Hi, My DS (12 days old and 3 weekd before due date) seems to want to sleep more than 4 hours at times. I have to wake him up to nurse and most times I am unsuccesful in waking him up. When he does wake up, he normally only nurses for about 10 minutes on one breast and that's it. He has plenty of...

Hello everyone, I am looking into storing breast milk in the freezer. I was not sure if any brands of storage bags or milk storage systems are recommended over the others? looked at Medela, Playtex, First Years etc and cannot decide which to get.... Not sure what to look for, honestly......

I am a Journalism student at San Jose State. I am doing a reasearch on breastfeeding. Thanks to everyone who responded. I am not against babies. I am not againtst babies being breastfed in public places. I am just doing reasearch. Your answers do not eliminate my responsability of doing homework....

Hi, I am thinking about becoming a breastfeeding counsellor, and I was wondering if anyone has any experiences that they would tell me about. I am based in the UK, and I am not currently a member of any BF organisations. I don't know anything about any of them, either good or bad. I know that...

Ada developed some spots last week, they instantly looked like fairly bad acne, rather than blisters that then scabbed over. Basically everything pointed away from chicken pox. By Sunday they had spread so she has a lot on one arm and one leg, quite a few on the other arm and leg and the odd...

My friend's DS is about 3 months old. He is currently exclusively breastfed, though he has had some supplementing due to bad jaundice in his early days. He seems to be suffering from a severe case of reflux and while the prescribed Zantac seems to be helping, it is not eliminating the...

My friend is 4 months pregnant and was recently diagnosed with ovarian cancer. She was really wanting to breastfeed, but her doctors are telling her she can't because of the treatments she will need once she has her baby. I guess I am wondering if anyone on this group has any advice or comments...

Did anyone treat their thrush with GSE (grapefruit seed extract)? Did it work? How long did you use it to get rid of it? I've been using the Nystatin, but still have thrush, so I bought GSE today to try to kick it. I've read that the Nystatin liquid for the baby has sugar, so I think maybe...

"medgirl" wrote in message ... I know this will be a little controversial here, but please bear with me. DD is now almost 13 months old. I love nursing and feel like I could do it for much longer if there...

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Sorry this is a bit OT, but I always get such great advice here. DD is now 19 months, and DS is due in July. I've been on and off bedrest for spotting, now off, but not supposed to lift much, exert etc. We just flew last weekend to my grandfathers 90th bday and we have GOT to get a smaller car...

I know it varies depending on the severity of the allergy, but I'm wondering how long it may take for my son to stop passing blood in his stool after I've eliminated dairy? I'd love to hear any one else's experience with this. Our story is that at 4 weeks he passed his first blood. I...

Hi.. I have a 2.5 mo son and I have been BF him since birth. Most nights I pump once at night while he is sleeping to have a spare bit of milk JIC for the next day or so. I have a hospital grade pump (Ameda Elite) and have the right size flanges, but I seem to only get one let down with the...

I'm due back at work tomorrow. Before E was born, i was quite sure I wanted to go back to work, but now, I keep having second thoughts. She will be taken care of by my Mom until June, and then will go to a daycare. It's just, I didn't expect to feel so.. sad. I feel like I'm neglecting my duty of...

My newest son, Harry, passed his 3 week mark on Wednesday. At his check on Tuesday, he had gained a pound over his birth weight, and diapers are all looking good, so we're not too worried about him, at the moment. BUT: after clortrimazole and gentian violet, my boobs are still killing me, but in...

We don't currently co-sleep with our 10 week DD and have tried to follow the recommendations from the SIDS organizations. She sleeps swaddled in a cot right next to our bed with a breathing monitor under her, and I even wrapped the matress in her cot. I know, probably going overboard, but I'd...

OK - tonight I cheated, just a little. On the last two nights, he's had his dummy in his mouth already when we went into the bedroom, and so he's just sucked on that as he went to sleep. Tonight, as I was getting him ready for bed, he put his dummy down to chew the Vaseline bottle, and so instead...

I've got a few months before I need to buy anything, but I'm trying to make a list to work out a budget so planning a bit ahead. - If needing to pump due to FT work (ie 8+ hrs away from baby), I guess an electric pump would be best? - What are your recommendations? Is there a reason to rent...

Hi folks, I haven't been keeping up very well with mkp or mkb --- life is just too busy with two kids and a job --- but I wanted to pop in a post an update in case there are folks around who remember me (I do see some familiar names still). DS2 is now 6 months old. He had his 6 month WBV...

My DS (2 1/2 months) usually nurses for 10-15 min on each side during one feeding. Starting yesterday he started pulling off at 2-5 minutes. I thought he was just messing around so I put him back on, and he would suck for 10 sec and pull off again. Lather, rinse, repeat, he gets mad and starts...