Family Forum / Pregnancy / Breastfeeding / April 2005

At the moment we live iwth my in-laws and they have turned off the heater to
save money.  It is getting down at night into the low 40's, the part of the
house where we live barely keeps at 65 at night with a small space heater,
and 74 max during the day.  DD is 3.5 months old and ...

So I'm on a couple other online groups/lists/boards, etc.
Including one due date list. Where many of the other moms have been facing
similar weight-loss issues. But where we discovered quickly that the problem
was with the baby, not with me, most of them are immediately told to ...

My Bethany is 2.5yrs old now!!
Today, I was sitting outside reading during her nap, and she woke up
and came out to me. After she got settled on my lap to nurse, a tiny
butterfly came to her, and landed on her head, then her arm, then her

I am thinking about starting to wean my little guy.  He's only 13
months old, so I don't want to wean altogether, just maybe down to 2
nursings per day - pre-nap 10 or 10:30 AM feed, and bedtime.  I would
like to drop the wake-up feed and the late-afternoon feed, immediately

Does anyone have a recommendation for bottles for feeding EBM with nipples
that mimic the breast as much as possible?  I am a little overwhelmed by the
dizzying array of bottle types available.  I know there will be trial and
error involved, and that every baby is different, but ...

Hi, thanks in advance for any answers...
I have a fast letdown, not sure how extreme it is, DD (10 weeks) used
to seem to do okay with it - it doesn't spray all over the place or
anything, although i do feel it pretty strongly, she definitely gulps

DS is 2 years 2 months. And breastfeeding at night. During the day he
is at daycare.
He never consumed any formula/cows milk. He used to hate bottles and
will go all day without drinking milk (since I started going to work

Hello to all,
This will be a new introduction for most and re-introduction for
others.  Jessie my 3.5 year old weaned about at 2.75 years old.  I
actually got thrush and was in pain when she nursed and she noticed it

Gave Lorelei her first bottle of formula, that is. :-(
At the ped today, Lorelei weighed 12-13, exactly what she weighed nine
days ago.  She is 4.5 months old and still not 2 lbs. over birth
weight.  Her hospital labs over a week ago indicated borderline

well, it's been well over 24 hours and still no nursing.  tried the
decongestant nose drops and they cleared up her nose but she still
refused to nurse.  I am taking her to the ped tomorrow.  I am terrified
and heartbroken that she is weaning, even though my mom reassures me

I've been trying to get more stylish nursing clothes in my wardrobe since
I'm now not pregnant (after being pregnant for the vast majority of 2 years)
and am probably going to be nursing for 2+ years now ... and I'm not losing
weight as quickly as I did after the last preg. so ...

Here's my stats - baby is 4 weeks old (first one).  Was a horrible
sucker and severely jaundiced at birth, so bfeeding from breast wasn't
cutting it for her nutrition.  Supplemented early with formula to clear
jaundice, worked.  I also began pumping exclusively because she just