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My Baby Is SCREAMING One Hour After Eating???
Asked by K.Y. from Jacksonville
on July 13, 2009
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My 7 week old daughter screams in pain approximately one hour after her feedings, more previlantly in the evenings. Does this sound like colic? She takes 4-5 ounces ...
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- That definitely sounds like colic. My son suffered from acid reflux becuase I stopped breastfeeding and gave him formula along with mylicon. The mylicon started the co...
- Given that you know she has reflux I would start with that first. Have you been seen by a pediatric GI specialist? If not, that would be first. It is common for bab...
- I wouldn't jump to changing her formula right away, has she already been diagnosed with reflux? Has she had all of the appropriate test for these symptoms. If she has ...
My Milk Is Nearly Gone Please Help! Its Causing My Depression to Worsen.
Asked by S.2. from Bakersfield
on October 2, 2011
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I messed up spool bad. My mom has been in town for a week and she has insisted on helping out. My daug
hter does well with similac so my mom started taking her for so...
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- I broke my leg when my son was 6 months old. I was in the hospital for three days unable to pump or nurse. When I got home my supply was diminished. I didn't give f...
- A few missed nursings can be fixed very quickly. Just have her nurse a lot and you'll be back up to speed within a couple of days. Does she use a pacifier, that migh...
- Do not do herbals without reasearch, they are not all FDA approved and can cause problems, been there learned from it, I hear the cookies for nursing moms r great alth...
INFO & TIPS On Flying Internationally with 4 Young Children
Asked by S.R. from St. Louis
on December 5, 2009
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Hi Moms!
I need some great tips. I just found out I am flying to Switzerland ( leaving in 2 weeks) with my four kids (daughter 9,twin sons 6, and baby daughter 11 mo...
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- Hi S., I've been flying over seas for a while now and have two daughters ages 12 and 10. They've been flying with me since they were very small. There is a way t...
- I just went to Italy (KCI to ATL to Venice) in June with my 2 yr old. I basically took what I do on domestic flights, just a lot more of everything. Visit the TSA we...
- Bless you, you are my new hero!!! I thought that driving 15 hours was hard! I don't have much advice, but just wanted to say that you get the mom of the year award...
Baby on Strike- Refusing Anything but Breastmilk! What Formula to Choose?
Asked by C.A. from Fresno
on September 6, 2007
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Hi Ladies! So I have a bit of a dilemma. I have exclusively breastfed my son for the past 7.5 months. I currently just started graduate school, and my son just star...
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- Hi C.. I was in a similar situation with my son who is now 12 months old. I nursed him and pumped only for the first 7.5 months. I didn't want to start foods becaus...
- If you haven't already, try making the bottles with half breast milk/half formula. That way it still taste familiar. Although even doing this may take awhile for him...
- I don't know about formulas, but as on older mom, I was very concerned about being able to produce enough for both my girls (now 9 and 6, when I had them, I was 36 and...
Formula
Asked by S.C. from Dallas
on August 16, 2010
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i have been breastfeeding my baby for 2 months now. I also pump 1-2 times a day to increase my milk production so i will be ready to go back to work. The problem is th...
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- You would find a lot of hands on, practical support from the La Leche group. Here is the contact info for the LLLI group in your city: http://www.lllusa.org/web/Ar...
- The more I pump the less I produce too, it just something about nursing your baby to keeps your production up. I use the herb fenugreek and it really works just after ...
- Fenugreek is herbal and worked really well to increase my supply. I have also heard of Mother's Milk tea. As far as formula goes, I think they are all pretty much th...
Breastfeeding and Formula Feeding?
Asked by D.D. from Omaha
on October 19, 2006
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I was just wondering if anyone has any information about using formula as well as breastfeeding. My first 2 daughters were not breast feed but I was thinking about tr...
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- I breastfed both of my daughters, and highly recommend doing it. With my first I was an at home mom, but with my second I had to go back to work. My doctor recommended...
- I had to supplement formula for my breastfeeding daughter to help her gain weight as well - and the type of formula that seemed to work best for her was a soy-based or...
- I bottle,formula, fed my oldest daughter and decided to try breast feeding my second daughter as well as my son. I ended up using both breast and bottle with the youn...
Switching from Breastmilk to Whole Milk
Asked by J.S. from Provo
on February 28, 2008
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I have a Baby boy that will be one in March. I am not producing as much as I have been in the past. At what time frame can his system handle being switched from breas...
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- Try easing him onto the cows milk by offering him other dairy foods such as yogurt or cheese. This will let you see how his tummy will handle the milk products, then a...
- Honestly, I'd avoid cow's milk like the plague. It has a VERY high rate of allergic reaction and it is linked to causing other food sensitivities. Not to mention tha...
- Hi J., My opinion is probably different than others you have heard, but it's only an opinion. :) IF you give him milk, I would recommend goats milk. It's more s...
Seeking Any Help or Good Ideas on Bottle Feedinf
Asked by R.M. from Grand Rapids
on October 27, 2006
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my daughter is 4 months old and i was breast feeding her, now i need to go back to work but she will not take a bottle, its so stressfull, is there anything i can do, ...
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- try putting a little sugar water on the nipple...either watered down caro syrup or even some soda pop - it's just to get them to take it into their mouth and get used ...
- My daugter was the same way when I went back to work we tried almost every type of bottle there was. Finally she took the playtex nurser. The transition from breast mi...
- Hi, My name is A. and I have been a postpartum doula for 12 years and I read your email and thought I my send along some advice. If you are the one trying to bottle ...
New Mom Seeking Advice
Asked by L.K. from Lubbock
on April 7, 2008
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I am writing for my daughter because I do not have answer to this question. She has a brand new baby, only 9 days old. She had a very uncomfortable pregnancy and was ...
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- If the projectile vomiting is truly that and not spit-up, I would recommend asking the baby's doctor about pyloric stenosis. One of my twins had pyloric stenosis and ...
- It is common for babies to loose waight after birth. My daughter was both breast fed and formula fed. I was unable to supply enough milk to fill her tummy so we supl...
- I agree. Most doctors only get concerned after 2 weeks with no weight gain. And the projectile vomiting is just spit-up. My daughter does it so hard sometimes that it ...
My 4 Week Old Doesn't Sleep for More That 30 Min. at a Time
Asked by J.H. from Nashville
on February 11, 2008
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My 4 week old has started in the last 4 days to stay awake for hours at a time (some times as long as 6 hours) and then olny sleep for 30 min. I am exhausted, and i th...
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- Hi I have to agree with some of the other mothers. My son could not nurse b/c of nerve damage and could not handle milk based formula b/c it made him constipated. We...
- Hi, once again you cant spoil a 4 week old. Make sure when you try to get the baby to sleep you turn off all the lights. Swaddle them good and tight at that age. T...
- The other Moms have had some great advice! I just wanted to second their outcries about anyone saying you are spoiling your child ... you can't spoil a 4 week old! And...
