stealthmom 1) Hand wash with baby palmolive 2) Diaper dekor. We got one off our registry and actually bought a second one so we would have one upstairs and downstairs.
countthestars No coat in the car seat for us. We has a JJ cole "showercap" cover and if it's exceptionally cold, we'll use a blanket. I'm a little overly paranoid about thick things under straps in car seats. But it's so easy to keep her warm without doing that so I'm OK with the paranoia.
Mine: 4 weeks, 5 days, and she's eating like a fiend, and not sleeping. Growth spurt?
I'm on the same loop, DD has been in the carrier pretty much all day except for when she eats because she won't sleep anywhere else today, and I've lost track of how many times I've fed her today (every hour to hour and a half). I'm assuming the "6 week" growth spurt as well.
Would it be the OB or your regular doctor? If you opt for your regular dr, you can just say you want to have a general check up
I was hoping the OB would have more experience in terms of recommending safe medications plus dosing for breastfeeding, so that was the route I was going to go. Also, my regular doctor has a pretty big wait for check ups.
My regular doctor was very knowledgeable about pregnancy / BF (she BF her daughter over a year). I would go with whoever you are more comfortable with.
How does air travel with a toddler work (domestic):
1. Do you need to bring their birth certificate?
2. Do your bring your normal convertible catseat (if you buy them a seat)? How do you install it (is there LATCH or something)?
We've flown Delta, United, and Southwest with DS over the last few months. Southwest is the only carrier that asked for proof of age. We have a passport for him, so we just bring that with us when we travel. He's flown on our lap so far.
Post by MadamePresident on Feb 10, 2014 17:22:02 GMT -5
SAHM What type of things do you do with your younger toddlers? I talk as we are doing things around the house. We read books, sing songs and play with food. But I feel like I should be doing more to interact, because I also give my daughter a fair amount of time to play without me.
Post by Velar Fricative on Feb 10, 2014 17:54:28 GMT -5
When can babies start using pouches? It's hard to fathom a 6-month-old being able to squeeze food out of one but things I am reading hint that they can be used from the beginning. That can't be right...
SAHM What type of things do you do with your younger toddlers? I talk as we are doing things around the house. We read books, sing songs and play with food. But I feel like I should be doing more to interact, because I also give my daughter a fair amount of time to play without me.
We get out of the house as much as we can. He is not good at entertaining himself, and just wants me to carry him around so he can see what is going on. My arms just cant take it.
I've been pulling up a chair to the ktichen counter recently while I prep meals, and giving him his own bowl and spoon and random things to "stir". He loves it.
He also loves for me to chase him, and we listen to music and he dances a lot.
1. Hot soapy sink water 2. n/a use disposables ETA: Duh, we use a diaper genie
Mine: Does your kid wear a coat in their infant seat or do you just cover with blankets? Assume this is in a pre-heated car
What do you do when your iphone gets too full of photos? I am uploading them to our laptop right now and then plan on deleting most (keeping favs). Is that a bad idea? Is there something else I can or should do?
L has the fleece shower cap cover. I use only that and she wears a hat. No blankets or anything. In the car I unzip it so she does not get hot.
I have the shutterfly app on my phone. 1x/week I upload any new photos there. That way they are accessible anywhere and I do not have to worry about connecting my phone to anything.
I haven't found an easy solution for videos and i wish there was one.
When can babies start using pouches? It's hard to fathom a 6-month-old being able to squeeze food out of one but things I am reading hint that they can be used from the beginning. That can't be right...
I squeeze the pouch for him (and got spoons that can screw on to the pouch) great for keeping in the diaper bag!
Did anyone else's kid go on a nursing strike (or just hate it) once mom was working 5 days/week? Anything we can do about it? We're using premie nipples and I pause and sit him up every few minutes during bottle-feeding.
When can babies start using pouches? It's hard to fathom a 6-month-old being able to squeeze food out of one but things I am reading hint that they can be used from the beginning. That can't be right...
it is right! when i nannied babies i would just hand them the pouch. i remember having one parent be completely shocked when they saw their baby eating that way.
When can babies start using pouches? It's hard to fathom a 6-month-old being able to squeeze food out of one but things I am reading hint that they can be used from the beginning. That can't be right...
it is right! when i nannied babies i would just hand them the pouch. i remember having one parent be completely shocked when they saw their baby eating that way.
it is right! when i nannied babies i would just hand them the pouch. i remember having one parent be completely shocked when they saw their baby eating that way.
