Family Forum / Pregnancy / Breastfeeding / January 2007

i have 2 year old twin boys and 7 month old twin girls and i have just round
out that i am going to have another set of twins one and girl and other a
boy i have been breast feeding them all and i express breast milk for my
boys but i just wonted to know if anyone has been though ...

Not really a BF issue,  but figured I'd post here anyway...
DD is 7 months old on Saturday. She's never been a great napper for
me, altho when smaller at least she'd sleep ON me. She no longer does
that. Still, we usually manage a 30 min or one hour nap at least each

I have something strange going on, and it's left both an LLL leader and a
health nurse wondering.
For some reason, my nipples are extremely red, when they're normally like a
light brown color.  Just the nipples, not around or anything.  Also, the

I AM NEW ON HERE AND I DONT REALLY KNOW WHAT YOU ALL TALK ABOUT AND SO I
THOUGHT I SHOULD JUST SAY WHO I AM AND THE KIDS THAT I HAVE AND THEN WE CAN
GO FROM THERE.
MYSELF AND MY HUSBAND 4 GIRLS AGED 25 MONTHS OLD AND BOY THAT IS 3MONTHS OLD

i have 2 year old twin boys and 7 month old twin girls and i have just round
out that i am going to have another set of twins one and girl and other a
boy i have been breast feeding them all and i express breast milk for my
boys but i just wonted to know if anyone has been though ...

so why does it bug me so much when people disparage, or at least
dismiss my efforts?
I really don't *need* a pat on the back (tho the occassional one is
definitely nice!), but what gets me is the person who says "I had low

I've been pumping and storing since almost the beginning after DD2 was born.
She's 3 months old tomorrow (wow!)
She's had bottles of EBM every now and then, and when I first started
pumping and storing, I bought the stupidly expensive bags that are

I thought this was a big no-no...
Mixing formula and breast milk...
The quickness of the situation...
A lady on a local board for mostly SAHMs is going for surgery on Thursday.

After the little discussion about baby wraps and all that, I went out and
picked up this nasty pink material.  I figured it was stretchy and I thought
it 'rolled' when stretched.
Turned out that it did fray and not 'roll' and it also really wasn't as

DS2 is nearly 20mo now.  He has never had formula.
I have BFed his teddy a number of times.  Last week he was sitting on the step
with his shirt up, BFing Teddy.  Teddy seemed a bit low but I didn't think
anything of it.  Today, after his bath, I had to BF Teddy again.  Then DS2

So...I just found out I won a cruise (!) in March - but my baby will
only be 6 1/2 months old then, and by the rules of the contest
everybody who goes has to be 21.  So I can't take him with me.  Is it
possible to maintain our BF relationship if I'm away from him  for a

I'm in the process of weaning.  I'm down to morning and night (before
bed).  I'm close to dropping the morning feeding (which I think he's
ready, since he points to the door when I come in and fights my nursing
him).  After that, I'll only have the nighttime one.

I'd like to start using sign language for basic words.  Is there an online
research for this?
Betsy

For me, I thought this wasn't good advice at all.  I wanted to know what
others thought!
Last night, around 1am, off I go to the 24h pharmacy, taking DD2 with me.
She's 12 weeks now, and for the last week or so, she's been quite difficult,

My baby had diarrhea for a month. Since then, I notice her tummy
rumbles big time when I am nursing her, sometimes a couple of hours
after nursing. The gas generated makes her very uncomfortable. Is this
normal? What are the possible causes? Is there anything I can do to