I looked down at the pump and saw that the little silicon thingy that creates the suction in an Isis was covered in soapy foam, which was climbing up the horn (never happened before). So now I have a two ounce bottle (Bottle A) of potentially detergent-ful, almost thin enough to...

After my baby was born I couldn't immediately nurse her. So I rented Lactina and pumped 2/3 times in total the first two days. Then I came home and started giving her formula that the ped at hospital gave me. I pumped may be 5 times in total the whole of first week. The second week I never pumped...

We took Joey to the cleft palate clinic last week for his 2nd evaluation. At 4 months, he happily surprised the group with his chubbiness and overall good health. This momma was told that her cleft-affected baby would be a slow gainer and likely have numerous ear infections. Well, he was in the...

ted wrote: Those babies that go to daycare while fully on breastmilk.. I assume/expect them to be more resistant to colds. Is it the case? Or do they catch colds like their formula buddies but just recover faster? Is it possible to not catch cold when three other friends are sneezing? ...

I found this article on weaning in a local "Parents and Kids" online paper. http://www.townonline.com/parentsandkids/news/news/pak_feapkweanaug07252003.htm. I was surprised at how open-minded it was, and generally okay with the idea of child-led weaning. With the thread about weaning that just...

Welcome back, Michelle! Sounds like a headache! Hope you catch-up soon. Love, Carolyne in CA Michelle Podnar wrote: Hello,

Color me bitter and jaded, I guess. Seems that daycares in this area are a) full, b) not taking infants under 19mo, c) not taking PT children, d) not approved for subsidy. I need so damn little childcare....3 spells of about 4 hrs each and maybe an evening here and there Anyone have any good ideas...

Hillary Israeli wrote: OK, I'm using the word "weaning" here in the UK sense to mean introduction of solids, just because the subject line got way too long when I tried to say "constipation in a baby who has started solids relatively recently but is still breastfeeding quite a bit"...

Does thawed EBM have an odor to it? I have just thrown 2 thawed EBM bottles out because they had an odor--kind of like a plastic smell or maybe freezer burn--it really bothers me to throw any bm out but better safe than sorry. Our freezer door was left open for a few hours a couple of weeks ago...

"Emily Roysdon" wrote in message ... newfy wrote: I've been thinking about this all day. As an expecting parent, I believed that it was my responsibility to educate myself. Obviously, not everyone does....

At her appointment her Dr told us we could start to give her egg yolk mixed in with her cereal a few times a week, does anyone know why we should do this? DH and I never thought of asking him. Should I be doing this or s hould I not? I know of no pressing reason TO do it, but there's no...

I just wondered what everyone else's experiences with extended nursing is... My 18 month old is still nursing like a champ, at least every 4 hours, and still not that interested in solid food although she has her days when she eats and eats and eats. I was just reading a post about a 15 mth old...

I've made an apt with my dr for tomorrow. I think that we may have a touch of thrush. This is what I told my hv on the phone earlier and she advised a trip to the drs My nipples are still very sensitive more than 2 weeks into bfing Liam. They aren't cracked (afaict) There are white spots on the...

have any of you uk mums decided not to have the 8 week jabs? i teapot

Lina wrote: "Dawn Lawson" wrote in message ... http://www.quackwatch.org/03HealthPromotion/P/p01.html You folks wanna read this and see if it hits you the same way it did me? I think there are 5 pages. Dawn

Anne Rogers wrote: After not being weighed for a few weeks last Monday my baby weighed 8lb 13.5oz aged 10 weeks 5 days. Today aged 11 weeks 5 days he was reweighed on the same scales he weighed 8lb 11.5 oz, a weight loss of 2oz in a week. This week I have been eating well (oat meal for...

My DH and I get alot of "concern" from people about how we are raising our DS and how he is going to react to his new Sister (we just found out on Monday). They seem to think since he has had so much attention and is still bf and still co-sleeps with us that it's going to be a big problem. Sear's...

My 5.5 month old dd nurses from me at nights and during the day she get ebm bottles. Like all moms, ever since she was born I haven't slept deeply. I can hear every sound during the night. She sleeps beside me. I nurse her to sleep. I don't know how much she gets during this nursing session because...

Hi everyone...I've been lurking here for 18 mths or so (anyone around that long might remember a few posts I made when the National Post printed a letter of mine protesting a ridiculous bottle-feeding image). My DS is now 30 mths old and nurses 2-3 times daily weekdays (when I work) and 4-6...

I do not understand "supplementing." Does this work for some people and still allow you to breastfeed? It seems to me like a recipe for spiralling toward exclusing bottle feeding. If you are not making enough milk, how is supplementing going to get you to make enough milk? What is the end game...