I've rented a Medela lactina (also used the Ameda at the hospital, not sure which I prefer, both are ok but only Medela was available to rent). It's working well, my problem is how the heck I get the parts to dry in the 3ish hours between use? We're running the a/c in the house so it's not like...

I gave up on trying not to be a paranoid new mom ;-) At 3.5 months DD had her checkup with the developmental specialist who declared all as well developmentally, no residual effects from the birth/nicu/drugs. She was doing everything she should do and more at that point. Around that time she...

I've asked a number of questions in the past few months and haven't responded with an update, so I'll just do a summary. Thanks as always for all the help and advice. 1. 6 month old and not rolling over -after I posted of course DD rolled over the next day. Then I realized she rolls from back to...

This is more of a vent than anything... DD has always been a reverse cycler since I started work. About 6 weeks ago I went away for 2.5 days and she started taking more by bottle at daycare. That lasted the week. Then she started gradually dropping back again, so much so that now, she's only...

A really BAD cough? I've had a cold -which starts with flu like symptoms but no fever - every 2 weeks for months now. It gets better after a week then the next week starts again. This time, it's at its worst, and the drainage (finally - I was having a really hard time breathing at all, even...

I don't _want_ to wean DD. In my ideal world we'd continue going until one of us is done. However we've already decided if at one year I'm not ovulating, to wean as we're very anxious to TTC. At almost 10 months now, DD is still a nursing machine. She nurses regularly 3x/ night (the last few nights...

My poor little girl. Remeber about 6 weeks ago she went through a 3 week bought of pretty severe constipation (black, pellet like stools on the few occassions she actually had stools). Finally after trying to get prunes, ground flaxseed and ground bran into her as well as prune juice mixed in...

DD is 13 months and I'd like to wean off the pump in the daytime - am having a hard time finding the time to pump, and she's not taking much anyway. She's still otherwise nursed on demand (evenings and weekends) which is a lot....I've given up trying to wean completely for now. She's had goat...

On Mar 12, 4:06*pm, (Beth Kevles) wrote: Hi -- With our kids, we approached things as follows, and had both kids pretty much sleeping through before age 2: First, deal with falling asleep at night: * * * *Feed well so the child falls asleep feeling full * * * *Never...

Ques 1 - DD will be 6 months old next week and has been EBF until Christmas. I intend to let her self wean, so plan to BF for 2+ years in theory. However, we also want to TTC rather soon, so we'll give her at least a year of BF but if I don't ovluate by then, will wean. In any case, when could I...

Well, only one item on the buffet line. DD is 5 months now, still co-sleeping. We like it for the most part. I'd planned to transition her whenever she cut back to 1-2 nursings per night. She's reverse cycling so still eating a lot at night, but it had settled down. In the last few weeks, however,...

DD is in a cosleeper on the bed (I love this because I can reach over and caress and calm her without moving, but can't roll over). And it was going fine, but dang she's a loud sleeper! This only started the last few days. She sleeps in 4 hr stretches, and she doesn't wake up crying, she just...

I am curious to hear other's perspectives. On another parenting board, where most of the members are young and first time moms, I read so often that they will 'try breastfeeding and if it doesn't go well, stop." Now, normally I'm all for trying and being realistic. But at least for me, such an...

Maybe it's just us... I have Chinese pre-folds, newborn size, and a number of wraps - bummis, kushies, all newborn size. The diapers seem *way* too big for the wraps, and at the same time we can't seem to get them in right so that each poop stays on the diaper and not on the wrap, or is this...

And DD still won't take a bottle! A friend managed to get her to take 5 mls on saturday. We've tried once since then (were travelling Monday and she had her shots today). We've been trying - tho not daily - since she was 6 weeks old and she's 11 weeks now. She just refuses. She DID take a bottle...

DD started having watery stools on Saturday (we were still in Switzerland, returned Monday). Went to doc for her 2 month shots Tuesday, he wasn't too worried, but they're not getting any better. It's already 5 days now. She didn't have a fever tho did have a slight temp last night and today, but I...

Oh man it's hard to leave DD. She wouldn't eat much this morning when I left her, so her last nursing session was ~6:30am. I left 3 different types of bottles and told the babysitter to call if she becomes hysterical. She's still got a bit of a runny bottom but not major diarhhea, but her cold...

Woohooo!!!! She managed about 15 mls (1/2 oz) yesterday, which is more than usual, and then BF'd ALL night and for 45mins straight at lunch. Today I had a meeting so I BF'd her at 9am for 30 mins, but didn't get back as fast as I'd hoped so the sitter tried with the bottle, and after a few minutes...

DD has been in daycare a week now and is doing ok. She's definitely reverse cycling (ate for like 3 hours almost straight last night!) but she is taking a bottle at daycare - no more than 1-2ozs at a time, but enough to hold her over til I get there. My concern though is that she may be becoming...

Thanks to all for your helpful suggestions. After discussing various options with DH, here's what we're going to do for at least 10 days. Pantley claims 10 days, if at that point it's not working, we'll reevaluate and if it looks like we're making progress, we'll try another 10 days. If not at all,...