Posts by Eligracey

Louisep--maybe we can chalk the increased wake-ups up to developing cognitive and motor skills? I keep fantasizing that as soon as he learns to crawl for real he'll STTN. hah! (Actually, learning to roll over did result in a temporary...

We're trying to do NCSS, too. The PPO works sometimes, only at night. The nap-lengthening procedure works maybe 1/3 of the time, but other times he wakes from his nap with no warning, just pops his head up in cobra pose and looks around...

Autism existed before vaccines did.

I accidentally did this one night b/c I was in a sleep deprivation haze and baby would wake up and latch himself to the nipple closest to him and I would halfway wake up but not enough to remember to swtch sides. When I woke up one boob...

My LO is 4 months and for the past 1.5 mo has had deep orangey poops with no seeds, poops every other day or so and quite watery. I think it's normal? My LC told me as long as it wasn't bloody, black, white or green it's probably just...

If you call the cops as you say you're thinking of doing, they'll just call CPS. If you call CPS, the mom won't find out it was you. This would fall under the neglect track in CPS and would most likely result in parenting classes and...

We introduced a bottle at 3 weeks w/ my midwife's approval. Is the test really soon? I'd try to give him a bottle several days before. I also cup fed and dropper fed my baby at 5 days and it worked OK (had latch probs), and isn't...

I have that pump and the suction is stronger with pumping just one breast. However, I usually have poorer output when only pumping one. It sounds like you have the suction turned all the way up--is that right? Everyone's nipples are...

Thanks everyone for your support. I really needed to hear that. They can get him to go to sleep just fine, they just can't get him to stay asleep. Occasionally they can get him to transfer to his crib successfully but then after 10...

Hi, I'm a newbie and I'm sorry my first post is all mememe, but I've been a lurker for awhile and am really struggling with my parenting choices. I've been really attracted by the AP lifestyle and since my son was born nearly 4 months...