Posts by CallMeMommy

Different carrier?  Like an Ergo or a Beco so he's on your back and has a different view of the world?

Quote: Originally Posted by laohaire  I was happy to use such an area from time to time, though I don't feel nursing needs to be hidden.   But a nursing BATHROOM completely turns me off. Even if...

I would love one of these.  I think to get more men to babywear you need to make the carriers minimalist - low-key fabrics, as few straps/buckles/snaps as possible, etc.  At least I think that would work on my husband...

I've only had 1 in the hospital, and he was a preemie.  They certainly didn't ask right after the birth, but I honestly don't remember them bringing it up before discharge either.  If anything they told us to ask our family...

I don't on a regular basis.  I kept up on all of them with DS1, most of them with DS2, and now with DS3 I'm like "oh, hey, you need a well baby..."  His first well baby visit was at 6 months, and my cool family doc said...

I don't know the exact date it went into effect, but the date on this fact sheet is December 2010: http://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/whdfs73.htm

Maybe bring it up at orientation?  If you bring it up after an offer they'll probably forget by the time you start anyway. It's federal law now, so I wouldn't ask, I'd just say, "I'll be needing somewhere to pump a few times a...

Quote: Originally Posted by sleeveless  My concern with shedding is polio. I have heard of kids getting polio from another child (it's spread by fecal-oral contact). A vaccinated baby in a pool can shed polio. BUT...

I have 3 and my MIL has told us more than once "No more!"  Makes me want to get pregnant again just to spite her.  She also reamed DH up one side and down the other when we told her about #3.  She thought it was an...

Well, I'm LOVING the Puck/Zizes relationship.  It's so completely out of character for him, and the way he moons over her just cracks me up.   How is Brittany not pregnant yet?  Thinking the stork actually brings...