Nutrition: Toddler, First Response

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Food Has Taken over My 6 Year Old

My daughter is 6. She has always been a "picky" eater...if it is unhealty, she'll eat it, if it is healty, forget it! (this is thanks to her dad for telling her that veggies and fruits are yucky) Lately, food has consumed her. She is ALWAYS worried about food. What can I do?? Even right after we finish eating...she is starving and wants a snack. She eats more then I do in a single meal. She is already over weight and has been for some time. She thinks it is important to "eat healthy" but when it comes down to it, she won't, and daddy...

Bottle & Breastfeeding

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My 4 Month Old Uses Me as a Pacifier and Can't Fall Asleep Without Nursing First

I need advice on how to deal with this. My 4 month old is successfully breastfeeding and we are not giving any formula. But since he was born, I always put him to sleep by breastfeeding him side position in bed and now at 4 months, he only wants to nap or sleep at night next to me and nursing first to fall asleep. My husband and I cannot sleep in the same bed because of the baby. I also have a 2 and a half and cannot spend my afternoon in bed nursing my 4 month old to sleep in our bed. I don't know what to do on how to change that. Is he...