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I'm taking the micronor (sp?) mini pill, and I have been since the beginning
of January.  DD2 is just about 4 months now, and still nursing fantastic.
Still refusing a bottle of EBM, still refusing anything on a spoon. This
mini pill seems to be going alright...

My Little Bug is now 8 months old, and has been happily breast feeding
since she was born.
In the last couple of days, she has started biting instead of feeding.
Does any one have any suggestions on how to stop her doing this?  I

I'm terrified of DD choking....she's 7.5 months now, has one tooth.
She doesn't quite have the pincer grasp, altho she's getting there.
She's not too thrilled with the pureeed solids. well, some days she
is, others not at all. She definitely likes picking at our plates. So

Breastfeeding
http://www.helium.com/tm/164714/breast-feeding-natural-preferred

I have worked out how to wean my booby boys!
http://cottonmonster.com/portfolio/index.html

Not sure why...
I lost it the evening before last when N basically threw the bowl of
vegetables out of the microwave all over the kitchen... It was, of course,
an accident.  He didn't know that there was that much water in it (was

Can anyone who has a Hales please post me the passages on:
1. Estrogen and breastfeeding.  (I know about the supply issue.  What I
need to know is what the research says about effects, if any, on the baby.)
2. Dalteparin and breastfeeding.  (This one is a low-molecular-weight

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/merseyside/6338819.stm
Knitted breasts help new mothers
The breasts are used by community midwife teams

My sweet cousin was examined today and was found to have dilated to a
4 and has started effacing, but she has had no labor pains.  She's due
Thursday.  Her orgininal due date was in mid-March, but her date was
moved back to Feb 8.

DS (~2.5 y) didn't bf at all yesterday :(
He's gone from 2-3 feeds a day in December, to dropping all but the bed time
feed, to not even wanting that.
I'm telling myself that child-lead weaning is a wonderful thing .... but I'm

I had problems with milk supply while breastfeeding my nutrion told me
to take 6 Alfalfas two times a day
from this site http://www.shaklee.net/thehealthyway/product/Alfalfa

Thought folks might be interested in this New York State legislation:
<http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=a3782>
If you'd like to contact the sponsor of this bill (Assemblymember
Aileen M. Gunther)  to offer you support, you can find her contact

Does anyone know if ginkgo biloba is safe to take while breastfeeding?

Just wondering if this is normal...
DD2 is now just over 3 months.  She's still nursing just fine, starting to
sleep a lot longer at night and stays for longer stretches during the day
between feedings.