Pregnancy & Parenting - 12 November 2007

I hear a lot of people complaining about breastfeeding - saying they get nasty comments about breastfeeding in public, that breastfeeding is "too hard" for them, and that they can't do it. But the truth is, only about 1% of women truly can't breastfeed. So instead of attacking, I want to hear from other moms: what would help you to be able to nurse your baby easier? Special nursing rooms at family - oriented destinations? Free lactation consultants for as long as new moms need them? I want to hear what you'd like to help make nursing as easy as possible for you.

2007-11-12 14:19:38 · 11 answers · asked by SoBox 7 in Newborn & Baby

How much do you spend a month on their clothes?

2007-11-12 14:17:15 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Adolescent

what are signs a guy likes you as more than a friend? i have known him for 3 months we work together and this is what he does..
- talks to me everytime he sees me
- smiles at me
- asks for hugs when i leave
- takes breaks with me
- asks me if im taking the bus home with him
we are 17 years of age but does he just like me as a friend or more? honest answers please.

2007-11-12 14:10:47 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Adolescent

i know i know... dont get medical advice from strangers on yahoo answers, call a dr.....

i had enough infants drops for tonight but i have a TON of childrens medicine. ill call the dr in the am, maybe he'll call something in for her.... (shes 18 months and has an awful cold).

2007-11-12 14:10:32 · 12 answers · asked by beach answerer 5 in Toddler & Preschooler

She seems to do well with them, but her father is worried that she may choke on them. My 3 yr old never had a problem with them when he was her age, but he had more teeth.

2007-11-12 14:09:44 · 16 answers · asked by raven1gal 1 in Newborn & Baby

okay so im two weeks to my due date im 2 centimeters dilated! and it seems like forever im not in labor no regular contractions coming on help anyone delt with this before!!!!! im going insane!!!

2007-11-12 14:08:35 · 13 answers · asked by jmayrendon 1 in Pregnancy

Can you give me a really cute girl name with a cute middle name to go with it?
Please!

2007-11-12 14:08:33 · 45 answers · asked by babygirl:) 2 in Baby Names

You've seen it before teenagers wearing there pants so far down that their boxers are completly showing. Now they can get fined 100.00.
i personally don't like the style, but not sure it is fair to fine them.
what do you think?

2007-11-12 14:07:24 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Adolescent

I'm just wondering because my lil' girl just turned 6 months today!

2007-11-12 14:07:12 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Newborn & Baby

Throughout my whole pregnancy, the baby pretty much had a regular routine where he would move a lot around the time I layed down to go to bed. I paid for a 3D ultrasound and had to do 2 sessions because he wouldn't move at all in the first one, and at the second one he did the same. Everyone is telling me that my baby is lazy and its not normal for him to be so inactive. When my sister was pregnant, her baby was sooo active and you could see which body parts were which. Her baby is the same way out of the tummy. Whenever I do feel him move and try to tell them to feel it, he stops. Lately I hardly ever feel him moving around. Is it normal?

2007-11-12 14:06:58 · 18 answers · asked by speedygonzalezlvr 2 in Pregnancy

I have a 6-month old girl. Is it me, or are things like car seats and ESPECIALLY strollers freaking ridiculous with how hard they are to fold or strap-in? Do they really need to make them THAT hard to fold or buckle?

And don't get me started on the clothes. Anything more complicated than a sleeper with snaps running straight down the middle gets chunked. No fussy overalls w/straps for us. My girl hates it almost as much as I do.

Thankfully, our car seat has one set of straps and one buckle. That's it. We got lucky with an easy stroller, too, the last one we had was too difficult to fold & it now looks like The Terminator got a hold of it.

Also, our 6-mo old lately seems to start acting fussy if she sees me eating anything even if I just fed her. We feed her baby cereal. Do 6-month olds recognize and crave "real" foods? I have to admit, I get really aggravated if I'm bothered when eating, I realize it will have to be dealt with eventually but I didn't think this early. Tips?

2007-11-12 13:58:34 · 2 answers · asked by LarryTucAZ 2 in Newborn & Baby

What are the requirements of baby who should be allowed to eat the Gerber Dissolving fruit oat rings? My son is 8 months and has been eating solids since 5 months, is able to pick up things with thumb and index finger. I believe he is ready to start feeding himself but my worry is that I have never given him a food that had more than one ingreident. His food was always just straight veggie or fruit or rice cereal. Does he sound ready to be eating this gerber finger food rings made of oats? fruit flavored?

