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My son is far from picky...he is actually eating a slice of red onion from my sandwitch right now....I just thought I'd see what he would do with it...he likes it. Anyway, I am going to use...

So despite breast constriction, perpetual low supply, tongue tie, poor suck, & not getting good advice until I got onto this forum I have made it to 11 months with the help of a donor mom and prayer....

So my son is 11 months next week. He gets two meals a day; the first after nursing in the morning and the second in the evening when my husband and I have dinner. I limit his food to about 3 oz since...

1bag per cup. I have a 6 cup tea pot so I would just fill it totally, add the bags and cover, steeping for 10 minutes before chucking the bags. Squeeze the bags really good before you toss em...

With that tea, you have to drink A LOT. I drank 6-8 cups a day. I made it all in a tea pot and once the tea cooled I dranknit as iced tea. It gets a little old after a while but that is what I did to...

If you want to kick start your supply back to where you were, I would suggest a nursing vacation paired with a galactagogue like more milk plus by mother love. I have always had supply problems and...

Ok, so thee is a lot I can suggest...the first is a nursing vacation. Only nurse, don't offer solids, no other fluids, and within a day her appetite will soar. By the next day your supply should...

I was just going to post about igt...hypoplasia...which I have, wondering about others who have grown their supply with additional pregnancies and nursing. I'm on my first baby and am starting to...

Ok, I have been where you are...worse actually because I have insufficient glandular tissue and my son had tongue tie. The professional lactation consultants at the hospital even told me to give up....

In the first 4 months of being a bf mom I was overwhelmed like you. I have breast constriction...let me tell you what that is... deflated tubular breasts that are unsightly, far apart have flat...

I had several months of my son having bad gas as a side effect of galactagogues I was taking for my low supply. He was squirmy and up constantly screaming in the night. I had to roll on my back and...

I get some donated milk and I supply my donor mom with lansinoh bags because the medela ones were sooooooo awful and leaky and tough to pour from. The lansinoh bags do sometimes break apart at the...

You know when you do introduce yogurt you can make your own. Its super easy. All you need is whole milk a stove, a meat or cooking thermometer, some starter culture from plain yogurt like Dannon...

About sipped cups....I only offer about 1/2 oz of fruit and water puree in these sippee cups...

My son is 9 months and he loves eating and feeding himself. He could eat solids all day if I let him. Had my mom babysit for 2 hours while my husband and I went out for our anniversary and she spent...

I began taking domperidone when my son was 6 months old. I have had very low supply (about 14 oz a day at best) and have tried everything to help it increase. I was on motherlove more Milk special...

On the black strap molasses, there are some great bread recipes that call for it. We make our own whole wheat bread so that's what I use to give it color and flavor. Oatmeal of left to cool becomes...

Apricots also have iron, my son adores apricots but they're hard to come by fresh and organic and usually lack flavor. I buy unsulfured dried apricots from trader Joe's and hydrate them a bit in some...

My son is 9 months and when I feed him, he clears his tray and could keep eating if you gave him more. My mom babysat for a few hours last night and fed him what I suggested but because he kept...

We don't eat a lot of processed foods and meat anymore. We eat a ton of vegitables and fruit though. I am trying to up our grain and legumes diversity too. I cloth diaper so I have a lot of...

So my son is 9 months and he has been eating solids for about 2 months and his poop is very faint smelling. I cloth diaper and its actually very hard to know when he has a poopy diaper because I...

Have you tried steamed zuccini, its very much like a puree in texture and very watery so its easy to swallow. My son could pick up those pieces of cubed zuccini when he was still all thumbs and chew...

So I have low supply and my donor mom's child is consuming more of her pumped milk now that he has switched day time care Providers. I am not going to ask her to change anything in her life or her...

Last night I did 2 night feeds, I kept my poor baby up during the second time especially and switched him back and forth so he got probably 80% out both times. I think I'll try to get him on...

For the last almost month my son who is 8&1/2 months has been starting to sleep more than feed when he wakes for his night feeding (I have encouraged his night feedings since I have low supply and my...