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12 Week Old Constipated, Should I Give Prune Juice?
Asked by S.A. from Champaign
on August 19, 2010
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my son will be 12 weeks old in a few days. he has only had breastmilk so far. about 1 1/2 weeks ago I started giving him the polyvisol vitamin supplement. i think i...
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- Your babý gets the nutrition he needs through your milk. Are you still taking prenatal vitamins? What you take gets passed through your milk.
- I would stop giving your son vitamins, at this age its not necessary when you're exclusively breastfeeding. I would be sure to be taking your prenatal vitamins and a D...
- S., if you give your baby prune juice, cut it with water so it's not so rich. (Half water, half prune juice.) And yes, I did this with my baby around that age. I ...
Giving Baby Water
Asked by K.G. from Burlington
on May 1, 2008
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Hey all! just curious about when is a good time to introduce drinking water to my baby....and/or other natural juices? She is 5 months now...thanks all--happy beltane!
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- As far as I know - its water ... you can introduce it anytime. People mix water with formula, etc. I give my daughter purified water because my town water is gross.
- I started giving my daughter water when she started eating solid foods at every meal. I thought of it this way, when I eat, I get thirsty so she probably would too. Sh...
- I never bothered with giving them water til they were using a sippee cup. It will just fill them with empty nutrients. They need to be taking the BM/or formula. Abo...
I Hate Water
Asked by H.S. from Cincinnati
on May 26, 2010
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I'm in the midst of a new lifestyle change with diet and exercise. I'm really struggling with beverages more so than food choices. I want to cut out all calories in th...
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- I don't like water either. A few things you could try are: Carbonated water (with or without flavor, I like lemon or lime, you can just add a slice) Diluted juice (...
- I hate drinking water, too! Bleh. I drink diet everything - I looooove Coke Zero. But it has caffeine, so I know it's not exactly the best thing to drink. Recently I s...
- Strikes me that you'd get that swooshy stomach with any liquid, yes? So it sounds like it's more the water itself that repels you. I never liked soft drinks, thank...
How to Get My 11 Month Old to Drink Water
Asked by C.C. from Chicago
on December 5, 2007
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My almost year old daughter is not too interested in the bottle anymore and is pretty much eating what we're eating. Without feeding her the formula I'm worried she wo...
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- For the sippy cup: my son wouldn't take it either so I switched to a straw. They make these drinking cups that look like a sippy cup, but the top is a straw. It took h...
- Does she know how to drink from a straw? If not try teach her, and then leave a straw cup with water around and see how she does. My daughter started playing with her ...
- Could she just not like the cup you're using? My son wasn't too keen on sippy cups for a long time - he much preferred a real cup (supervised, in his high chair) or d...
Need 4 Year Old to Drink Milk or Water
Asked by C.P. from Washington DC
on May 15, 2008
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My four year old daughter will not drink milk or water. I nursed her until she was about 14 months old and then tried to switch to milk. She never took it, even if I...
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- I wanted my son to understand how important water and milk were to his diet. So I only gave him juice or milk with meals. If he was thristy outside of meals water wa...
- C. - while I agree with the moms who say "tell her it's water or nothing!" I know this is easier said than done. My own 4 year old refuses to drink milk, and I haven...
- A lot of people just don't like milk. She may be one of them. But you must insist that she drinks water. When I realized my kids weren't drinking enough, I started ...
When Do Babies Need Water?
Asked by C.B. from Houston
on December 30, 2007
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I have an 8 month old who is breastfed. We just began rice cereal (I mix it with breastmilk). I have heard so many different opinions about when to give water. I am...
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- I think after 6 months or so it's safe to introduce water. Check with your ped though. It has something to do with their kidneys not be able to handle water until a ...
- One of my breastfed boys didn't have any water until around 12 months old. The second breastfed boy had water at 8 months, on a day that we were outside all day long ...
- You should let her have a little water after she eats, because the solid food is hard for the kidneys to process so a little water will help that.
Milk
Asked by C.D. from Savannah
on June 6, 2010
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my now almost 15 month old did fine with the whole milk switch, for about a month and a half, now she wont touch it, we had already broke her from the bottle, so she r...
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- Both of my boys went/going through this same phase. My older one wouldn't touch milk once the bottle was taken away at 16 months. My 13 month old now is done with bo...
- Was she on alimentum because she was diagnosed as allergic to milk protein? She may have stopped drinking milk because it does not agree with her. I think kids are m...
- Actually, humas are the only creature on earth who still drink milk after we are weaned; there are many other foods, as others have said, that are better sources of th...
Juice Plus
Asked by S.M. from San Francisco
on October 10, 2010
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Someone put up info about a vitamin that there kids took and they hardly ever got sick. Was it called Juice Plus? I need to do something with my daughter we do vitami...
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- Juice plus is a multi-level marketing company. (pyramid scam.) It's just like any other work at home sales company. They make an average product and mark it way up, t...
- We take Juice Plus and love them. It has helped immensely with our not getting sick (for all of us). We are also very good water drinkers, and teach/preach to keep h...
- My family and me did Juice Plus for a while, great fruit and veggie supplements but very expensive. We found at our local Sams Club JuiceFestiv pills by Natrol same ef...
Milk Alternatives
Asked by Q.W. from Austin
on April 3, 2009
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Hi! I have a 13 month old son who was just told to lay off milk for a few days to see if it helps with his painful stools. He is in agony every time he poops and we've...
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- I kept both my daughters on soy milk until they were like 3 each. I have issues with humans drinking cow's milk. You can get calcium & vitamin D through other source...
- Pediasure (store brands are much cheaper) is lactose free. I use to give it to my son in a bottle and he loved it. I keep hearing that soy is not good for boys.
- I would try goat's milk. My daughter did better once I switched her from cow's milk to goat's milk, I believe she has a mild allergy to cow's milk protein. Like co...
Where's the Milk??
Asked by E.W. from New York
on October 17, 2011
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Hi moms. I have been exclusively breast feeding my 10 week old son. I have had no problems so far. But the last few days my. Breasts seem diflated or not as full. I'm...
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- Exactly what Momofmany said. When in doubt count the wet diapers-- if fluid is coming out you know it's going in! As for the pumping--NOT a good indication of su...
- Try nursing more, on demand. You baby is going to be your best friend when it comes to increasing your milk. The more you nurse, the more you will make. Doesnt quite ...
- Are you nursing on demand? Are you getting enough rest? Water? Also, once the milk is established, the breasts often do seem less full, but in reality they are not. Ju...
