I was at the dentist's yesterday for a cleaning and made a great discovery which I want to share with those of you who use disposable protective liners on the baby's changing pad: the vinyl-backed 3-ply paper bibs used by my dentist are IDENTICAL to the disposable changing pads by Pee...

Just interested in opinions here on the point of planning to formula feed even before a baby is born (or perhaps even conceived). Unplanned pregnancies and exceptional circumstances aside, I can't help but wonder that if it is too much trouble for a parent to even plan to attempt to breastfeed (or...

E wrote: lots of snips... Mama: No, that's OK. Formula is much easier anyway. I just gave up it wasn't worth it.

I am just trying to find time to lurk and join in here. Some here from MKP may recognize me. :) My name is Jill, and I am 34 weeks pregnant with my first (a girl). I have decided to breastfeed, and haven't yet been able to take a bf class but am going to very soon-- I am due in May! (I'm in North...

Donna Metler wrote: I had my yearly with my OB/GYN-which in my case is also the "See if everything has healed correctly before even considering a next pregnancy". And as far as the appointment was, everything went well. However, when I was asked about my menstrual cycle, I commented that I...

******This is a re-post from Chotii, a poster on mkp. She said it was okay to pass this on.****** Our Circe has had a very bad asthma attack, and is in the hospital at the present time, on a ventilator. At last report, she was being sedated heavily because when she was awake and alert (and she...

I'm so sad - this used to be such an active group and now it's all spam spam spam :( I've been here for almost 6 years and now I think I am leaving, because everyone is gone! Where did you all go??

I had a splitting headache at work, and not thinking took 2 aspirin (not sure what size, really small pills ;-)), then remembered I wasn't supposed to take aspirin while BF. Is such a small amount significant? Should I pump and dump? If so, for how long?

http://www.coloradoan.com/news/stories/20040209/opinion/381853.html Wal-Mart right to say no By Linda Magloughlin ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------

I'm only 50 pages in, but I have to recommend "What No One Tells the Mom" by Marg Stark. Her other book, "What No One Tells the Bride" basically saved the first year of my marriage, and this one is every bit as good. I wish I'd had it months ago. I've just had a very personal, and yet very HUGE...

Hi all, My daughter is almost two, and all of a sudden has started asking to sit on the potty. She prefers to do it fully clothed, and while one of her parents are sitting on the toilet, but I figured it was time to start reading up on the topic. My guess is that she's still a bit young for this...

Is there something special that a woman with large breasts needs to be aware of when breastfeeding? I am having a lot of trouble with my 4 week old. I've had to supplement since day 5, and I want to stop but she is always hungry, so I keep having to give her formula, about 6 ounces a day! I...

Is milk unhealthy for you? Should it only be consumed by infants and not by adults? Does bovine Milk cause harm to your body? Discuss.

Morgan had her first doctor's appointment today. Here's the breakdown: ~The hospital miscalculated her length. Today she was 20.5" so that means that she was NOT 19" at birth. Seems she is in the upper percentile for height. YIPPEE!! ~She is 7.9 oz. That is up 1 oz from her birthweight.

There is a lot of debate raging on parenting bulletin boards about breastfeeding advocacy, how it should be done, why it's necessary, if it's necessary etc. It seems like a lot of people are offended by BF advocacy itself - or what they perceive it to be - and as such there is a bit of a backlash...

Hi all, When my mom went to dental school (I was nine when she started, 13 when she finished), she bought me a dollhouse kit to work on, because I was nine years old, and it was going to be our first summer apart. This was the summer of 1978, and the kit cost around $75. At nine, I really wasn't...

"Rob and Laura" wrote in message ... How many people here got their child vaccinated with the Chicken Pox vaccine? I have been reading alot online about it, and am a bit iffy now to have Izabella...

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...

(crossposted to MKB & MKP) I found out at my LLL meeting tonight that the SIDS taskforce in town is mounting an effort to have co-sleeping deemed a hotlineable offense (i.e. you can be reported to the Division of Family Services *Child Abuse* hotline for co-sleeping with your baby!). Anyway, as a...

I'm down to pumping twice a day, and my output is such that my daughter can have, maybe, a sippy cup full of milk total in a day's time-about 8 oz, with 3 in the morning and 5 at night. I'm wondering if I'm actually doing anything useful for her with that small quanitity (which takes about...