Posts by jaxinsmom

She's exclusively breastfed and I have no idea what to do. My MIL will watch my ds (3yrs) and has offered to watch dd as well (with expressed milk) but I don't know if that will work. She's never taken a bottle and yesterday I...

New pic of Nellah in my siggy : I call it the Mennonite shot (I realize the bonnet's a bit big, but it's still pretty cute!) I was lurking on the Feb. 09 ddc thread; remembering back to a year ago and how I was feeling, and thinking...

Quote: Originally Posted by sarahn4639 Is anyone else gaining weight? I am trying to lose it (though I do need to excercise more) but keep gaining! I weight as much now as I did right before giving birth. This is...

Quote: Originally Posted by amberskyfire I posted about this in another community and got some great answers. For one thing, I live in Hawaii, so I definitely know mosquitoes. We have tried EVERY SINGLE type of...

SLING -- mine is a blue celery, and I LOVE it!!!! I have been using it since dd was 4 days old -- she's now almost 4 months so we've tried almost all the positions, and it's wonderful. No real suggestions for the other things -- LESS...

birthmommom !!!!!!!!!!!! I soooo commend you for pumping -- I absolutely hate it, I find it painful and frustrating because I am never able to get a lot of milk. So, I have nothing but the highest amount of respect for women who pump...

Quote: Originally Posted by salt_phoenix I am sorry you are dealing with that Helen. I got an "anonymous" letter one time that had an ad for a weight loss program in it... nothing more. It hurt. It hurt REAL...

I've ordered the necklace for dd and I. Should I keep it on her 24-7 or take it off at night?

Quote: Originally Posted by justmama Instead I'll settle for catching Grace and getting to kiss her before the nicu team stole her away from me for nearly 2 weeks. ] , I'm so sorry this happened. ...

Quote: Originally Posted by birthmommom jaxinsmom...how old is Nellah? my dh wants to get one for Henry...we think he would LOVE it. I feel like he isn't ready yet...how can you tell? she's 3.5 months. If he...