Posts by HoosierDiaperinMama

Get a nursing tank from Target. They are $16.99. ETA: I am a 44 DD(D when I'm nursing) and I still love the tank.

If I have to be gone, we use an Avent bottle with a slow flow nipple.

My DS started doing this around 12-14 wks. of age. I figured out finally he either needed burped or to change position. He likes the cradle hold for the right breast and the football hold for the left. Could you try to change positions?

For me it had been almost 8 yrs., so I refreshed my copy of The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding.

I think nursing and decreased sex drive go hand in hand for some. I know it's that way for me. The last thing I want to think about in the course of a day is THAT. Nursing is tiring and it literally drains my body of everything by the...

Quote: Originally Posted by phrogger Well I wouldn't say all daycare workers are lazy or just want to do it only for the money, I know that isn't my intention. I do it because I didn't want to leave my son and after...

I think a lot of women give up because they are given so much misinformation. They are constantly being barraged by formula companies and the "convenience" of ff. They are swayed into giving the baby formula for whatever reason...

So they want to give him cereal and feed him more so they can appease him for longer? I would be really irritated. IME, and I have worked with several daycares over the last few years due to my last job before becoming a SAHM, the...

I can't say that DH was limiting my choice (putting a timeframe on me) but he didn't really "get it" either. He assumed (wrongly) that I would be done bf'ing once DS is able to start solids. When I mentioned to him that my goal...

Our DS' have the same birthday! How cool! Anyway, it sounds like your DS is running about the same as mine in the # of oz. he takes. I usually pkg. my milk for the freezer in 4 oz. increments and he will generally take all of it. He...