I'm totally going to give that a shot!
it's absolutely worth the attempt. squeezing a pouch into a spoon seems like way too much work to me. pouches are supposed to be easier!
If your baby has no teeth should you brush their gums? When they get teeth do you brush them twice a day? Once? Less often?
It doesn't hurt to brush gums at bath time (just use a washcloth if you don't want to do a tootbrush, but finger brush is also good). Mostly it gets them used to you digging around in the mouth. I just brush once a day with teeth... crap, I should start with DD now.
N got his 4 month shots today. I know his leg is bothering him, but he's not moving it at all. He's kicking away with the right leg but his left leg is laying there, occasionally flopping a little. Please tell me this is normal...?
N got his 4 month shots today. I know his leg is bothering him, but he's not moving it at all. He's kicking away with the right leg but his left leg is laying there, occasionally flopping a little. Please tell me this is normal...?
Hmm, it's probably nothing but I'd call the doctor's office just to check.
If you BF and feed only one side when it is time to pump do you pump both sides or the one you didn't feed off of? I am returning to work next week and need some input. I have a large supply and am looking to maintain supply and not increase. I plan to return to work but will likely be moving out of state in April or May and will SAH so won't need a larger stash.
I am so worried about messing this up and increasing my supply to where I am super uncomfortable again. I still leak every morning and into the afternoon after 5 months of BFing.
It you skipped cereal or oatmeal, what did you do for iron? E gets 4-8oz of formula a day. Is that enough to not worry about iron? I want to start before her 6 month appt since she is lunging for food.
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The other big push is that if you don't do cereal, you intro meat early. There's no reason to stick to fruits and veggies, it's just tradition. I wouldn't worry much until past 6 months, though.
When your baby is collapsing them, is taking a really long time to finish a bottle, or seems super frustrated. If there isn't a problem, there isn't a reason to move up.
If you BF and feed only one side when it is time to pump do you pump both sides or the one you didn't feed off of? I am returning to work next week and need some input. I have a large supply and am looking to maintain supply and not increase. I plan to return to work but will likely be moving out of state in April or May and will SAH so won't need a larger stash.
I am so worried about messing this up and increasing my supply to where I am super uncomfortable again. I still leak every morning and into the afternoon after 5 months of BFing.
I'd pump both sides at once for efficiency, but don't pump too many more oz than your baby is drinking while you're gone. Stop pumping when you've got enough to replace the feeding.
It you skipped cereal or oatmeal, what did you do for iron? E gets 4-8oz of formula a day. Is that enough to not worry about iron? I want to start before her 6 month appt since she is lunging for food.
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We've given DD an iron supplement from the beginning since she was a preemie. We started with just an iron supplement since her iron was low and switched to Poly-vi-sol with Iron once she was about 3 months old and her iron was normal. If you're concerned about iron, you could always add a multivitamin with some iron to help.
If you BF and feed only one side when it is time to pump do you pump both sides or the one you didn't feed off of? I am returning to work next week and need some input. I have a large supply and am looking to maintain supply and not increase. I plan to return to work but will likely be moving out of state in April or May and will SAH so won't need a larger stash.
I am so worried about messing this up and increasing my supply to where I am super uncomfortable again. I still leak every morning and into the afternoon after 5 months of BFing.
I am probably in the minority, but I ended up only pumping one side at a time. I started off pumping both and just ended up with lots of little bottles. I attempted to pump one side at a time to see how it went and I basically need up with the same amount of milk.
If I had been trying to increase my supply I might have stuck with pumping both longer.
stealthmom, I wash ours with a bottle brush and dish soap most of the time and will run them through the dishwasher if it's ready to be run anyway. For diapers, we have a Diaper Genie. Well, actually two. One was given to us, and the other J insisted on running to BRU to get when AJ was less than a week old because he thought going upstairs to put dirty diapers in the DG in AJ's room was just so terrible. We spent a lot of time down in our family room for the first couple of months after AJ was born and had a changing station set up down there with the PnP, but now we're upstairs more because our living room has more room for AJ's toys and thus the second DG doesn't get used now.
@callmefia I get up and pump once if I wake up MOTN (and I do most of the time), sometime between 2-4am.
countthestars we put a hat on AJ (something's gotta keep that big ol' bald head of his warm) and use a heavy blanket.