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Seeking Advice on Changing Son to Cow's Milk
Asked by C.R. from Tulsa
on August 27, 2008
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I have a son that just turned one the first part of August and he will not take cow's milk. I have tried it with different flavorings, but he just will not take it. He...
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- hi C., i have a friend that has a little girl that is 4 now and she never has liked milk! some kids dont like the taste of it at all.. but some will eventually take it...
- Check with your MD, but as long as he's getting enough calcium from other sources, it may not be necessary to worry about milk. Try yogurt and low fat cheese as well ...
- try soy milk. vanilla flavored. it doesn't have any more sugar in it than regular milk and it contains just as much calcium as well. We had to do this with my dau...
Pumping
Asked by L.R. from Kansas City
on June 19, 2011
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Ok - so I am having baby #2. I formula fed my first child. This time, I am debating between formula and pumping. I know the advantages of pumping and providing my baby...
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- You already have some great answers. Just to add my experiences...I think the whole thing is very strange, even after nursing 3 kids. I had a singleton and had issue...
- I pumped for just short of a year (DD would not nurse, even after help from an LC, etc.) and, IMHO, unless you are bound and determined that your child get breastmilk,...
- This is not a lecture - just information and a couple of suggestions. I have known women with this same feeling and I appreciate your dilemma. I did a bit of pumpi...
Is My Little 5 Month Boy over Eating??
Asked by A.B. from Portland
on June 2, 2009
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So i have a son thats almost (days away) from being 5 months. He was 8.13 lbs at birth and is now 17.4 lbs. He eats 8-12 bottles a day with 6 oz bottles. I feed him ev...
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- I say NO, no, no to putting rice cereal in bottles...it's a choking hazard and too easy to put away unnecessary calories (heard several docs say this). Have you tried ...
- My girls were 20 pounds at 6 months and they did not over eat one i started cereal at 3 months and the other table foods at 5 months DON'T PUT CEREAL IN THE BOTTLE. ...
- He shouldn't be getting 3 bottles a night at his age. Is he waking up and you are giving him a bottle so he will go back to sleep? He needs to learn how to go back to ...
Does Anyone Use "Next Step?"
Asked by A.N. from Los Angeles
on June 12, 2009
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I saw Enfamil's Next Step formula and was wondering if anyone uses it, and if it is better than giving my baby regular cow's milk. My baby girl will be a year old on t...
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- Hello A.. I don't have any advice on the formula, as I exclusively breastfeed, and the formula wasn't around when my other children were little, but I wanted to commen...
- According to my pediatrician and the baby books I have read babies don't need any type of formula after one year of age so you'd be wasting your money buying the "next...
- I don't know anything about Next Step, but children need high fat for their brains. Either go with ORGANIC whole milk, or ORGANIC whole fat goats milk, or almond mi...
8 Week Old Sleeping Question
Asked by R.L. from Jackson
on May 22, 2008
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my 8 week old baby boy has been pretty regularly eating every 4 hours, plays, then naps for an hour or two. at night, we give him a bath, bottle, then rock him to bed...
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- Hi R.. Congratulations on the 9 lb baby boy. I couldn't have done that. My biggest was 7lb 1oz and I am 4ft 11in. As for putting the rice cereal in the bottle, you sho...
- My daughter was up several times at night. She finally got big enough we would play and she would tire out. I would give her the cereal before she went to bed and we w...
- My son is also 8 weeks old. He does the samething. He has reflux so he gets cereal in every bottle and he still stays up after his 2:30 feeding. I hope for the both of...
My Daughter's Milk
Asked by J.M. from Las Vegas
on January 18, 2010
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hi! i just wanna ask wat whole milk is hypoallergenic which i can give to my daughter? thank u
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- Hi J., There's no such thing as hypoallergenic milk -- even "raw" milk. Allergy to milk (or anything else, for that matter) is an over-exuberant immune (hyperimmune...
- people that have what is referred to as "lactose intolerance" are often not allergic to real milk unpasteurized whole straight from the cow milk. but it can be a dange...
- Dear J., Unfortunately allergies can develop to almost anything...so there is not one answer that may fit everyone. Some posters have mentioned soymilk. There i...
Colic?
Asked by A.S. from Birmingham
on May 14, 2008
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I have a 6 week old baby boy who has started throwing 1-3 hour long screaming fits. He has always been a bit of a fussy baby, but it seems to be getting worse. Usually...
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- Sounds just exactly like my daughter did at that age...she was diagnosed with acid reflux / GERD. Definately bring it up to your doctor. A couple of suggestions in t...
- My nephew was also a very fussy baby. They started putting 2 or 3 drops of gas relief medicine in every bottle and that seemed to help. The times when he was still f...
- Try Nutramigen. It's designed for babies who have milk and soy allergy...both of my girls did. The fussy feeding stopped within a day or two for both of them. It wa...
Iron Supplement
Asked by E.V. from San Francisco
on February 2, 2008
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Does anyone give their babies iron vitamins? Do infants NEED the supplement? my son is 6months old. He eats rice cereal (iron fortified) every morning, is that enough?...
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- If he's on formula, there's a great one I used for my kids, now grown, called I-Soyalac. It's soy=based (healthy) and fortified with iron.
- Hi E. Your baby really should not need any kind of supplements. Too much iron or any vitamin could be bad for your baby. You should really talk to you doctor, they ...
- As long as your pediatrician has prescribed it for him try mixing it in the cereal. I have 5 & 6 year old boys and I had the same problem. I used to mix it in and wa...
5 Month Old Breastfed Baby, Sleep Issues, Formula and Miracle Blanket
Asked by K.C. from Boston
on April 28, 2009
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I think I may have a unique problem that is a combination of breastfeeding, swaddling, sleep, and sanity...
My 5 month old daughter Isabella was never a great slee...
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- First off, K. - STOP beating yourself up! It sounds like you are doing everything you can to make sure your child is getting what she needs, and you are being a wonde...
- My 2 yr old still wants to sleep swaddled he has spd so I sewed some snaps onto his larger blankets and swaddle him and sleeps much better then if he goes w/o
- Not sure about the blanket - but certainly a more active baby wriggles out of things, and you need to keep her safe. The waking up could be due to teething and just b...
Breastfeeding Aversion
Asked by M.M. from Pittsburgh
on April 29, 2010
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Is it JUST me, or does the thought of breastfeeding turn anyone else's stomach? I mean, to each their own and I respect every woman's right to do what she feels is be...
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- All I have to say that if you tried it and were successful, you wouldn't feel the way that you do. Our society has over sexualized the breast, and honestly, I think t...
- Yes, I also think there is a "ick" factor to breastfeeding. I pumped for a month or so for my 1st since he was a preemie and I *hated* it! If it was easier to pump and...
- If you don't like the TV show you come across while channel surfing, you just turn the channel, right? Just don't read the posts about nursing. I think that aversion...
