Posts by Ilana

Really? Meat? Is that because she's over nine months? Or rather, will be? I thought they didn't have the appropriate digestive enzymes for a while. I actually feel okay with that one. Thanks for the suggestion! DD1 still can't stand...

Hey everyone, I'm not sure which category to put this under so if a mod wants to move it to the appropriate place that's fine! DD2 is 8 months old now and I've been hesitant to introduce solids due to general lack of interest on her...

HOw do you know it's contact dermatitis and not ringworm? ILANA

I would pump some breastmilk and get one of those syringes for medicine and use that to get it into her. It's a small amount and she might like the novelty of having it in her mouth. It worked for DD1 when she was a little older and just...

NAK i don't give anti-pyretics unless the child is suffering, and it sounds like yours is. You all need to sleep and for him to do so he needs relief. It's a pro and con thing and IMO, in this case the pros of giving the drugs outweigh...

I had it for the first six weeks when I couldn't have it. AFter that the interest died an abrupt death. It only came back when I started ovulating again, and only the few days I was ovulating, which was no fun because I hate using birth...

But isn't it still too hot to have the baby's arms bound so tightly against their body? My baby loves to be swaddled too but I'm worried about cooking her if she can't get her arms away from her body to cool off. ILANA

Here's a good link for you that I just came across: http://www.kellymom.com/parenting/sl...rtnursing.html

Quote: Originally Posted by cidercat The thing is, it doesn't happen in relation to her nursing. She'll do it anytime. In fact, I don't think she's ever done it at the breast. When I said gulp gulp gulp it's...

DD1 was truly colicky and her crying had a pattern and was the same time every night, but DD2 has spurts throughout the day and if she doesn't have a good fussy period in the late evening, because either we've put her in the swing and...