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Going to Law School with a One Year Old
... will fundamentally affect your son's life and future on multiple levels. .... So, if you were to choose, would you choose not to do well at mothering? ...
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- N., I am sure you can do it! You just need to be organized, and be prepared for some long nights. I was in scholl when I got pregnant, I had 3 semesters ahead of ...
- N., I went to law school before my son was born. Then I worked for a few years as a tax attorney before he was born. After he was born, I worked part time. I've ...
- Hey N., I had my daughter when I was still in school, the semester that I was going to have her I worked really hard to finish early and my techers were very understa...
Breastfeeding Longer than "Normal"
Another book that you might find helpful is Mothering Your Nursing Toddler. ... Wrap the items in multiple layers with things like newspaper, wrapping paper ...
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- I nursed my son and daughter until they were 22 months. I think you have to be careful that they are nursing, not comforting themselves. How old is your daughter, is...
- How long do you consider "normal?" AAP recommends breastfeeding for AT LEAST a year. The WHO recommends breastfeeding for 2 years. Here's a quote from the AAP: "T...
- My daughter is 2.5 years old and we are very happy to continue nursing, although it is not very frequent. I highly recommend reading How Weaning Happens, published by...
9 Month Old Baby with Thrush
From my experience as a mother/pediatric nurse...My daughter had thrush and saw ... So after a good 2-3 months of exclusive breastfeeding in pain, multiple ...
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- Hello Layla, From my experience as a mother/pediatric nurse...My daughter had thrush and saw the pediatrician, which prescribed nystatin. Then we passed it back in...
- Hi, Layla! My daughter suffered with thrush at about that age. We too were given Nystatin, but it didn't take care of the problem. It was only after a repeat visit ...
- thrush is such a pain and HARD to get rid of. as soon as it looks like nystatin or gentian violet is working, BE SURE to boil all her paci's, your nursing bras, anythi...
Anyone Follow the Dr. Sears Vaccine Schedule Versus the Regular Schedule?
Have you been to the mothering.com discussion forums? .... I follow my own schedule- similar to another posters: never giving multiple shots together, ...
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- i requested that from my doctor and he gave me a response about 'protocol' and his hands being tied. you have to call your clinic and talk to administration - about t...
- I follow my own schedule- similar to another posters: never giving multiple shots together, always separating out the shots like MMR and leaving 1 month in between sho...
- Hi, I am not familiar with Dr. Sears' schedule, but we delayed a lot of my son's shots and have so far skipped some altogether. I picked my pediatrician based on the ...
How Many Words/sentances Should a 2-Year Old Be Speaking?
God bless, your son is also blessed to have a mother on top of her child ... First children are going to do things a little later than multiple children. ...
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- Trust your own instincts. People think pediatricians are geniuses but they aren't, they are just people. If he is the first child, it does seem a bit slow but my se...
- My Grandson will be nine in a few weeks and he has been diagnosed with Speech Apraxia but not until he was in 1st grade in school. He was checked for hearing (but that...
- The others are probably right, that he will speak soon enough. However, it wouldn't hurt to follow your doctor's advice and have his hearing tested, just in case. That...
What are your experience with soy formula with infant?
Here a very informative article about soy from Mothering Magazine. ... We tried multiple formulas and found the soy was the least irritating for her reflux. ...
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- I'm not a brand new mom but my experience with soy goes back a long time. I placed my now 39 year old daughter on soy when she was not thriving on breast milk and who...
- be very careful with formulas - READ the labels - make sure you aren't giving too much protein and sugar and fillers - try natural almond milk
- Yes...was there more to the questin? Just email if you have questions about it.
Immunizations
Have you gone to www.mothering.com? They have a message board about vaccines. ...... what I know now, I would not have had multiple shots at one visit. ...
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- Read Vaccine Safety Manual. I stopped vaccines for my three children and have no regrets! They are all extremely healthy.
- Have you gone to www.mothering.com? They have a message board about vaccines. You click on discuss at the top and then scroll down until you see vaccinations. They hav...
- Of course it's a personal decision but I am a big believer in vaccines. If you look at the amount of children that are not being vaccinated (either due to choice or ...
Advice from Other Attachment Parenting Moms
I just wanted to add that mothering.com is a great website for attachment ..... and when she was nursing also woke up multiple times at night to nurse. ...
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- I am a mother of 3 who has nursed (and recently weened my youngest at 21 months) for one year plus. My first born girl was the most difficult to wean at 26 months...I...
- it will actually be easier for you to get your daughter sleeping alone because you were in her bed instead of her in yours. this is how i did it: start trying to leave...
- Since she is so verbal, talk to her about what needs to happen, perhaps choose a date together & make a special day of it. For weening, cut her back to once a day, the...
2 Yr Old Not Taking Naps, Laying down Nicely
Hopefully some more moms with multiple kids have better ideas. ... and you yourself with your mothering instincts are naturally equipped to provide that. ...
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- I agree with you, the cry it out method is not working. I have yet to witness it ever having good short or long term results and I can't imagine why it would ever wor...
- I would skip the nap and start putting her to bed a little earlier in the evening. If she needed a nap, she'd be falling asleep. She might be cranky for a few days whi...
- We had a similar problem with getting our boys to sleep. One day I got so frustrated with his (lack of) napping I put him in his crib, told him to go to sleep or he w...
Vitamin D
www.mothering.com/articles/new_baby/breastfeeding/vitamin. ..... Wrap the items in multiple layers with things like newspaper, wrapping paper, even tin foil ...
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- I breast fed both of my children (winter babies, boys 5 and 2) and the only thing my docto ever asked about was if my water had flouride in it. In fact when I asked h...
- I have a 3 year old who was breast fed until he was a year old and now I have a 6 month old...At the Doctors visit with the baby he did mention vitamin D drops, howeve...
- E., twenty minutes of exposure to sunlight gives you 10,000 units of vitamin D - whereas milk and vitamin d supplements only give you 400 units - its incomparable t...
