Posts by Megan73

Quote:Originally Posted by Milk8shake Just a quick update to let you all know that this little one did not make it.  I had the D&C on Wednesday.  Of course it is still early, and I have said it before, but I feel like this is...

I wouldn't worry about it - neither of my kids were very interested in food until they had the pincer grip and could totally self-feed - BUT my IBCLC did tell me that babies need a source of iron in the second half of the first year. I...

She sounds like a happy, healthy baby! But her weight gain does seem a bit low. My understanding from kellymom.com - which has great resources on normal infant growth - that the typical EBF baby doubles birthweight between three and four...

Thanks, mama. Dr. Google thinks it's likely a cyst but I'll get to my doc as soon as I can.

Thanks, mama. Mastitis or a plugged duct would have been my first thought but I checked out kellymom.com and the symptoms just don't seem to add up. I e-mailed my LC and she said she'd never heard of a varicose vein on the nipple and...

What makes you think you need to supplement? Is he not gaining as he should? Kellymom.com has great resources on normal infant growth. I ask because you say you thaw milk and he doesn't want it or drinks 1/4 ounces - suggesting he's...

Thanks, mamas.

Argh. Just got back from the park with DS1 and his size 4 pants (with the waist cinched as tight as they go) kept falling around his ankles. But his size three pants look like capris. Where can I buy (reasonably priced) pants for a slim...

My four-year-old asks fairly often to nurse when his 19-month-old brother is nursing. I've told him that it's been a long time since he nursed and he might forget how but he's welcome to have a snuggle and some of my pumped milk in a...

DS - 19 months - still nurses a lot and acrobatically so I assumed when I started having toe-curling pain in my right nipple a few days ago that it was from a tug or bite during the night that I slept through. But when it persisted I...