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About The Sisterhood
Isabel Blumberg,
MD (OB-GYN)
Louisa Wales,
Certified Doula
Andy Steiner,
Author, Spilled Milk
Becky,
mom of two
Jen,
Mom
Gretchen,
Mom
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Welcome, moms! We want to hear what you think about infant feeding and other parenting issues. To comment on something we've said, or to ask us a question, just hit the "Comments" link on the bottom of each post.
In the past several months, some of my shopping habits have started to swing a little. I've noticed myself searching out more organic fruits, opting for the whole-grain version of foods that the kids like, and picking up low-fat versions of kids foods. Organic I totally understand. I don't always get them due to the cost, but when I can I opt for the organic versions of produce. Some interesting things I've found in my shopping cart lately - organic pop-tarts, organic animal cracker type cookies, whole-grain pop-tarts, whole-grain cereal bars, and even baked cheetos! It's interesting how you adopt behaviors without even realizing you're making changes consciously. I've even been leaning more and more towards buying organic milk though I haven't actually done that yet.
What changes have you/are you making in your family's eating and shopping habits?
My best friend who recently had a baby is hitting that 3-4 week in point where you're totally exhausted and spent. So they are now giving their son a bottle of breast milk once during the night so she can get a little more sleep. So far so good with the switcheroo. She's wondering if babies will refuse the bottle if they are given it by their mom. So far just the dad has been giving the bottle. Did your baby every refuse the bottle when you gave it to them?
So, in thinking over all the birthday party scenarios possible. We decided on the least amount of "work" possible. On their birthdays, just our immediate family (the four of us). Then, because the girls birthdays are 3 weeks apart, we'll have a family party for BOTH (1 party-->2 birthday celebrations). Hopefully less-is-more will be better:)
I'm pretty studious about applying sunscreen to my kids especially in the summer. However, a couple of days ago, a case of the "it's not that warm out" evaded my sunscreen IQ. We were working in the yard all day and Thomas wanted to play with the kids down the street. As the day stretched on, I failed to realize that though it wasn't hot outside, he was in the direct sunlight almost all day. Poor thing got his first ever sunburn - face, neck, arms. All were a unpretty shade of hot pink by the end of the day. Thankfully I still had some aloe gel from last summer that I could slather on his hot skin. That and a couple of children's acetemophin have helped him through the last few days. I'm so used to sunscreen in the summer that it didn't even register for me to coat him down yet. Oh well, at least it wasn't Edith. A toddler with a sunburn has to be the worst imaginable thing!
Any tips on soothing a kid's sunburn?
How much is too much? How do you regulate how much candy your kids eat around the holidays? Sometimes, I feel like I should just let them indulge for a bit, then regulate the days following [the holiday]; but, still, the question remains, how much?????
To start this conversation, I'll start with....We are contemplating adoption. In connection with that comes a "feeding" thought. Can you breastfeed an adopted child? Can you get yourself to lactate without the whole birthing process, just wondering...??? Anyone have any experience with this?
So, my little Willow is 5 months old already and she and I are in sweet nursing bliss. Even after nursing 2 previous kiddos, I forgot just how "easy" and in-synch nursing becomes with time. I remember I did a bit of "stressing" about the need to get her to take a bottle from the get-go. Well, guess what, she took a bottle with ease from day one. And guess what, it has been easier not to give her a bottle, so she hasn't had one for almost 4 months! (Things don't always go as planned with infant feeding, that's for sure!) So, if you are perhaps nervous about breastfeeding or not quite in-synch with your little one (I had lots of lip-biting pain from a poor latch-on in those first weeks!), hang in there for that sweet bit o' bliss!
So a few weeks back i was enjoying lunch at a local deli type restaurant. While there, I noticed a mom very discretely breastfeeding her baby. She was tucked away in a corner and was using a blanket as a cover. As I glanced around, I noticed another women closely staring at the nursing mom. She didn't look like she was disgusted or staring in discomfort/anger/whatever. But I couldn't figure out while she was staring so intently at this poor woman. The nursing mom didn't seem to notice as she was rightly focusing on her baby and her lunch at the same time. But this staring woman was only about 6 feet away and not even trying to hide the fact that she was scrutinizing the nursing. What's up with that? After about 15 minutes, the mom/baby was finished and they packed up and left.
Have you ever been stared down in public while nursing? How did you handle it? I kept wanting to tell this "peeping" lady to mind her own business.
I get random emails from various companies and I happen to be on Fisher Price's email list. They just had an article that they "highlighted" about bad eaters. If you have a minute, it has some great insights. Here's the article.
So first let me say that much of my work history has focused on child maltreatmetn and parenting education. That being said, on MSNBC today there is an article where people have written in debating on leaving children alone in the car. I personally am against it. I believe I have only ever left my kids alone in the car twice that I can remember in the last 7 years that I've been a parent. I'm just not comfortable with it keys in the ignition or not. My husband on the other had, has no problems leaving them in the car while he runs back in the house or in to pay for gas or whatever. He knows it bothers me and he doesn't do it (that I know of) after the last time Thomas "told on him" and he got an ear full from me. I just feel like it's unsafe and there are too many things that can happen in an instant (car gets stolen, car gets hit, car randomly kicks into gear, etc.) Where do you stand on the issue?
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