Hi everyone, Id like to introduce my self to the group... My name is Kristin, im 22 yo, Ive been married for 4 years, and have one daughter 4 yo, and a 10 day old son. I am breast feeding him (even though I hate it) but I am determined to do it this time around. I gave up breast feeding my...

My friend's baby, now 2 weeks and 3 days old, has been losing weight. She was 7lb 12oz at birth and today weighs 7lb 4oz. My friend desperately wants to continue breast feeding but her Health Visitor told her this morning to 'buy a tin of formula and get her on the bottle'. When I called this...

Hello all, I have an 18 month old baby who nurses 10-20 times a day, doesn't get his main sustenance from solid food. Is this bad? He'll eat a very small amount of eggs and beans in morning, sip on diluted juice throughout the day, now is starting to drink a few oz's of whole cow's milk, and does...

This Sunday is our dd's Christening. I know that all babies cry, and if dd acts up during the service she certainly won't be the first or last...however I'm hoping we can make it through without a major explosion because when she cries, she CRIES! For various reasons I choose not to BF in church...

I am forwarding this information that I received by email this morning. Please write! Just a quick note to let you know that the Michigan Breastfeeding Initiative, a peer counseling and education program that especially supports low-income breastfeeding moms, is threatened by Governor Granholm's...

My daughter is nearly two years old now (23 months on wednesday), and still LOVES to nurse, and we still do it in public. However, I'm starting to feel a bit self-conscious, though I keep telling myself not to be. But I am. The cultural deep programming that children should be weaned by now is...

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My daughter is 8.5 months and I'm still breastfeeding her but just recently I started to give her some formula. First I tried the ready-to-drink Similac Advanced formula and my daughter drank it without any problems. Few days later I tried the Similac Advanced with Iron and DHA and ARA formula in...

Ok so I had chicken pox. Then all my kids picked up a bug from school, and I have nursed them better. I started feeling a little ill at night, but now it's full blown flu. I ache all over I have a high temp, cough, feeling faint, blah blah, and am finding it so difficult to nurse Kamron. My...

I know im probably getting anoying, sorry. Is it normal while nursing to wake up in the night in a cold sweat? every night I drench my PJ's I have no fever, and im not hot in any way, just cold and wet. Is this because it has been so long since I have had a period?

Alena won't nurse or sleep. I'm going to try some EBM in a bottle but I'm afraid this will screw up my nursing situation.... Help!!! -- Lina Alena born July 1st, 2003 www.maternalinstinctscanada.com validate the email address before sending.

Okay... since I'm pretty certain I'm not pregnant... why am I getting these horrible pains in my ovaries and light cramping. (It feels like it did when I was pregnant with Alena!!!) Any ideas??? -- Lina Alena born July 1st, 2003 www.maternalinstinctscanada.com validate the email address before...

My niece (10 weeks old) is currently suffering through diarrhea. She's been to the doctor and it was determined to be viral. I didn't know that this was going on until today (they live a few hours away). Her mother has BFed her since birth with several problems. She had to go back to the hospital...

I wrote this a week ago... but here it is. == OK, it's a bit unorthodox as a landmark, but we made it to 13 months of EPing yesterday! I'm especially proud of this one because I've been EPing with a PIS for a couple of weeks since taking my Symphony back for a mum of a newborn. Luke is a...

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...

Is there a teat that's a more 'nipple like' shape (available in the UK) than the standard bottle teats. Just getting prepared for when I have to go back to work and a bottle has to be given in my absence. Anybody got any advice to prevent any nipple confusion, I am not going to give up nursing,...

Hi all- I am new to the group, so I would like to introduce myself... My name is Tiffany, I am 27 yo, married 2 years and have a son that is 12 weeks and 2 days old. I am really enjoying bf. My ds eats approx. every 2 hours during the day and gets up about 2 times during the night until...

*g*...friend sent it to me today A woman and a baby were in the doctor's examining room, waiting for the doctor to come in for the baby's first exam. The doctor arrived, examined the baby, checked his weight, and being a little concerned, asked if the baby was breast-fed or...

Well I went back to work today. Dh looked after Liam until 4pm and then all 3 children went to creche, they got on great. I managed to pump 2 5ozs bottles and will pump a little tonight but it's not enough to feed him, he needs 4 bottles, so it looks like I have to keep combined feeding up. I'm...