New York - April 4, 2004 - Infant formulas prepared with fluoridated water increase dental fluorosis risk, according to the April 2004 Journal of the American College of Nutrition(1) and other studies. To prevent this tooth staining, researchers caution against mixing infant formulas with...

There was a report on TV last night about stores selling out of date baby products that can be lethal to your youngster. If you're about to move on to baby food, check the "SELL BY" date carefully. You can find information he http://www.wfaa.com/localnews/ Regards

At our 2 month checkup, the pediatrician recommended that we start giving her a multivitamin. Actually, she recommended vitamin D supplementation b/c we live in Maine, don't go outdoors right now unless completely bundled, and Madi is quite fair skinned. She also said that she recommends giving...

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Where can I get my breast milk tested for mercury levels. Thanks

How do you know when to switch from one breast to the other? I have a baby who cannot drain one breast at most feedings. I want to make sure both sides' milk supply stays up but I also want to ensure my infant is getting the hindmilk in each breast as well. At first I was just allowing 10 minutes...

I have got some work lined up so need to sort out this expressing thing properly. Our health visitor told me to express 6oz, give it to my bloke and leave him with the baby for 3 hours while I go shopping. Bliss! 3 hours of shopping - prescribed! wthout a pushchair! just a pity I haven't got...

we started Audrey this week, the day of her once a week poo! what can I expect in terms of through put now? she's been eating plain rice congee, today with a spoonful of avocado. it's been 3 days. thanks, Leah, fak ---

Can someone please look this up for me and tell me how it might effect my baby through breastmilk. It's a corticosteroid and will be in my system for a few months after the injection. TIA -- Andrea

I can't find any email addresses to write to... only snail mail. Is that where you wrote yours to? I am going to write mine today :) I have it on tape - can't see anything but the cute back of baby's head :) You can see her whole demeanour change when she starts feeding. She's not her loud...

Okay, it's been a full week now, so I'm pretty sure that this post won't jinx things (but I'm knocking on lots of wood as I type). I think I can announce that DD has finally ended her nursing strike. For those who don't remember, she went for 5 days refusing to nurse AT ALL (except for maybe once...

The boys are doing so well I couldn't contain myself and so decided to post an update since we had their 4mo appointment. The breastfeeding is going amazingly well. They both only seem to nurse when they are hungry. This is so nice for me. It makes nursing two very manageable. They also...

Hi all, Baby Rosie was born on January 4th, and was 8 lbs 12 ozs. We just came back from her two month immunization. She's actually exactly 10 weeks old. She measures now at 23 inches, and 13 lbs 3 ozs! Weight wise, she's somewhere just past the 95th percentile. The only thing that would make me...

Rosie wrote: I am managing to eat a bit more and definitely feel more milk in today - hopefully in a few days it will be back to normal. I'm glad you're feeling better and your supply is on the rebounce! Don't worry, most of the weight loss is water, and you wouldn't want that off if you were...

Just wondering what you decided about your trip...I'm too lazy to google it, but I think the last I saw you were planning on taking Joshua with you and leaving within a week. Hope you have a great trip and your mother heals well and quickly. Also, I ordered a Hug-a-Bub carrier from your gleaming...

Saw my GP today. He is pretty sure it's my gall bladder. Surprise, surprise. I have an ultrasound tomorrow and an appt with the surgeon next Friday. Dr R said that even if the u/s shows nothing remarkable that the surgeon could order more tests to see what was going on so I should just go ahead and...

How do you know when you've got PND? I can't cope anymore. I'm dreading my DP going back to work. I'm tired and weary and I'm fed up with having to carry DS about in order that he doesn't cry. It's difficult going out to any other venue cos DS was vaccinated with an icicle and any temp over...

We all went through what I think might have been the flu. The ped said it was a virus in any case when My 12YO daughter had a nasty cough for about 3 weeks ;( Anyway, Nicolas woke up congested this morning. He is coughing badly enough to wake him up when he is trying to sleep. It sounds raspy and...

Guess who has another staph infection in her breasts ? Oh boy is it painful to breastfeed! One breast is all red, and the other all lumpy! Both are very hot. However, I knew what to do this time - straight to the doctor, and now I'm on a 14 day course of antibiotics. I am determined to make my...

"JoAnna" writes: I read is some posts about wearing double shirts, nursing shirts (yucko) or pulling one's breast out through wierd parts of your shirt...do people generally have a rough time nursing discreetly in "normal" clothes? Or does wearing a sling or carrier...