Breastfeeding: Pedialyte

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2 Yr Old Won't Drink Pedialyte

Hello, My 2 year old daughter has a slight cold, little fever, so far no vomiting.( Thank god!) But will not drink pedialyte....any flavor! Nor will she drink the Walgreens brand, the CVS brand....none of them. So my question is, is there anything else I can give her that won't cause diharrera or dehydration, like juice can? She will drink some water, but not as much as she will if it was juice. Thanks in advance.

Breast Milk Supply & Production

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Decreased Milk Supply After 2 Months.

I didn't know that breast milk production slows down after 6-8 weeks unless the mother nurses very often. I breastfeed my baby. But when he started sleeping for longer periods at about 1 month old, I let him sleep. I thought it would be better for him and his parents as well rather than wake him up to breastfeed. Of course, I didn't use a pump that much either - I was catching up on sleep. Now my breast milk supply is running so low, I have to give him more formula. Where it used to be a single 5 oz. bottle a day, now it could be up...

Pumped Milk

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Weaning from Breastmilk to Regular Milk

I would like to know how to wean my 1yr old daughter from breastmilk to regular cows milk. I made an appointment with her pediatrician for next week for her 1yr checkup but I would like to start the process of weaning being that it may take some time. I've always had problems pumping milk, I can only get 4 oz. per day & it only will express if my baby is feeding from the opposite side! Being so, it's been difficult to have her babysat by anyone for longer than 4 hours because I have to be available to breastfeed her after her meals. The 4oz...