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Breast Feeding Pillow
Read all 32 responses: "Hi there, Does anyone have a recommendation for a good breast feeding pillow? Thanks so much!!!!!!!"
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- My Brest Friend. It's great...especially if you are smaller chested like me. Because it straps around your body, unlike the Boppy, you can raise the pillow up off you...
- I haven't personally used it, but I just got an email from babysteals.com for a Bosom Baby. With this website they have one "steal" a day that is usually at least 50%...
- I used my Boppy every day for 12 months, and hated being without it. COuldn't ever get regular pillow scrunched up right when we were travelling without my Boppy. ...
Breast Feeding
Read all 9 responses: "My wife needs to know what is the best way to stop brest feeding? Our critter is 18 months, although the kid is not ready to quit, ...
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- Hi M., What your wife can do is gradually wean your wee one off the breast by just may be feeding your baby once a day by the breast and the rest of the time with who...
- With my son, I cut back feedings gradually to just once a day. He breastfed once daily for a couple of weeks, then instead of the breast, I gave him a cup of milk. H...
- Some Dr's say cut it cold turkey. what I did was reduce the feeding to morning and night and bottle feed during the day untill you feel less and less full then stop an...
Problems Breast Feeding --Help!!!
Read all 6 responses: "Alrighty moms. My wife is shy on posting, but she has been grappling with the idea of not breast feeding. (we have a 3 week old.
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- Hi! Let your wife know that formula is fine!!! I too tried to breast feed and gave up at the hospital. With the stress of a baby in the NICU I decided to give up--p...
- We have all had similar problems. I am deeply disturbed about the lack of support your wife is getting from places that are supposed to help. She needs to do what is...
- Speaking as a someone who could not breastfeed (worked at it for about 6 weeks), but I mostly pumped my milk and fed it directly to my daughter in a bottle, I can tell...
Breast Feeding
Read all 16 responses: "I have a beautiful 10 month baby boy. I am still breast feeding and I am trying to wing off know but he doesn't want the bottle only ...
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- You are so close tot he one year mark, it would be best if you waited until then to start weaning. At one year old babies do not really need bottles anymore anyway (u...
- Well I chose to let my daughter ween herself. She breastfed for 2 years. towards the end it was only at night and for really short times. It was mostly a thing that sh...
- I loved breastfeeding and still miss it. It might be too soon for him to be weened. Some babies never have a bottle. Try a cup. Good luck!
Can You Have Breast Feeding Depression
Read all 9 responses: "I just recently quit breast feeding my son is 10 months old and I miss it. I gave into a bottle and I am glad that he is done off of ...
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- I think that maybe this is you just missing the baby and maybe that you know that this was your last one that makes everything worse. Just because you are turing 30 d...
- You're probably not necessarily being depressed over not breast feeding, but over the fact that you baby is growing up and has now "graduated" from that stage. Only t...
- Something that seems to help is babysitting a baby. You may find your self thankful for all the new things your little guy is doing. Also journal, it's a way to have y...
Breast Feeding Pillows...
Read all 8 responses: "Hi mamas, Does any one have a recommendation for a great breast feeding pillow? I have a boppy, but I haven't had much success with ...
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- There is a product called My Breast(or sometimes Brest) Friend. It's the best thing I've ever gotten as a gift. I registered for the boppy and it just doesn't work w...
- I LOVED loved loved my Boppy pillow! I used it for both my children as babies, and even after my kids outgrew it and finished nursing, I would use it on my lap for whe...
- I have a Boppy and a BrestFriend. I use them both and I like them for different reasons. The BrestFriend is nice because goes all the way around and snaps on. It al...
Breast Feeding Soreness
Read all 11 responses: "I have been breast feeding my now 6 week old baby boy exclusively and successfully other than my sore nipples. my question is will ...
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- Just hang in there. It does get better, it just takes time. I nursed both my kids and I had the same problem. I keep telling myself the pain will go away and eventuall...
- G., I'm so happy to hear you are nursing your baby. It does get easier. Latch on was the key for me as well as when I took him off. If he fell asleep and was just us...
- All the breastfeeding books and websites that say it is not common to have soreness beyond brief pain during latching. However, it is QUITE common and even normal to h...
Seeking Good Book for Breast Feeding and Great Mags for Babies
Read all 22 responses: "Hello, I am a soon to be first time mommy and I would love to know the names of good book on breast feeding. I am would also like to ...
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- My biggest tip for someone breastfeeding is to find a local lactation consultant. Breastfeeding is NOT something easily learned from a book. I was luck enough to have ...
- Hi S., My favorite breast feeding book is: The Nursing Mother's Companion, by Kathleen Huggins. It only has a little "propoganda" in it, compare to the Womanly Art...
- Dr. Jack Newman is hands down, the best. I've seen him speak many times and he's just wonderful. He has a website www.drjacknewman.com which sells fantastic instructi...
Bottle Feeding/ Breast Feeding
Read all 20 responses: "I am intending on breast feeding my child primarily, however when i return to work i'm going to have to pump.
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- The advent are great because the opening is big enough to accomodate milk that has been frozen in ice cube trays. Good luck. V.
- You've got two issues to look at: (1) Compatibility with your pump to pump into, and (2) compatibility with breastfeeding so that your child will go back & forth betw...
- You can use any type of bottle to pump into with the Medela pump, you just have to buy the adapters. I had both the Avent and Playtex bottles and found the adapters a...
Need Advice About Breast Feeding
Read all 20 responses: "I have a 2 1/2 month old daughter that I've been breastfeeding since birth. I'm going on a trip for 10 days and was planning on just ...
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- A lot of times babies will refuse the breast especially at such a young age if given a bottle. A bottle will feed them fast and they get frustrated with the breast wh...
- Realize that taking milk from a bottle is easier. Your baby will find that she won't want to work so hard to get her milk from you after a 10 day lapse. However,...
- I think it is likely that you will be able to breastfeed upon your return. I breastfed both my little ones until they were 6 months old. However, I had to go back to w...
