Posts by Thalia

We used NFP+ condoms for years--I had tried hormonal birth control in the past with mixed results and didn't want to use it any long. Condoms and NFP worked fine for us. Recently, however, I started having very severe peri-menopausal...

The newest thing I'm doing is keeping a pricebook, which helps me track the cost of items I regularly buy. Keeping an eye on prices helps me know what the lowest price available for a certain item is. When it hits that price, or goes...

replying!

I also like Unconditional Parenting and "How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen so Kids Will Talk". I wish I'd read How to Talk earlier; it echoes many of the principles in UP, but gives you actual techniques to try. So...

Thanks for all the responses. I'm not at all worried about supply for my babe; she's got lots of wet diapers and is gaining just fine. I'm just trying to figure out how I can pump enough milk to be able to go and exercise at the gym a...

I just pumped for the first time with my old pump. I had just fed DD#2, who is 6 weeks old, and was only able to get 1 oz on the side she hadn't fed on. On the other side, I only got a few drops. It's been 3 years since I used my pump,...

Glad you're getting some relief!

DD#2 has one a day usually. Sometimes she'll skip a day, and then WATCH OUT! Her poop is mostly mustardy, but sometimes it will have a little green tinge to it with some mucous. Not green, just not on the orange side. We went through big...

I used nipple shells with my first because I had flat nipples, and they collected milk. The instructions said to discard that milk though, and not to feed it to the baby. I don't remember if they said why, but I had assumed it was...

DD#1 just turned 3 in August and we are having all of these same issues. She is extremely gentle and positive toward the baby (seriously, she hasn't said a single negative thing toward the baby or even complained about her). But her fuse...