Posts by Amber Lion

We didn't have a pump and didn't use buckets. Just used a hose, or so I'm told. I honestly don't remember anything about the pool being emptied b/c I wasn't involved. I was in la la baby land. Dh was there with me, so were my...

I was never scared during the labor, birth, or immediate pp (where I had pph) because I was having a natural, intervention-free birth. Whatever was happening was what my body needed to happen and trusting that made it very fearless for...

DD just got her first teeth this past week. When I woke up to her feeling like she had a fever and her temp being 101.4 I was all for monitoring it b/c I'd heard the same things about a fever having a purpose, etc. Dh was adamant we...

Quote: Originally Posted by amberg007 I'm reading the directions on the infant tylenol and it says under 24 lbs--"consult doc" so how much do you give?? is it me or is that odd---its infant tylenol yet no...

My DD has been pretty consistent with the 2-3-4 schedule for a month or two, but she's a bit older than yours. Basically she's ready for a nap about 2 hours after waking for the morning, then another nap about 3 hours after waking from...

I was reading the thread about naked babies in swimming pools and just wanted to see if people had different thoughts when it wasn't a pool but a river swimming hole or a lake. We've got a pretty good sized swimming reservoir at the...

Then: Sleeping in until noon AFTER having slept through the whole night Watching a whole movie, at full sound, uninterrupted, whether in a movie theater or at home even if it's not actually turning out to be that great of a movie Going...

I have never laughed so hard as the first time I hooked myself up to the pump. Seriously, I had to stop so I could literally fall on the floor laughing. I'd never seen anyone pump before and I don't know what I was expecting, but it...

I had a very painful and frustrating bfing relationship for the first 2 months of DD's life. I dreaded every time I had to sit and nurse her, I cried through many nursing sessions, and I often thought "This isn't how it's...

I have herpes and was quite worried about it when I got pg. Told my midwife and she seemed unconcerned that it would impact our home birth plans. She said if it did show up, she had some herbal remedies but home birth went off without...