Posts by Hillary77

You can give him probiotics with b. Infantis (specific to baby's gut)...dip a moist pinky in the powder and put in ds's mouth a few times per day. And nurse, nurse, nurse! Hope he feels better really soon, poor guy.

Hi Mama, I can relate! My dd is also a dilly-dally-er She is now 10 and much improved but I remember 7 as being the height of the problems with this in part b/c it's just past the age when you can realistically put them in their...

Some babies have a hard time at first figuring out the combo of relaxing the anus but tensing the abdomen and pushing that they need to acheive poop! She will get it. 2-3 weeks is all about getting their digestive systems "online" - the...

Quote:Originally Posted by LivingSky When I was TTC my first, I wanted to do everything perfectly and I dropped caffeine entirely. Fast forward 6 months, and no pregnancy. I then started a new job at the beginning of my 7th month...

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It sounds like you have a really good perspective on this....taking it seriously but not too personally. I would just immediately remove him from the scene when he does something like that and explain you did so because he is making the...

When my dd was around the same age we were going through the same struggles. I wasn't pregnant but felt our nursing relationship was almost always a struggle. I nightweaned - which was much easier than I expected. She had a little cold...

I think you're really on the right track with the rewards system, but at her age she needs faster gratification for it to work well. Can you figure something out she would like that you can do in the evening after a good day? And then...

Normal! When my DD was 4 I used to have to discreetly pull her off of other people's sofa arms when we were visiting friends

I have been there! I nightweaned DD but continued to cosleep another 6 months or so when she was about 2. What worked was saying "nursies went to bed - no nursies 'till the sun comes up!" Substitute boobies for nursies I had a sippy...