Family Forum / Pregnancy / Breastfeeding / February 2006

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

My DH sent me this link.
Bizarre!
http://www.videobomb.com/posts/show/654
All I can think of is ouch sharp teeth!

I'm looking at different breast pump products and I wanted to ask if
anyone had any experience using the Gerber Manual Premium Feeding
system.  The product information looks quite good, but I'd like to hear
from anyone who has used the latest version of the product.

How do you put a baby on a schedule when bfing?  My baby is 2 months
old and is totally not on a schedule.  I have been keeping a log of her
habits and am surprised that she nurses 12+ times a day - and many are
very short feedings.  She takes a ton of short naps and only a couple

Hi I'm new to this...but I had to ask a question that has been
bothering me and I wanted some other opinions.  I bought tickets while
I was 6 months preggo to Miami for Spring Break. I will be leaving in
about 20 days for a 4 day trip.  My newborn will only be 7 weeks old

I'm embarrassed to ask this, and I'm glad that no one can see me blushing,
but will my husband's propensity to suckle my breasts stimulate early milk
and offset Mother Nature's time clock?  I'm in my eighth month and I'm
worried that his sucking (Coitus is against doctor's ...

I pump everyday at about 9am regardless of my plans of the day, that
milk is in the refrigerator for the day incase it is needed, otherwise
it is frozen at the end of the day.
I noticed these last two days the milk has been coming out very watery

Hey, I have to ask!  This is new territory to me.  I've always worked and
worked full time.  It was a neccessity before as a single mom.  Now I'm
married, and we have determined the family is better off if I don't work.
So now what do I do?  The house is clean, the groceries ...

My physiotherapist has discharged me, not because I am better or on the
mend, but because I am too bad for him to do anything. I'm frustrated by
this as basically I've only had one dip, as in my muscle function had always
improved even if only slightly since the previous ...

Emily is 10 weeks old now and usually only wakes up once in the night.  We
were just at the pediatrician for her 2 month checkup and shots, and she
weighed in at about 10lbs, which put her in the 25th percentile.  I asked
the doc what it all meant, and he said the charts were ...

I am nearly 41 weeks pregnant with a baby who is lying in a transverse
position.  I am scheduled for a C-Section in 2 days (Tuesday morning)
unless we are lucky and the baby either turns or we find someone who
will perform an external version (unlikely at this point).

I so don't want my son to wean just yet... he's not even 9 months old!  
It's not like I don't have enough milk for him.
During the day he doesn't feed much at all, regardless of how much
breakfast or lunch he eats, which is usually not much.  He will have a

Looking and Happy Hunters post and having had similar experience, of babies
not being weighed provided everything else is fine, I wondered what others
have experienced. Do they way babies daily in hospital? Do you visit the Ped
and get a weight check?

I'm getting candida in my breasts again; I recognise those stabbing
pains. Nipples are fine, and no evidence of thrush in my mouth or
anywhere else. The big problem is that Spudulika obviously has it too;
the last two days she has had the most awful intestinal wind; screaming

My ds just turned one and I want to stop breastfeeding.  I haved loved
it, but want and need to stop.  I work and just can't take pumping
anymore.  I just don't know how to wean.  My older son never nursed so
this is my first experience with weaning.  Right now he nurses, or