after breastfeeding. I immediately told my husband and we called the doctor. The baby seams fine and the doctor told us that it could be related to cracked nipples. Mine are cracked and sore. If the baby spits up after bottle feeding, there is...

Switching to formula (recent). 1. Similac Advance Infant Formula with Iron (powder, sample 8oz can) 2. Similac Advance Infant Formula with Iron (liquid, sample 2 fl oz, for institutional use, provided to me by the hospital) #2 looks darker and smells better (to me). My 8 month old likes #2 but...

I am about 3 months pregnant and I have 4 stepson's (one away at college) ages: 13, 13, 16 and 18. The boys reside with my husband and I on a full-time basis. I have a good relationship with all of the boys and they were actually quite excited when we told them that we were going to have a baby...

Emily is 9 days old now. We've been taking care to keep the belly button stump dry, and watching it for any sign of problem. I started to notice today that something about her was stinky. I assumed her bottom, but realized the odor was coming from the cord stump. There is no redness...

http://www.vierascheibner.org/index.php?view=article&catid=44%3Aviera-retort&id=57%3Avaccination-challenge&option=com_content&Itemid=59 Vaccination Challenge This letter by Dr Viera Scheibner, Principle Research Scientist (Rtd) and now prominent public campaigner, was sent to and...

What sort of birth control are you other nursing moms on? I'm on Ortho-Micronor but I don't like it. I don't get a period, and I am just sure that I'm going to start showing any minute now because I've gotten pregnant again and don't realize it. I tried on a skirt yesterday that's a little tight...

Or am I the only one? Just thought I'd see if there's anyone at all left hanging around and lurking... Or am I all alone??

Here is my opinion on how women can make and keep their breasts healthy and good looking. But before giving the methods, one must know what constitutes a pair of healthy and good looking breasts. Since beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, I can come out and say the breasts are attractive when...

On the train yesterday I was talking to a woman who was keen to tell me that children need to be disciplined from an early age. I did all the neutral 'oh really, well that's not how I want to do it but thanks anyway' stuff but then she told me that she had read about it in a book her pastor had...

I've seen elsewhere people comment that they're 'bad parents' for letting their baby sleep on their chest (I have asked there as well). Is this like sleeping on the stomach and another SIDS risk? DD *always* naps on my chest during the day. It's the only way to assure a nap that's greater than 30...

Hello ladies, I'm unlurking to vent about my nanny. I got the stomach flu Monday night, so I stayed home Tuesday and Wednesday. So, in one of our casual conversations, the nanny told me that when she's taking a snack break, Pillbug mouthes so excitedly that she GIVES HIM A BIT OF WHEAT BREAD! I...

Thanks to all for humouring me through my many paranoid new mom questions. Here's another - first, most of DDs other 'symptoms' have subsided. She still has the face/neck rash but it's gone way down. She's eating well, fussing less, etc. So I'm inclined to think there's no regular food intolerance...

Third case of woman losing baby after Pandemrix jab in Portugal Jeudi, 19 Novembre 2009 10:09 A pregnant woman who took the Pandemrix swine flu jab was rushed to the Hospital de Santo André, em Leiria in Portugal but lost her baby.

By Ann Tracy Mueller I have to admit. It’s been years since I made a visit to Sesame Street. I won’t give away my kids’ ages, but let’s just say one is Gen X and the other a millennial. And, when my older grandchildren were Sesame Street age, I didn’t watch it with them. So, I’ve been out of...

Clip of statement from Mumsnet on the Mumsnet/Gina Ford 'libel' allegations issue. Full text he http://www.mumsnet.com/ginaford/state08082006.html Clip begins: The parenting website, Mumsnet, last night responded to allegations by parenting guru Gina Ford that a posting on the site claiming...

hi. sorry i forgot to ask this question in my earlier post. from reading here, it is my understanding that oatmeal will increase breast milk production. since i am not a big oatmeal fan, i am wondering if Cheerios would also work? also, how much quantity are we talking, how many bowls per day,...

Little porkies and big porkies by Hilary Butler Thursday, April 29, 2010 http://www.beyondconformity.org.nz/_blog/Hilary%27s_Desk/post/Little_porkies_and_big_porkies/ OPEN LETTER : Dear Drs Michael Osterholm, Kris Ehresmann and Ed Belangia; None of you get it, do you? You say you "know the...

I was alerted to this article on an email group I'm part of....I was AMAZED and greatly disappointed to read the following: "The August 2003 issue of Real Simple magazine, currently on newstands, contains an article titled "20 Time Wasting Rules to Break Now." (page 136) What's one of the rules...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x5434322 pitohui Sat Aug-05-06 12:24 PM Response to Reply #18 35. "i nursed my kids two years each" Edited on Sat Aug-05-06 12:27 PM by pitohui that, my friends, is the future the breast-feeders want for all...

Hollywood has the perfect opportunity to positively represent a mother's choice to breastfeed, yet often TV and movies sexualize nursing or make it a laughing matter. While the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that mothers nurse their baby for the first six months of life at least, the...