Posts by outlawmama

Howdy! I'm still nursing my 2.5 yr old and am going to med school full time. He was 20 months when I began school. I don't pump--he's plenty old to eat what everyone else is eating at home while I'm gone. We nurse in the morning, and...

Gagesmom-- Just for the record, the first thing we did with our son was take him to the pediatricain and our naturopath--both who said this was chronic constipation, give more fluids, not uncommon with little kids, etc,etc. At least the...

My son has this EXACT same problem! He's 21 months, and has been crying while pooping for about a month. I did some research--you need to check out this link: http://my.webmd.com/encyclopedia/article/3609.5009 With your recent move,...

I know you posted this a long time ago, but I just happened upon it and had to respond. I know it's a serious topic, but I totally laughed out loud when I read it because my daughter does the EXACT same thing. She has no other concept of...

My dd who just turned six, and her best friend who is 5 and also a boy, began about a year ago to explore each others bodies--they'd go into the bathroom or bedroom, shut the door, and then come out a bit later. Well, we caught on pretty...

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! This is just what I wanted to hear. I *knew* that the ten hour before and after thing was fishy--y'all just confirmed what I knew in my heart to be true.

Hello! We've been traveling the past few weeks and I have been dying to get to a computer to ask this question! My ds, 18 mo, goes in this Tuesday for a pulpectomy, two crowns and a filling and four sealants. He is going to be sedated....

Thanks again for your reply, Squirrelnutkin! I 'm feeling like going exactly the route that you have suggested--we are going to have his teeth worked on; the decay is just spreading too fast. But we are also going to start becoming...

Has anyone nominated you for sainthood yet? What an incredible thing you do by offering us your time and knowledge. Thank you!!! And now, I have a question. I brought my ds(17 mo) to our ped dentist today to check on some...

Thanks for your reply, smilemomma. Everything you wrote is what I had thought to be true, but then I became so confused by my sister's story. Why, given everything you wrote, would a dentist NOT fix tooth decay on milk teeth? I mean,...