Posts by zombiemommie

I am sorry if I have made anyone uncomfortable. Sometimes I feel that there are people here who are looked upon as "not enough". The vegans feel that someone who is eating dairy and eggs is not a "true" vegetarian....

Thanks for the advice. Altho it was "cold turkey" I didn't mean it to be. I was going to cut out the night nursing and she responded really well so I decided to just "go for it" - she hasn't asked or tried to latch...

THings that worked for us: location, location, location. DS would eat at the kiddie picnic table, and later at his little wood table, but not at the big table. Also maybe try booster seat vs. car seat. Have a picnic. Let him eat...

Is he eating or drinking enough in the daytime ? Maybe you could increase the number of day nursings (add one or two) (or bottle of BM if he takes that wherever he is where you are at work) or make sure he is getting an extra snack of...

Are there any traditionalist (TLM) moms here ?

Where are the rules of what constitutes keeping with the "AP", natural motheriong stereotype posted here on MDC ? Everyone is not an all or nothing AP'r. If Lexbeach, who has nursed twins for 26 or 27 months decidesto bribe...

I just weaned my 27 1/2 month old, all night and nap nurser, cold turkey. The first night was rough, she cried for about 15 minutes (being held by me) but we decided to wean because she has two huge cavities and there is the...

History: I am uber mastitis prone. I also have, still, enough milk to nurse triplets. I have just weaned my #2 after 27 1/2 months of BF. She was nursing pretty much all night (nap, bedtime, multiple wakings, AM) and not during...

I have heard the same thing about St. Barnabas, that it is a "baby mill" and there are no private post-partum rooms - no rooming in, no matter what, which makes breastfeeding, and good rest, practically impossible.

I had a VBAC 17 months ago at the Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch, NJ. (Which is exit 109 on the Garden State Parkway if you know NJ at all). I know several people who have VBAC'd there in the past 2 years, as well as a few...