I walked back into the living room from getting some OJ for DS, and I saw DD with one arm in her sweatshirt, the other arm coming out of the neck, and an enormous (well, on her) army/bucket hat on her head. I couldn't see her face at all. She pulled the hat off, grinned at me, and said...

I have bites all over me, and I have caught a flea on Moo boy too. I have de-flead the cat (frontline on the back of her neck) but its at night that we are being bitten. I think pesticedes are too risky to use on the matress, has anyone any ideas? teapot

Anne Rogers wrote: I thought I was on the mend, the prozac seemed to be doing the trick, but then bang things started to go badly wrong, I don't know why, it was very frightening, I was admitted to hospital. We've succeeded so far in only giving ds breast milk, thanks to a huge stash in...

Hi-- I posted a "re-intro" post earlier today, and now I have another question I hope someone out there can help me with. DD (our first) is 9 days old today. BF has been going fairly well. Yesterday we had our well baby visit and discovered that she has gained all of her weight back, plus 1.5...

Due to my nips being so painful cos of the thrush, I tipped Ro in closer to me, tilting my lap by tip-toeing my feet. 7 or 8 times a day and 15 weeks later my big toenail on both feet has decided to puncture the skin on the side of my big toes and it's now all inflammed and infected. Nice. ...

I saw a friend and her baby for the first time this weekend, since she had the baby. Baby is about 3 months old, typical for that age, and very cute & chubby. Friend is nursing. Having no problems, not embarrassed about it at all. It was delightful to see, at last, someone with no issues - it...

I posted a while back that my SIL was preg, and was unlikely to get much bf support in her home town. Well, looks as though I didn't have to worry! The baby was born full term, but very little, and can't latch. But SIL is expressing - no suggestion of formula! Her milk came in after 3 days,...

Hi - Two suggestions for your friend: 1. Let the baby nurse on just one breast at a time. He may be getting too much foremilk and not enough of the fat-rich hindmilk. This can be alleviated by nursing at just one breast for at LEAST one feed, and preferably a couple of feeds in a row. (The...

I took ds for jabs today, our surgery has a baby clinic for an hour on a Monday so the waiting room was full of babies. It didn't occur to me til I came home that I was the only one actually holding my baby, everyone else came in with them in a buggy, or a car seat, I'd driven, so when I'd parked I...

Hey ya'll, I'm just wondering, for any of you who have had a c-section, when did you begin to feel like you had something like normal energy again? For this last week I've been so utterly exhausted. I have been walking every day, sometimes for a couple of hours, sometimes shorter, as well as...

I've worked on Anton Edward's birth story off and on since we came home from the hospital, but honestly, it's a bit depressing (though all is well now), and I've abandoned it for now...so, here's the short version. He was born Monday, September 8, at 8:09am, weighing 7lbs, 4oz, 21...

The researchers don't fully know either, but it's interesting to read...anyone here have access to JAMA? http://www.salon.com/mwt/wire/2003/09/30/baby_food/index.html -- 'Tis Herself

It wouldn't be a new day if I didn't stop in to ask yet another batch of questions! Yesterday I pumped for the second time (dd is 16 days old). The reason I pumped is I was engorged and she was showing no signs of waking to nurse soon. I was able to get 4 ounces which I was pretty...

One of Allyson's mom's coworkers had a baby last night. She doesn't speak a word of English, and none of the nurses speak a word of Chinese. So instead of trying to convey "Your baby is hungry and you should try to bf," they just gave the baby formula. Never mind that she *wants* to bf (I asked...

"Cheryl S." wrote: Help, I have nothing to wear! Besides being in post-partum limbo where nothing fits right, it's very unseasonably cold here and all my sweaters and sweatshirts are too bulky to lift up to nurse. What do others in cold climates wear to keep warm yet provide easy...

My two month old has aquired the habit of being extremely fussy before he falls asleep. He is begining to be more aware of his sorroundings and I wondered if the fussiness was related to or caused by all the stimulation. He usually falls asleep peacefully during the day, but at the end of the day...

we have an exclusively breastfed baby of 5 weeks. the wife has to have pretty powerful antibiotics for a week- hence no breast for 2 weeks. my question: how much should she express to keep the breast secretion up for when she resumes breast feeding ? ie 60-70 mls times five be okay- relying on...

I've been pumping for two full weeks now and it's going very well. I pump 5 times during the work day for about 8 minutes each time. I've tried longer, but I only get dribbles (if anything) after the initial 8 minutes. I get between 19 and 24 oz with this schedule, and since Pillbug eats 16-17...

Late last night when I was nursing my daughter in bed we both fell asleep...I was vaguely aware of her nursing on and off and when I woke up an hour had gone by. She was fussing and acting hungry, so I gave her the other breast. An hour or so later she was fussing to be fed again, so I let...

Sara-anne wrote: The wheat is a total surprise, since she's had some of it and hasn't shown any effects. IIRC, there's a high incidence of false-positives with the blood test (like 40%?), and a "she eats it with no negative effects" is more conclusive. You might talk to the allergist about...