Posts by mamazee

Quote:Originally Posted by Backroads I guess I'm more concerned about the baby than myself.  I do have engorgement and spray issues... OK well then I'll tell you my experience wtih block feeding! I started with four hours on each...

I did have a foremilk/hindmilk imbalance with one of my kids, but it seems like you'd know if you were overproducing milk to that extent. I mean, I was engorged all the time, and I didn't see you mention your own discomfort or...

Welcome to Mothering! We have so many forums you might be interested in: forums on blended families, multicultural families, breastfeeding, baby wearing, vaccinations, and basically everything mentioned in your intro! Look through our...

A great skill to learn is to be able to lean over to nurse from the breast farther away from the baby. Maybe women with small breasts can't do this, but my medium breasts and I could. It takes a bit of practice, but work on leaning over...

My answer is "it depends." Let's say on the day the woman gives birth, her husband ends up needing his appendix out. Both have had a medical event they need to recover from (and I was up and moving two days after my appendix came out...

A lot of toddlers go through an aggressive phase. Sometimes it's associated with needing better language skills, but it often seems to be around some kind of frustration. Kids that age can get frustrated when they're not understood or...

When my kids were that little, I found that some tummy massage often helped. I googled and found this website that describes the tummy massage for constipation: http://www.liddlekidz.com/massage-for-constipation.html Also, a warm bath...

I had to google Janteloven. Interesting. I've known people who have switched schools here in the US and I've never had anyone send me an email or anything about it. Usually it just comes up in conversation at some point. "What teacher...

My 11-year-old daughter can get heavy with the backtalk too. And the arguing! And when I tell her to stop arguing with me, she starts arguing about whether she was actually arguing! It can drive a person crazy. I have no solutions to...

My 4-year-old and 11-year-old have shared a room, but the 11-year-old is desiring a greater degree of privacy, so our guest room is no longer and they are each getting a room. Both rooms need some decorating to make them look nice and...