Just had to join in the parade of 6-month-old picture postings. I've never posted photos online before, so not sure it'll work but here goes. The first picture's a month or two old but I like it so I'm posting it anyway. The second is Bug's first adventure with prunes and the third is her...

Has anyone ever used the Medela SNS to feed two babies simulatiously? I've tried to use it twice now, with the largest tubes attached, but it seems like nothing flows out of it. Does this mean the babies just aren't sucking hard enough, or is there some adjustment that I'm missing. I thought...

I started my new job a few weeks ago, and was really nervous about the pumping issue since I'm in a really small town and a tiny hospital, not a lot of staff, that kind of thing. The day before I started I told the Chief Nursing Officer that I am breastfeeding and asked if it would be a problem...

At the Thanksgiving dinner table with everyone there yesterday, my BIL says to me, "So now that you're home all the time, what are you doing? Watching soap operas?" Me: "No, I've never watched a soap opera and highly doubt I ever will" (no offense to those that do) BIL: "Oh, are you doing any...

DD is nearing on eight months and still refuses to eat anything solid. We've tried mashed food, jarred food (smoother than I can make it), chunks of solid food and even teething biscuits (I know, they're a choking hazard) and nothing works. She either purses her lips (she's a stubborn one) or, in...

I think we may have finished breastfeeding. Dd (14 months) was only nursing before bed until the weekend and since then she hasn't nursed at all. I am not sure how I feel about it really but I've been trying to find out what sort of feelings to expect and I haven't had any luck so thought I'd try...

I have to give Alena a pill called Lausec (I think I spelled that right) for her reflux. The only way I can give it to her is in some form of a solid (like rice cereal or fruit... or something.) Is this going to cause her allergies and problems because she's only 5 months old??? I sat and cried...

Has anyone found a cheaper alternative to breast milk storage bags? 5.99 for 25 is the cheapest I've seen the Gerber bags, and all the other brands are more expensive. I was looking at regular 2 mil freezer bags, but I don't think they're presterilized. Is it really necessary that the bags...

Hi there, I lurk often and LOVE this group. In the early days of feeding my now 3 month old DS the LC helped me out with a bit of an over-active letdown problem. DS was pulling down off the nipple and choking and "clicking" while nursing. We have that mostly worked out now. We nursed one-sided a...

I have a 3 month old boy that only eats breastmilk, yet my doctor suggests that I give him a whole dropper-full of multi-vitamins every day. I'm not excited about this because it is no joy trying to feed this icky stuff to the baby every day, not to mention that I take a multi-vitamin...

Sorry this post is such a personal nature, but I just don't know what to do right now. I have a yeast infection...not sure where it came from. I was on antibiotics three weeks ago....but that seems like a long time. Anyway, I looked up monistat in Hale's and it was L2. So, I used it last night. ...

This has been happening on and off for about a week and a half now, but today it was for every feeding since we got up this morning. My DD (7 weeks) will act hungry and I will latch her on and start to feed her. Every thing will be good for a few minutes (about 3 or 4), then she will start to cry...

Scheduling couldn't be worked out for tomorrow, so Grandma and Grandpa came over this afternoon for the first solid feeding. They wanted to give her banana, and that was fine with us. They were really so much more excited about it than we were, so we just let them have at it. I figured they'd...

On a crowded city bus, with an elderly gentleman in the seat next to us - you don't get much more public than that! Fortunately DS (5w2d old) latched on beautifully first time and stayed latched, for which I was profoundly grateful! Another first - he hasn't had a (really) dirty nappy yet today,...

Well I feel much better about BF'ing now (still hate it) but I think my crying days are almost over... My DH insisted on me breast feeding, He didn't want to spend the money on formula when we have something free. Well I had a bad night where I was crying and mumbling about hating it on top of that...

Our son Josh is having a rash that's even strange to the doctor. Basically, he got a rash two days after taking antibiotics for the first time (Amoxicilin). The rash looks like red small dots (see photos in the web page below). We stopped the antibiotics and it gradually reduced over 3 days. Then...

After a month of being offline, being homeless and unbeliveably stressed for a few weeks, and finally settling into our new home, I'm finally back online, with a brand new computer, new name, the works. Everyone is doing great..........we're settling into life in the country. The first few...

I know all the things to do to bring my supply back up, but can grief cause supply to drop? Alena's been nursing like mad since Friday, and I'm just wondering if it's grief causing my supply to drop. Things here are still hectic and probably will be for a long time. Any advice? -- Lina Alena born...

we were roped into being a live Mary, Joseph and Jesus for an event at church, someone had done a very good job and we were provided with costumes and an excellent stable with a manger, sheep footstools and a small rocking horse. Nathanael was dressed in a white sleep suit and wrapped in a pillow...

Happy 4th Birthday to Lauren's Alex! I hope you have a fantastic day! :-) -- Brigitte aa #2145 edd #3 February 15, 2004 http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/j/joshuaandkaterina/ "Readers are plentiful; thinkers are rare."