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The terms "foremilk" and "hindmilk" cause some confusion because they seem to imply there are two types of milk, which, of course, there aren't. This...
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My 9 and a half month old has been refusing to breastfeed. It’s now exactly a week since her last feed. I think it may be because I gave her a fright...
My dauther is almost four months old. I have two older children. The past week she has been crying inconsolably whenever I leave her for over an...
My daughter LOVES to put her hands in my face while she is eating. She has recently started trying to jam her fingers in my nose :/ Since she is...
I would like some suggestions on co-sleeping. I have a 5.5 month old who is a very enthusiastic nighttime nurser and who LOVES to snuggle with mom....
My son will be a year old at the end of this month. We started him on cereal around 6 months and baby food not too long after. He did pretty well for...
DD is now 3 months, adjusted age 7 weeks. I'm still pumping for her, still pumping very little using a hospital grade Medela at home and a PISA at...
I'm looking for advice regarding how to increase my milk supply after a month of failed weaning attempts. My baby is 9 months old and I was planning...
I am a first time mom. pediatrician said to introduce solids @ 4-6 months and when baby is showing signs of readiness to eat solids. my LO shows...
my LO is 4 1/2 months and has seemed to be a baby with a lot of gas that upsets her and seems painful since about 1 month. I have been exclusively...
I'm looking for some advice, Mamas. I have a 9 month old who is spitting up a lot more in the past few weeks after having slowed down for awhile and...
We have made it to 3 months!!! YAY! Although I am now back at work we are successfully breasfeeding and it is the most greatest thing in the world! I...
I got a milk blister/clogged duct just over a month ago. I was able to remove the skin from the blister which did unclog the duct. However, the spot...
Lately for the past week or so my DD doesn't seem as interested in nursing as she used to be. For example I nurse her as soon as she and I get home...
My LO is almost a year- it's been a long, bumpy road with nursing, but I am happy to say that I will reach my goal of a year. Lately however, I have...
my baby is now 6 months and i've been trying to give her a bottle since 10 weeks. she used to take one every few days of expressed milk then one day...
Hey Ladies! I have read through a lot of the other threads and am going to start implementing the suggestions as much as possible. Here is my...
Hi, my 3 month old has been having more and more dark green stools. At 2 months she had mostly yellow mustard stools with the occasional green stool....
My doctor suggested that I need to start solids for my 4 month old because he is eating every hour and he is big (16lbs 8 oz). My 4 older kids...
Hi, I wrote a couple weeks ago about drop in supply and got some good suggestions' from Mommal, I believe. I am pumping and nursing but also have to...
Hi All, I recently discovered I had excess lipase but after a week of scalding milk, baby still is a finicky milk drinker. Sometimes she drinks...
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