Family Forum / Pregnancy / Breastfeeding / July 2006

How do you determine it is time for a baby to go into their own bed and at
that point how do you do it?
For anyone who has read a couple of my previous posts and remembers my stand
on co-sleeping feel free to laugh at me now.

Enough Rash statements on Measles!--
Magda Taylor, Director of The Informed Parent, June 2006.
The Informed Parent are calling for an end to the constant flow of
scaremongering statements from so-called 'health' professionals. The latest

I did a lot of research on baby monitors and found the Motorola systems
to be the best.  Unfortunately they are the highest priced.   Well, I
found out who makes them, a company named Xanboo.    Well to make a
long story short, I purchased two pallets of their video baby monitors.

I'm due with DS July 17....sooner I wish.   Today I've noticed that I'm
started to feel pretty engorged on the right (DD's preferred side) and
while I've never had leaking problems, I can very easily express
plenty.  Please tell me this is a sign I'm going into labor very

Yesterday I saw an advert for the agency that runs several local day care
centres. In big letters it said "nappies, formula milk and healthy meals
included" and basically nothing else, only a telephone number and web
address.

Prevention Magazine Fluoridation Article published
"The Danger in Your Water  Fluoride has been tied to bone cancer,
lower IQs, and osteoporosis. So why is it still being added to your
water? " by Timothy Gower.

Greetings all:
My boy is three months old and exclusively breastfed. He typically
poops at least once a day, but now he hasn't had a bowel movement since
Monday night (it's now Wednesday night).

Rocky, 13 months, apparently has been picking
up on Pillbug's therapy.  I was nursing him to
sleep tonight and I thought he was done, so I
pulled up the flap.  He looked at me and signed

My wife gavew birth on june 20th. The little one refused to latch on then,
had to use feeding tube placed along side nipple to entice her to feed. Now
Wife has almost given up on breastfeeding, cause now little one will cry
when nipple offered instead of bottle. I am planning to ...

So says my insurance company, having rejected a claim from a specialist
at the Faulkner Breast Centre who tried a procedure to open my milk
pores to enable me to breastfeed my newborn four months ago.
I am outraged and helpless.

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Free video to watch and to pass on to your friends/family. Spread the word.

WE NEED ALL MOTHERS AND OTHER LADIES WHO BREAST FEED TO GO TO THEIR NEAREST
VICTORIA SECRET STORE AND BREASTFEED UNTILL THEY CHANGE THEIR POLICY EVEN IF
YOU ALL GO ON NEIL CAVUTO SHOW ON THE DREADED FOX NEWS CHANNEL AND DO IT
TOO.

I read that 4-month-old babies are supposed to sleep 14 - 15 hours per day.
My DD wouldn't sleep anywhere near that much; more like 10 hours per day.
She used to sleep through the night (8 - 9 hours) but she stopped doing that
a couple of weeks ago and now she wakes once or twice ...

Caterpillar turned 3 on May 31st.  Most recent pic at
http://tinyurl.com/lzdaj.
She still nurses as much as I let her, which is sometimes two sides a
day and sometimes more.  I think she's gone one day in her entire life

My nearly 7 month old daughter Emily is still on ebm, but will have to make
the switch to formula as our supply will be running out in a matter of days.
All has seemed well, although she seems so small!  Just the other day, a
friend of ours brought their 6 wk old over and he is ...