Family Forum / Pregnancy / Pregnancy / October 2004

Does anyone give there baby water?
I heard (read) NOT to give a baby any water because they get enough
through B/M or forumla, then I heard they should have
‘‘some’’..friends and family cant beilive that I dont give her

i cant wait to get this over with!
doctor is pretty sure i have pre eclampsia so he doesnt want me doing
much. i cut back on hours at work and instead of about 20 hours a weeks
im down to about 6 hours. its kinda nice because it is getting harder to

Hi, everyone -- I've got a question about parenting/breastfeeding styles.
My MIL just gave us Ezzos' book which lays out a pretty rigorous
parent-directed feeding regime and promises a baby that will sleep through
the night by about 2 months.  I know there are some pretty serious

Last July, my son had Roseola - at least that's what the doctor
diagnosed over the phone without ever seeing him.  It looks like he
has it again.  The symptoms have been the same - high fever and
irritibility for a day, then a red spotty rash that pops out after the

Does anyone have any safe home remedies?  My DS is 7 weeks old and has had
problems with constipation for 1 1/2 wks.  We took him to the doc after a
couple days and the doc suggested watering down his formula a bit and baby
suppositories (one a day).  His regular doc was unavailable ...

I am 11 weeks pregnant and was wondering if anyone thinks that cats can pick
up on this?
Since about a week ago our cat Charlie has followed me around the house
everywhere. She constantly sits on my belly. If I move her to get up she

Last week was my ultrasound, and today I had a follow-up with my
doctor.  He started saying that the baby's anatomy looked completely
normal but he was obligated to tell me that she had a "echogenic
cardiac focus", or a "bright spot" on the ultrasound in the heart,

I searched for this on google and all the links were for terminations. I'm
having all my wisdom teeth out tomorrow, one of them is badly impacted and
frequently infected, so I'm desperate for it to happen. One slight problem
I'm now 3 weeks late, so despite a negative test there ...

...pregnancy and infant loss remembrance day. My thoughts go out to all
the parents who have one or more little angles enclosed in their hearts.

A few days ago I had a really bad case of the stomach flu, volmiting,
diarrhea, you name it.  I couldn't eat for a couple days and am still
recovering.  Now, DS (5mos.) has contracted it.  He's volmited 4 times
tonight and so far hasn't had any diarrhea.  He's up in his crib

Has anyone read "The Secrets of the Baby Whisperer"? I had it recommended to
me by a friends, so I bought it online tonight... and just realised that i
know *nothing* about it! lol
If you have read it, did you like it? and did it help?

What a great way to preserve the miracles of pregnancy.
http://www.castingmiracles.com

So my step-sister is due with her 2nd baby in late december- early
january.  She absolutely insisted upon not having another baby past her
1st who is now 10 years old.  All of a sudden my step-niece decides that
she wants a baby sister so they start ttc and low and behold are

A Dutch friend of mine has suffered two premature stillbirths and recently
a m/c. After the stillbirths she was diagnosed with anti-phospholipid
syndrome and hyperhomocysteinemia (SP?). For the APLS she took fraxiparine
shots during her last pregnancy but m/c'd anyway. She is ...

My husband's niece is pregnant (with a boy) under less than ideal
circumstances and we'd like to help her out as much as possible.
Since we've had 3 boys, we have plenty of clothes to offer as well as
other items like a swing, bouncy seat, etc.  Several family members