Posts by esmlranch

i second the ergo suggestion. babies ususlly love it because they are stomach to stomach with you. you can use the hood to help keep his head from flopping around. you can also use it as a back carrier. and it works for up to 40...

thanks for the great link! i knew it would be bad, it's nice to have the info to back up. i'll tell her to stand her ground!

my sisters 9 week old is going to have a swallow study. she is exclusively bf. they may want to give her formula. would that be harmful just one time? i told her to insist on using pumped bm for whatever they need it for since her...

I have been diagnosed with a prolapsed bladder. I am going for a second opinion with a specialist next week but it appears now that it is stage 3, the worst case scenario and will likely require surgery to repair. Just wondering if...

congratulations!! sorry your birth didn't go as planned but glad you are both doing well. enjoy your big baby girl!

hooray! i will stop worrying as i indulge. i also looked it up in dr sears book and the only negative he listed is that is can be a fuss food.

thanks, that makes sense that the kids in the same house would be exposed to the same germs anyway.

I never had coffee or caffeine at all with ds. Now with dd I *need* a little in the am because of ds! I am talking 1 small cup each day. Is this really bad? What are bad caffeine effects? I guess I am feeling...

If 2 kids are nursing and one has a cold can the other be infected by sharing the nipple? Does breastmilk have a cleansing/antibacterial effect? Are there precautions to be taken? TIA for any insight on this.

i just wanted to throw out there that the use of a paci is the #1 cause of ear infections. we cosleep with 2. we have 2 sidecar beds hooked onto ours but no one really uses those! do whatever works for you, your little one, and...