Posts by Viola

I'm going to bump this so it shows up in new posts again.

I am Anna Smith (now Bates)

Congratulations!!!  Welcome to the Mothering discussion boards! 

Hmmmm, tough choice.  I think it depends not only on your daughter, but the developmental stage of the other kids.  My 13 year old has friends who are boys, and in general I think it helps to encourage friendship with boys so...

OK, here is another article, it doesn't say much about decreased supply other than it happens about halfway through. http://kellymom.com/pregnancy/bf-preg/12earlyweaning/     I've known moms who claim to have never lost...

In my experience in talking to other mothers, you will probably have to supplement if you get pregnant any time soon.  Of course it depends on when you get pregnant, how quickly and how much your milk supply dwindles, and how much...

Just bumping this up to the top for you. :)

I see them when I log out, but can't see them otherwise.  For Dopper, it is linking to price grabber, and for Thing 1 and Thing 2 there are links to ebay.

I wonder if the ability to eat cooked banana means a different kind of allergy or if the cooking just denatures the proteins  It sounds like the latex related allergy is because of chitinase, but then there is also one that is...

Some people are allergic to bananas.  I knew someone who was allergic to latex, bananas and avocados. Apparently the three can be related.  It sounds as if there are two types of allergies in relation to bananas, one related...