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Storing Breast Milk - What Volume?
Asked by S.S. from Salt Lake City
on September 30, 2010
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My daughter is 9 weeks old and I am returing to work next week. I have pumped and stored some in various increments, from 1.5 oz to 4 oz in a bag but sometimes she dr...
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- No, that stuff is liquid gold!! I would suggest getting a bottle warmer or crockpot for him to warm the bottles. What I do is keep the milk in the refrigerator (I hav...
- You can thaw a bag in the fridge and use out of it all day once it's thawed. I wouldn't use it after a day, but he could thaw out a 6 oz. bag and use 2 oz for one fee...
- As horrible as it is to pump, I would loosen up with the milk. It is so hard to know what they are going to eat in a sitting and what a pain to have to stop midway and...
How Did You Store Your Homemade Baby Food?
Asked by K.T. from Portland
on August 30, 2008
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Hi all,
I'm beginning the process of looking into making my own baby food. My daughter is 5 months old and in the next month to month and a half I want to introduce s...
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- I haven't read the other responses, so sorry for any repeated info. First, I highly recommend the Super Baby Food book! As for storing... I bought cheap ice cube tr...
- I used the Glad Mini Round containers. I think they hold 4 oz.
- Hi K., I just poured it in ice cube trays and then when it was frozen cracked it into a freezer ziploc marked with the kind of food and date. I know a lot of peo...
Whats Your Trick to Get 6 y.o. to Take Medicine
Asked by S.Y. from Chicago
on August 16, 2011
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Son had tonsils out today....has lots of liquid meds to take...antibiotic (1 teasp 3x) , steriod (1 tsp 3x), pain meds (3 tsp 4x)....so a total of 18 tsp to get down t...
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- Aww poor little guy. After all he had a surgery in his throat and taking anything is a last thing he wants to do. My daughter really didn't want to take anything whe...
- Our pediatrician told me to get the medicine in powder form (in other words, don't have the pharmacist mix it for you and put it in a bottle) from the pharmacy and mix...
- Like another poster said, try letting him administer it to himself via syringe or dosing cup. Have a good drink for a chaser. (coke, sprite, etc...) Definitely find ou...
Help! I'm So Tired of Hearing My Own Voice Constantly Yell at the Kids.
Asked by K.H. from Sacramento
on July 24, 2010
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I have never thought of myself as a yeller or a screamer. But with my 4 year old and my 2 year old I find myself constantly raising my voice to them. I don't start o...
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- Mom, Sounds like u have gotten into a bad habit of yelling at your kids, just curious were you yelled at as a child. When they anger you I would walk into another roo...
- i have a three yr old. i try to tell her when i am starting to get angry. i keep my firm, soft voice and say: "if you don't do ____, i am going to raise my voice. ...
- Consistency.... No matter what they do - no matter how many times they do it - the result HAS to be the same. If they are hitting - they go to time out. There are n...
Baby Food Tracker
Asked by A.S. from Denver
on March 26, 2010
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Okay we are making our own baby food. How did you keep track of the baby food you stored in the freezer? I want to make some of it ahead of time but don't want to fo...
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- i put the frozen food in ziploc bags and labeled
- I froze my baby food in ice cube trays. Then popped them out and put them in ziplock freezer bags, labeled and dated them. My boy went through them so fast we never ha...
- I hated ice cube trays! First off, my boys ate 9 at a time, so the volume was way too small. I bought baby food in jars when they were on a super sale, or when I neede...
Milk Storage Bags
Asked by R.K. from Minneapolis
on May 15, 2008
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Does anyone know of any breast milk storage bags (for freezer) that can also serve as a bottle liner that works for the actual feeding? It would save the step of trans...
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- I used the lansinoh breat milk storage bags for freezing and storing my breast milk when I was nursing. When I had to go back to work, and my daughter went to a sitter...
- Yes, I actually used the playtex bottles w/ the drop in liners. And if you use either the lansinoh (wh/ are better) or gerber storage bags you can just thaw them with...
- I'm not sure but as an alternative if you use Medela bottles with their nipples you can cap off the bottle when your done pumping and when you're ready to feed just pu...
Food Grinders
Asked by E.G. from Daytona Beach
on July 10, 2008
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I was thinking about using a food grinder for my baby now 3 months old when she is old enough to eat baby food, what brand is best and what are the pros and cons of us...
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- YAH for you! I did this with my 2nd and plan to do it with my 3rd. The pros, in my opinion, outway the cons. You're not making waste be buying the jars, your saving...
- You can just get a blender but if youhave the money get a vita mix................the food value is much better with your own food and not canned foods of any kind.......
- I dont have any advice on a grinder but I can tell you that our first son hated baby food from the start. I started feeding him whatever I made us for dinner, I just ...
Medicine Tastes Too Aweful to Swallow
Asked by B.K. from Boston
on September 15, 2010
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My 5th grader has to take Phillips Milk of Magnesia, unfortunately. Has anyone successfully disguised the minty mediciney taste?She can't get past the taste and refu...
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- It comes in caplet form. Will she swallow a pill?
- Ask your pharmacist - mixing it with foods may actually compromise the effectiveness of the Phillips MOM. They may also have tips, tricks, etc. to help with the ave...
- I'm not sure how much this will help - but I have similar problems with one of my daughters with other medicines. One way we have succeeded - and you'll have to ask t...
Insane in the Plane - 11 Month Old Air Travel Advice
Asked by C.P. from Pocatello
on November 10, 2006
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We are traveling to Louisiana for Christmas and have to take three planes to get there, about 9 hours total. We did this same trip when he was 5 mo. old, so I kind of ...
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- Hi There! My husband and I took our kiddo on his first flight when he too was 11 months old. We flew from Oregon to South Texas and believe me, at that age, I don't th...
- I would invest in the DVD player. We traveled with my daughter at 18 months and the DVD player saved the trip. You could also buy a couple of DVD's that he hasn't se...
- Portable DVD player is a grate idea, Baby Einstain DVD's can capture his atenttion for a while and help him to fall asleep and I don't think headphones are necesari si...
Advice on White Noise Machine
Asked by A.M. from New York
on September 30, 2008
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As the cooler weather approaches, I'm sad that I will have to eventually give up the fan in my daughter's room that has served as a wonderful buffer to our very creaky...
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- Hello A.- I don’t know if this will help you, but we use a small desk fan in the winter for our son, we put it on the floor next to his crib facing the wall, tha...
- I know exactly what you are talking about! My soon to be 17 mo old is a very light sleeper, just like her Dad. I actually use an air purifier right outside her door so...
- Hi A.. We have used a noise machine since my second son was born. We were living with family with 3 DOGS!!! And I just couldn't take it anymore...there was no sleep...
