Posts by Beating Earth

Hello all, It's been a long time since I've been to mothering.com but I knew that this would be an awesome resource so here I am. I am taking the CBI CBE course and need to do a short presentation on diabetic women and their...

That's too funny!!

I'm not sure but they never offered another way to do it and since they never saw DS without his diaper I don't think it was because he is intact, thank goodness.

I feel better knowing I was right to refuse the cath. I was really hoping I wouldn't get flamed for refusing "medical attention", LOL. It felt almost like they wanted to do it just to do it, ya know.

I did call our nurse hotline and was told that I was doing everything right. That he was getting enough since he had had a couple of wet diapers so I felt a bit better. After I hung up the phone DS vomited yellow mucousy stuff so I...

The white spots have been there since birth almost, so I don't think it was thrush. He has nursed fabulously up to today. If it is teething how can I help him? He's still so little. He is also a bit pale. I can put him right to the...

Would he not be trying to pull at his ears if he had an infection? I took his temp under his arm and it says normal but i know that's not the most accurate way to take it. He does have some white spots on his gums, uppers and lowers....

My son is almost 4 months old. Today the temp in the house was up around 30 degrees. Freaking hot!!! He hasn't nursed well since around 2 this afternoon before his nap. Since then he has woken up to scream uncontrollably. I had to...

My DH has this area on his forehead that looks like a patch of very dry skin. We are wondering if it's more than that and if so what? Any ideas on where to start or even what it is are appreciated. (There are 2 pictures in the...