DS is two days old and had a check up at the pediatrician two hours ago. His birthweight was 8 pounds, 1 ounce, and at the doctor's office today, weighed 7 pounds, 9 ounces - right after a bm. They asked me to bring him back tomorrow morning, and said that if he has lost any more weight they are...

After a pretty trying (and noisy) fussy spell between weeks 2-8, my 3-month-old dd has now settled down into a happy baby. What a difference a few weeks make! Phew ... I have a sleep question, though: How much is "typical" for a 12 weeker? DD usually sleeps at least 15 or 16 hours a day. Her...

First the rant to get it out of my system: I've just received the first piece of unsolicited parenting advice that has upset me, as opposed to amused me. My DS is 12 weeks old, and doesn't sleep much (see below). I said this in email to a colleague as an explanation for why I couldn't do some piece...

There's a blood drive coming up, I know they won't accept you if you've been pregnant in the last 6 weeks, and DD is now 8 weeks old. Is it a good idea though, or is that 6 weeks a bare minimum? Any likelyhood of the hungry moose going hungry for a while after? -Liz

I can't believe it's been 8 months already, what happened to all that time? How many gallons of milk do you think we have produced? Moo has 2 teeth but has only bitten me a couple of times when I wanted to unlatch him. He does this horrible mangling thing on my mipple when he is teething and I...

Today as I drove to the store, I looked in the care next to me and saw a kid who had to be no more than 3 with a big old purple plastic gerber bottle hanging out of her mouth. UGH. People complain about breastfeeding but NOT about kids with bottles dangling from between their teeth? And, now that I...

This link was in my BabyCenter email for this week. http://tinyurl.com/35y5w I was very surprised to read this in it, under the section on preventing ear infections: "Practitioners such as Ruben believe that mothers transfer certain immune-building antibodies to their babies through breast milk....

The moo has a tshirt with a big red heart and 'boobs' printed over it in large letters. It stops forumla mums telling me he should be weaned! I'd like to make more but need ideas, I like the 'formula sucks' idea someone has on cafe press, and I was thinking of 'I'm a tit man myself'. Has anyone...

Tomorrow, bright and early (well, not so bright - the sun won't even be up yet) I'm heading for Virginia, to an intensive feeding program for my daughter Victoria. Some of you know the struggles we've gone through with her, and the triumphs she's had. Well, she's ready to EAT finally, and maybe get...

Has anyone out there initially had a lot of trouble letting down for a pump and later learned to do it? (Or should I resign myself to never being able to?) Any tips? I tried an Avent Isis, then bought an Ameda Lactina (= Purely Yours; it's known as Lactina outside the US it seems) in the hope that...

DS is 11 months old today and I really don't want to wean him. For the most part, I am enjoying being a bf'ing mom. However, lately I'm feeling overly resentful (not sure if that's the right word though). I feel like DS regards me as nothing more than the person his breasts are attached to. ...

Anne Rogers wrote: (I send him with one bottle of formula and one bottle of ebm, he doesn't usually drink the ebm, so it gets used later in the day whilst I pump to get the next days spare bottle) Why on earth would you give him the bottle while you're pumping? (Sorry if I'm not...

My son (10 days old) is a constant sucker... he likes to be sucking on something all the time. (just to let you know, I am not a demand feeder, I have him on a schedule and it works out better for him, my DD and my self)... any ways He will nurse for well over an hour and I listen for swallows, he...

My dd is 8.5 months old. I would love to read to her. I want her grow up liking books. But there's a problem. She chews on EVERYTHING. She loves to put everything in her mouth except food ofcourse! If she so much as sees a book, she'll chew it and tear it apart. She'll just jump at the book and...

I still hate breast feeding :P but I am more confident that I am supplying what my baby needs! hes gaining weight! YaY

Is it normal for a 2 month old to be nursing as often as he did as a newborn? He'll go 2-3 hours between feeds, 24 hours a day. So far we haven't had a stretch longer than a 3 hours. The reason Im wondering is because during the night, he will wake at regular intervals but then nurse for only...

I wound up with mastitis for the first time - and my nurseling is nearly 2 years old! I thought it was rare this far into a trouble-free nursing relationship? I woke up Wednesday morning (after having no symptoms previously) with a sore breast, and felt awful - fever and muscle aches (on top of...

Your input is appreciated -- Meg has cradle cap. It started about two weeks ago on her eyebrows and is now quite prevalent on her head -- I have read both that no treatment is necessary, and read that it is worth a trip to the doctor (the Mayo Clinic book from State Farm). I have tried soaking...

I work in cubicle land. I just went back yesterday. My experience with my son was that if I went upstairs to the designated pump room every time I had to pump, I never got anything done. You have to march upstairs, plug the whole works in, pump for the designated amount of time while not at...

Tall women with masculine traits seldom have children 10/13/2005 11:59 Tall women have fewer children because it is difficult for them to find lifetime partners Tall women are busy with making good careers and have fewer children, but this is not explained with their failure to find good partners....