Family Forum / Pregnancy / Breastfeeding / June 2007

I have been bf for 6wks.It's been painful and nerve wrecking.Baby is
very sleepy and sometimes sessions last for an hr, after which baby
wakes up again crying and hungry. Latest trend is baby pulling and
twitching at breast, making me very very sore.

Poor DD.  I was about to call the doctor as she wasn't eating solids
much (tho nursing fine), but this weekend she finally started eating
more again.
In the past I've given her prunes or prune juice when she appears to

I started breastfeeding at 8pm on October 18th, 2003. YoungBloke took to it
well and was exclusively breastfed, on demand for 6 months. I had enough
supply to donate to the local milkbank for three months and then started my
own stash in advance of returning to work. I had to ...

well you can read this informative article on Breastfeeding and its
importance on http://www.luckyamaan.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=112
it discusses that How Human Milk Protects from Illness, very good
article to read.  hey guys just to tell you i have made this site ...

My friend Kim had her third baby, Josie, 7 weeks early.  Josie is now
6 weeks old.  She is (was until last night) exclusively breastfed.
Kim took her to the doctor yesterday for a weight check, and she had
gained a pound in 2 weeks.  Kim was really excited about that, as the

My daughter is about 7months old, and my wife's milk supply is
starting to diminish.
We started mixing cereal with her milk to bulk it up about a month or
so ago, and she took to that readily.

I just had my second child 9 days ago.  My first is 21 months old. At
this point, I'm expressing breast milk and feeding it to my newborn
from a bottle.  However, while I feel that this is an optimal solution
for my situation, I am having regular guilt trips because of this.

my baby boy is 8 weeks old and still has runny nappies.  they are
still a nice yellow colour but have alway been runny. is this
normal??? he is a really big baby. and seems hungry all the time.
pretty much every time i feed him he does a runny nappy. should i b

DD is 17 months old, happy, healthy and still nurses quite often during the
day and night.  She goes through spurts of wanting to eat solids and will
eat lots and at other times just picks.  I've never fussed too much as I
know she's still growing well and getting a lot from me.

After having my Mirena removed I wanted to find another "don't have to think
about it" type of birth control and my new doc recommended Implanon
(http://www.implanon-usa.com if you want to take a look).  Has anyone used
it?  It looks pretty good and I am probably going to get it, ...

my month old baby just had diarreaha. its still nice mustard color but
completelty liquidy, never had stool of this type before.
i am waiting for the next stool to see if it remains the same and will
call my doc.hopefully wont have to take him to hospital today.

I'm a bit stuck on this one, and I'm wondering if anyone has some words of
advice.
We have a wedding to attend at the end of August.  It's for one of my
childhood friends that lived down the block from me growing up.  We were the

An Urgent Warning to Parents About the Dangers of Soy Milk for Babies - Soy
infant formula can be outright deadly, no matter what you may have been
told.
http://v.mercola.com/blogs/public_blog/An-Urgent-Warning-to-Parents-About-the-Da
ngers-of-Soy-Milk-for-Babies-17650.aspx

why is that so many young grils are getting pregnet these days

I weaned my 26 month old, one month ago, and ever since I just keep on
putting on weight. My weight is normally very steady and I never
gained weight when I weaned my middle son at the age of 2. (I was
pregnant when I weaned my oldest). Does anyone have any ideas why I'm