just got back from our 1 month checkup, she's 10 lb 14 oz and 22 1/2 inches. The little mooselet gained 1 lb 2 oz in 2 1/2 weeks, the dr said whatever we're doing is just fine :*) I was worried about her nasal congenstion, it sounds just awful and since she's in bed with us it keeps me up worrying...

I tried to email you but it bounced. sharon

you have to read this blog about a guy whose wife has been shooting her breastmilk at him. it is so hilarious. http://sweetjuniper.blogspot.com/2005/11/la-leche-league-to-rescue.html I so wish I could go back to when I was still brestfeeding so I could do that to my husband. I love that this...

Beware of mutated babies, they will bite off your breasts and eat them! Your baby may be mutated, so beware! Better call the monster hunters first and an exorcist !

Im hoping some one here can help me. My baby is 13 weeks old and has only been breastfeed. I work full time, I can not scale back my hours and I can not get to my baby at all during the day to nurse. She is now drinking 22OZ of EBM per day and there is no way I can pump that much. I have taken...

Your doctor may not be interested, even after you show them the documented results of the clinical trial. You will most likely be told that if the treatment was effective, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) would have approved it; if a treatment is not approved, it cannot be a good and...

I only know of one other NZ contributor to this newsgroup (Amy), but in case there are other readers, there's a good new parenting show on at the moment called Nought to Five (http://www.sparc.org.nz/education/nought-to-five) It's on at 2:30 in the afternoons - i.e. very low profile :( - but...

Hi there, My six-month-old DS has just started solids. I'm just experimenting at the moment, so he's having a few spoonfuls of sweet potato each day this week, maybe potato then apple in the weeks to come. My question is about my parents and in-laws. Now that he's "on solids", I'm a bit...

Hi there, DS (3.5 months, healthy weight gain) has been sleeping technically through the night (5-6 hours) for a while now. (I'm not sure why I wake up to feed him - I have no alarm, and he doesn't seem to be awake, but perhaps he just snuffles enough to wake me up.) Last night he slept for 8...

Hi, I've been breastfeeding DS since he was born three months ago with no problems, but over the past week when it comes to the bedtime feed (around 9pm) it seems like I have no milk to give him in either breast. He sucks a bit then gets frustrated and either pulls off or - more often - keeps...

Quite a few times, my very helpful (I'm not being sarcastic, BTW!) mother and mother-in-law have each suggested feeding DS (8wks) boiled water. I think its purpose is to stop him comfort feeding, or maybe to give him water when he's just thirsty not hungry? Anyway, I'm not really comfortable doing...

Hi, My midwife and child health (Plunket) nurse have given me totally different versions of how to feed in terms of which breast when. (Maybe both their advice is right but for different stages in his development.) Midwife: Alternate at each feed, i.e. one breast for 2-3 hours, then...

Hi there, I'm a long-time m.k.b/m.k.p lurker and found these groups invaluable (as well as being a huge time-waster!) during my pregnancy. I've been breastfeeding my first child since he was born a month ago, and it's all going well (thank goodness!). Now I'd like to think about arranging to...

Hello, My son was pretty early getting teeth--he got two bottom teeth at 3.5 months. Now he's 4.5 months and one on top came in 3 days ago. Ever since the top tooth came in, he's been biting me nonstop. I've read the archives for suggestions, and I've been saying OUCH and smooshing his face...

Hello, My son is now 8 weeks old, and we've been battling a mild (not in the milk ducts) case of thrush for a week or so. At this point I'm not sure what more to do. How do you know when thrush is gone? Here is what we've done so far: -Diflucan for me -Acidophilus for me

Hello, My 7 week old son and I have thrush! One of the things I was prescribed was a cream for my nipples called Ketoconazole Cream, 2%. I think that's the generic name, the brand name is Nizoral. I looked it up on Google Groups, and found that one person's doctor said it wasn't to be used...

Hello, I'm a lurker and I've gotten so much great information from reading your posts. So thank you all for that! Now I have a question of my own to ask, and I couldn't find the answer in the Google archives. My son is 6.5 weeks old and exclusively breastfed. At around 4 weeks, everything was...

I'm a lurker who has posted occasionally in the past. I wanted to post here because I'm so full of emotions and there are only a couple of people in my life who understand extended nursing. My son is 3.5 years old, and I think he weaned this week. For the first 3 years of his life he nursed a...

Hello all, My friend Kim had her third baby, Josie, 7 weeks early. Josie is now 6 weeks old. She is (was until last night) exclusively breastfed. Kim took her to the doctor yesterday for a weight check, and she had gained a pound in 2 weeks. Kim was really excited about that, as the doctor had...

I am so mad right now I could scream. I have told my mother in law who watches my baby half the week to only heat 2 oz of EBM at a time. I got home early today and found that she had heated the entire 9 oz! Is it a total loss. I am new at this pumping thing (I just went back to work) I know I...