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In desperate need of help!!
Oct 15, 2009 12:08PM in the Breastfeeding Community
thanks for the suggestions and support Sally... Anyone else have any advice??
In desperate need of help!!
Oct 13, 2009 04:24PM in the Breastfeeding Community
My son is 8 mths and has been exclusively breastfeeding with the exception of solid food being introduced at 6 mths. He has never taken a bottle and won't.He will drink from a cup occassionally, however only if it is water. He has been going through a sort of nursing strike (which I hear is normal) and has been nursing less and less during the day. I have bee...
Boosting supply?
Apr 23, 2009 01:38PM in the Breastfeeding Community
I had issues with my supply when my DS was newborn. I have been taking fenugreek, Mother's Milk Tea, and I eat oatmeal for breakfast every morning and I have a perfect supply now. I dont take the pills and tea every day anymore, but a few times a week. I was taking the pills after every meal (3 pills three times a day) and the tea 3-5 times a day. I don't kno...
When do u start giving cereal?
Apr 22, 2009 10:08PM in the Breastfeeding Community
wow great advice thanks... I have never heard of anyone waiting that long and I am not ready to even think about solids yet so it's nice to know I'm not crazy!!
When do u start giving cereal?
Apr 22, 2009 08:54AM in the Breastfeeding Community
Sorry one more question.. I have heard seveal different things about this. WHen did you guys start giving cereal and how did this affect nursing? When did you give the cereal and did they continue their regular nursing schedule with the food? This is all so new to me. I wasn't able to breastfeed my other kids so I'm not sure if it differs from formula babies....
3 mth old wont take a bottle... HELP!
Apr 22, 2009 08:50AM in the Breastfeeding Community
My son is 3 mths old ext week and I have been trying to get him to drink out of a bottle so I might be able to go back to work or even to dinner and a movie with my DH but he won't take it. We hadisues when he was a newborn so I never gave him a bottle and now he won't take it. I have tried when he is starving, I tried after he nursed for a few minutes and is...