Emily is 10 weeks old now and usually only wakes up once in the night. We were just at the pediatrician for her 2 month checkup and shots, and she weighed in at about 10lbs, which put her in the 25th percentile. I asked the doc what it all meant, and he said the charts were worthless or...

An Urgent Warning to Parents About the Dangers of Soy Milk for Babies - Soy infant formula can be outright deadly, no matter what you may have been told. http://v.mercola.com/blogs/public_blog/An-Urgent-Warning-to-Parents-About-the-Dangers-of-Soy-Milk-for-Babies-17650.aspx

Thanks for being such a wonderful group! http://tinyurl.com/yw83k xxx -- Andrea mom of 5 - latest addition Kamron David 6 months still nursing strong with 2 teeth!

Since Jamie was down to nursing only a few minutes at bedtime and I was planning to wean him fairly soon, I went to "don't offer, don't refuse" sometime a couple of weeks back. Instead of getting the breast out ready for him when we lie down together, I would lie down with him with my breast still...

the weight starts to come off! It's happened twice now, have baby, lose significant weight in first week then nothing until after 1st birthday. I've breastfed both beyond the first birthday, so it doesn't really make sense, very little has change in terms of breastfeeding this time since about...

Jamie has been day-weaned (mother-led weaning) for about six weeks or so now, and this week I'm planning to night-wean him (as I'm off work for the week and so if it proves difficult I can catch up on sleep during the day). I'm planning to keep the bedtime nursing going for a little longer to get...

Same thing tonight, exactly. When we lay down on the bed, Jamie just snuggled against me and sucked on his dummy without showing any interest in nursing. Tonight was quite a bit harder to deal with than last night, because, of course, it no longer looks like a one-off. I know that weaning isn't...

I was reading Ann Landers yesterday and they had a lady write in because NIP upset her. Here is the column.... Dear Annie: I recently attended a baby shower for my niece, who had a baby last month. There were 25 women in attendance, ranging in age from 6 to 89. While my niece was in Lamaze...

(I posted to mkp last night, and forgot to cross post. But, this time I just have a napping baby on me, and have 2 hands for typing, so it'll be a little longer!) Gwendolyn Beatrice was born 4/8/04, at 1:53 pm. 8 lbs, 8 oz. 21.5" long Breastfeeding is going well. She's doing a lot of...

Sophia arrived at home this morning at 3:30, after 27 hours of labor -- mostly prodromal, but with 4 hours of pretty hard ctx. towards the end. 2 minutes of pushing (this time I knew what I was doing :) which led to a small, non-suture-needing labial tear, but otherwise no harm to me. Even though...

G'day oht nak 8-) Madeleina Venus (7 lb 7 ozs, 19.25") was born by a natural VBAC on Sat Nov 12th at 6:41 am after 3 hrs 20 mins of labor, including a speed down the freeway with my bum in the air trying not to push. No offense elizabeth, but I had no desire for a car birth 8-) She is beautiful...

So, I'm approaching my one-year mark with my second nursling (!!!) and while I am of course thrilled to have a healthy baby (almost toddler!) with a healthy appetite and love of mama's milk, and I am thrilled to be able to provide her with breastmilk as a source of nutrition and comfort, I also...

There are *no* threads about Circe/Barbara anywhere to be found in my newsgroups until the post from her today announcing her return home from the hospital. None from Angela. None from Grandma Katie. Aaargh. I didn't want to be on AOL in the first place as I'm used to better software (long...

My sweet wonderful 6 week old DD has picked up a few annoying eating habits. I'm posting in hopes of getting some insight into either why she does this, what to do about it, or both. 1. Towards the end of a feed, sometimes she'll start contorting and twisting her whole body around while keeping...

Jaden turns six months old today. That seems to be a traditional time for an update post, so here it is. His check up is tomorrow so I'll find out then how much he weighs. I'm guessing somewhere around 17.5 pounds, which would be a gain of 9.5 from his birthweight. 9.5 pounds of breastmilk. ...

Hello, I know this is a YMMV situation. However, I would like people's thoughts on this. I've been breastfeeding for almost 14 mo. Still no period. I would like my fertility to return. DS nurses approx. five times a day between the hours of 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. (this includes comfort nursing) I...

Hi there all! We are going to take the kiddos to A Day Out With Thomas and I would prefer to wear the little one (she'll be 2 months when we go) rather than bring a stroller (can't take one on the train ride) . I don't know if I will be proficient enough at using my Maya Wrap sling by then, i...

Will has sucked on a piece of orange before with no ill effects. The only thing I can think of to cause these frequent poos (aside from a tummy bug or teething) is the litre of orange juice I drank on Thursday night - all in one go. The poos have been happening since friday morning. Could this...

drum roll I'm happy to announce that for two weeks now Erin is sleeping through the night :-) Before she'd wake up once during the night to eat (between 3 and 4 am). But now... She wakes up around 11:30 pm for feeding, eats for 20 minutes, then it takes another 10 minutes for her to fall...

Well I feel much better about BF'ing now (still hate it) but I think my crying days are almost over... My DH insisted on me breast feeding, He didn't want to spend the money on formula when we have something free. Well I had a bad night where I was crying and mumbling about hating it on top of that...