My almost 2 yr old daughter has suddenly decided that she does not want to sit down and eat a meal at the table when DH and I eat. It's pointless to force her as she point blank refuses to eat if we make her, and throws food, smears it etc. So we have not forced the issue assuming that she just...

hi my baby is 14 months old.he is breastfeeding and eating food.he is not drinking water at all.is that fine or water is very important for him? thanks

I'm back!!! YAY!!!! Now to business. :-) Isabella is nursing round the clock trying to get rid of the meconium. She has had about 10 poopy diapers and they are still blackish and very mucousy (she had a lot of amniotic fluid in her). My milk has started to come in today. I've noticed a change...

Can anyone see me? I've written about four posts and can't see them... just checking

Nursing and Ergo Carrier: When my daughter passed 20 pounds, I had a hard time fanning the shoulder of the Maya Wrap, so I got an Ergo baby carrier, which is sort of like a Baby Born with a waist band. The Ergo is great, but it's really hard to breastfeed in it. I have to hold my breast up almost...

Hello everyone, I started weaning my baby girl in August, bfing for the last time on Sept 1. Since then, I occassionally notice milk leaking when I take a shower. My dh has been out of the country for 11 months and returned last week. When he would stimulate my nipples, milk would leak out. Is...

I have invented a device to help infants with reflux sleep. I am looking for a family who has an infant (younger than 1) who is suffering from reflux that is interested in testing the efficacy of the device. Because the device weighs about 75 pounds and is roughly 4 feet long, by 3 feet tall, by...

I ran across the letter below in the local newspaper. I thought you might enjoy it. I've heard most of it before, but the part that really stood out for me was the comment about formula being human milk and not alien milk. At least I think that's what she's trying got say. That's a new one. I'm...

My wife and I just had our first (only?) child and have had daily discussions about giving the baby water in addition to breastfeeding. To this end our baby feeds regularly and is very healthy (knock on wood), but my wife insists that giving the baby is beneficial and I say that in all the...

dh and I are going with a group of friends on a walking holiday, ds will be nearly 1 at the time and at current weight gain is likley to be between 17 and 18 pounds. I used a homemade Maya Wrap type sling to carry him at the moment, we use the frog carry, where he sits facing forwards with his legs...

My friend had the appointment with the lactation consultant this afternoon. She was instructed to pump every 2-3 hours, as well as drink fenugreek tea and malt beer and eat oatmeal. She was also told to drink a large amount of water just before bed so she'll start waking up to pee...the theory...

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well, **I** think it's great news.... :-))))) I just got the call from my RE and.......my progesterone says I ovulated!! Which means I probably have been for the last 5 months!!! **happy dance** Now just to find out how to monitor my PCOS aside from that. but still, nice news for me.

Well.....today I go back to work. Fortunately it is on a part time basis - my teaching schedule is such that I will only be gone M-W-F from 9:30am to 3:30pm. Unfortunately, Sophie is not crazy about the bottle, and we haven't had much success with it. But DH is a pretty patient guy, so I am...

my 3 months old gained only 500 g during last month (he is now 6.650, born 4.150), otherwise very active and healthy baby. poops every day. seems to have problems with reflux and then refuses to eat for awhile. what do you think? should I introduce formula?

I need to go in for an endoscopy due to heartburn that just isn't under control, or resolving. However, the doctor said I should "just pump and dump for 24 hours because the medications are known to pass to the baby" and I said "Uh, this baby doesn't take a bottle" and we sort of stalled. Then...

If I am still breastfeeding, why did I get my period after only 3 months. My supply has dimished recently due to a lot of dental work, infection and antibiotics, had to pump. Trying to get it back up. Could this be why? If I get my supply back up, witll Flo go away? Thanks

We get eco-diapers from www.ecobaby.ie. They're environmentally friendly disposables from Germany, but sold through a company here. I just got a bunch yesterday, and was flipping through all the literature that the company sends with their bill...new products, etc. I found this, inside the...

Hi folks, I posted here for a while after DS was born (5/1/02) and before I got busy with work again. Now I'm expecting #2 (EDD 7/19/04), and have been instructed to rest as much as possible, so I expect I'll have more time for mkp/mkb again. DS nursed until he was 20mo, at which point I was...

In the past week our daughter (almost 5 months, exclusively BF) has done a complete turn around in her sleep habits. She went from sleeping through, usually from 11pm to 9am to waking 2 or 3 times in the night to sleeping very little to not sleeping AT ALL last night. Today I feel like I'm going...