2007-11-12 13:57:12 · 5 answers · asked by Betrayed and Insane 5 in Toddler & Preschooler

Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions on baby boy names which are special / unique / creative ? Is there any names whose meaning is happy ?

2007-11-12 13:56:48 · 12 answers · asked by michelle 1 in Baby Names

the dad is in iraq and he loves the name deshawn allen but i'm still not sure. i've read so many names i hate them all. i don't want anything too common but nothing crazy either. i grew up with at least three people in every class with the same name as me so i know how much that sucks.

2007-11-12 13:54:36 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Baby Names

2007-11-12 13:52:45 · 20 answers · asked by hello kitty 1 in Adoption

2007-11-12 13:48:02 · 10 answers · asked by tlf_81504 2 in Trying to Conceive

Are there any websites you know of that you can post your looking for a babysitting job? I only know of www.sittercity.com

2007-11-12 13:47:32 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Pregnancy & Parenting

My friend of a long time had twins and nowing having problems with using the bathroom was tortured in the hospital is there any solution to helping her use the bathroom tried citrate, veggie so stubborn my suggestion was go back to the docter

2007-11-12 13:45:02 · 12 answers · asked by trueexposure 2 in Newborn & Baby

He says being fat is just as tiring, as hard or harder than being pregnant and his back hurts, he can't bend over without getting out of breath, etc. How do I make him understand that my body is not only sustaining itself but also creating and sustaining another life and I am carrying around weight I am not used to, therefore straining my body daily?

2007-11-12 13:43:15 · 18 answers · asked by hms 1 in Pregnancy

My dh is adopted with no interest in searching.. and I think he should, if only so that his mother knows that he survived childhood and is a man she could be proud of.

(I'm not talking about an aggressive search, btw... only about listing him with soundex and other free online registries, so that if she is looking, he can be found.)

2007-11-12 13:39:44 · 9 answers · asked by mommy2squee 5 in Adoption

I'm tired of that witch showing up on my doorstep once a month when I got other business to attend to. She's an interfering old biddy.

I'm going to go deliver an epic smackdown and show her some manners. Want to come with me?

2007-11-12 13:38:41 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Trying to Conceive

2007-11-12 13:34:23 · 10 answers · asked by BaracktheVote 2 in Baby Names

My son will be three next month. We live in a two story home and I have always had a baby gate on his room. I also had one at the top of the stairs as a precaution after we went to bed. So now, Mr. Inquisitive has found out how to get the baby gate down. I have no idea what to do now. Most would say for me to just leave it down. That's fine, but now he is after the top of the stairs baby gate. Which by the way if he gets that one down it will proceed to fall forward along with him. SO big danger there. I have also taken about 20 steps back with him due to his dad deploying and one night after I was super exausted with sick newborn, I let him sleep with me. BIG mistake. Now he wants to sleep with me every night. After an hour of fighting him for bed, he will go to sleep only to wake up again crying to sleep with me. Totally different issue which I am open to advice there. Anything work other than consistancy? Which I am very.

2007-11-12 13:32:42 · 6 answers · asked by Lovin' Life 1 in Toddler & Preschooler

My boyfriends son so out control it's driving me crazy. When I ask him to do something he asks "Why?" I say Because I asked you to." If I tell him to stop something and doesn't I put him on a time out and then he srie about and says he didn't do anything when his dad come around the corner. It's gotten to a point where we have taken toys away from and he still doesn't listen, We have tried everything in the book. Have ideas? Please help before I go insane.

2007-11-12 13:29:58 · 8 answers · asked by faithful_nascar_fan 3 in Parenting

2007-11-12 13:24:03 · 9 answers · asked by craig c 1 in Baby Names

Temperance
Katherine

2007-11-12 13:21:18 · 41 answers · asked by Anonymous in Baby Names

what should I do, what should I say? moms please help right now

2007-11-12 13:17:27 · 41 answers · asked by Anonymous in Parenting

2007-11-12 13:13:10 · 12 answers · asked by Lexa 2 in Baby Names

2007-11-12 13:07:58 · 42 answers · asked by Anonymous in Baby Names

2007-11-12 13:04:19 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous in Newborn & Baby