Family Forum / Pregnancy / Breastfeeding / June 2006

Ds1, age 6, comes home with a kindy worksheet about "Mammal Babies".
They had to cut out the pictures of baby deer, bear, kangaroo and human
and glue them next to the picture of the appropriate mother. Picture
with human baby had a bottle lying next to it, picture with human ...

DD Ilona now 9 and a half months, still BF is a bit uneasy when we are
in gatherings with a large group.  We baptized her last week and we had
a large reception afterwards.  I had to leave and go home becuase she
was not comfortable around so many people.

i'm interested to know the experience of breastfeeding at the
workplace. How was the attitude of  other staff members, employer? hope
to hear from working mothers

You'd think I would have thought of this before, but I have a job interview
tomorrow and I'm wondering how I can find out if working conditions will be
suitable for pumping.  I don't think I feel comfortable coming straight out
with "I have to pump my breasts three times a day, ...

I'm freaking out - I need to find childcare for Emily starting in September.
I'm going back to work (that is, if I can find childcare I feel comfortable
with and can afford), and over the summer I have a dear friend who will
watch her.  But come fall, I don't have anyone.  I ...

I haven't posted for a while, as I still have no one to feed as yet :)
My milk came in when I was 6 months pg... since then i have either hand
expressed or used a pump when I have had lots.
However, in the last 24 hours, my supply has gone nuts.I am up at 1.30 am as

The press release is going out as we speak.  Please feel free to forward it
on to any media contacts that you may have, friends, family, playgroups,
anyone who is a supporter of breastfeeding.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Our 15 month kid just started at daycare. She is screaming when we
leave her and also off and on during the few hours she stays(we haves
tarted with few hours a day). We hear that this is the way(crying)
toddlers adjust to a new environment because of separation anxiety but

I just thought I would spread this little bit of information, but I'm
not sure if I believe it or not...
My husband was watching the news the other morning while we were
getting ready for work. They usually have a topic for preg mom's and

Dear Mothers,
Breastmilk is the best gift a mother can give to her baby. its
nutritional, emotional, economical and peaceful benefits are known to
all, however more and more mothers are switching to infant formulas.

Is there any way of retraining a 15 month old's latch? My daughter's
has totally slipped to the point that my nipples are abraded and
bleeding! I never had such problems, even when she was a newborn.
She just cut one molar and the other is almost all the way through,

Hello everyone. I am the mother of a 4.5 month old preemie. He has an
adjusted age of 2 months. I have been BF since he came home from the
NICU.  I've posted here a few times but I had a few questions about my
milk supply. I was originally pumping about 9 times a day while he was