Newborn & Baby - December 2007

I am feeding my son similac advance but I just ran out. i don't get my WIC until Tues. I was wondering if I could just used the enfamil
Lipil until then? I have about 7 cans of that on hand currently and with the price of formula I can't afford to go buy a can right now ( no seriously I am really broke thats not an option) My son is 5 weeks old by the way.....

2007-12-14 12:10:26 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

My 11 month old son will only eat toast, yoghurt, chopped up apples, mashed potato and chocolate. I know that the food he eats now can set up his likes and dislikes for the rest of his life and so I want to get him to start liking healthy food now but other than mashed potato he won't eat anything unless it is sweet.

I've tried so many combinations and mashing vegetables into his mashed potato but he just hits the spoon away and won't even taste anything unless it's yoghurt, apple or mashed potato.

Did you ever have this problem and how did you work it out?
Thank You

2007-12-14 11:25:37 · 19 answers · asked by babymum 1

2007-12-14 10:50:35 · 8 answers · asked by robbie 1

rather than real food as I am working studying and so on and cannot juggle it

baby loves it but I am worried his health may suffer if i continue to give him ready made

2007-12-14 10:29:49 · 21 answers · asked by Perfectionist 6

I have got the baby think it over from school. When it cries as it wants the nappy change, the sensor on the nappies does not work. I cannot seem to get the doll to stop crying and it then starts screaming. HELP!!! I am trying everything as it is not registering a nappy change therefore it is counting it as a neglect.

PLEASE HELP!!

2007-12-14 09:51:54 · 19 answers · asked by Laura B 1

My son is almost 18 months old..and i know that i am definatly a little bit overprotective with what i put into his tummy. He usually only gets natural foods without artificial flavors, colors, and no preservatives. I know that he's healthy because he's never been sick. But my husband keeps insisting that we feed him more normal foods like spaghettie and pizza. Is it safe to give pasta to a baby?????????????????????????????????

2007-12-14 09:13:39 · 10 answers · asked by cjbunny420 2

Whenever my son smiles he puts both his hands in front of his face. Its so cute. Do your kids do this too?

2007-12-14 08:48:15 · 15 answers · asked by camdensmommy07 2

since I had my baby I don't get turned on by my husband and when we are intimate it just does nothing for me I just had my baby 2 months ago do any of you feel the same?

2007-12-14 08:39:36 · 13 answers · asked by Sunshine 2

My 11 weekold baby girl sleeps really good at night in her crib only waking 1x. During the day I'm trying to get her to sleep in her crib but she usually won't and if she does fall asleep it is a short catnap 30 mins. She is tired and cranky when she wakes. The she naps long is when she is in her car seat. Or stroller. Is it ture that if she is not used to her cribs for daytime naps that as she gets older it will be harder to for her to take naps in her crib. To note I try to put her to sleep drowsy but not fully awake. I'm not for the cry it out method. I don't let her sleep in my arms only once in a while.

2007-12-14 08:39:25 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Since my son was a newborn I absolutely loved the smell of his breathe. Even now he is 2 & I love to lay right near him when he is sleeping to feel him breathing & smell his breathe.. Is this totally weird or a normal Mom thing?? Does anyone else understand this? Please no dumb remarks. Thanks

2007-12-14 08:38:29 · 14 answers · asked by Bebe 6

Hi everyone!

Have any of you ever dreamt of your baby before he or she was born? When they were born, were they the same gender as they were in your dream(s)?? Anything familiar when they were born?

I'm 15 1/2 weeks preg now and having CONSTANT dreams of a little baby boy. Just last night, I had a dream I gave birth, went home from the hospital and cuddled a little boy in a blankie. He was PRECIOUS beyond words =)

I just started having these little boy dreams - before that I *felt* a little boy, but never dreamt of him so vividly like I'm dreaming now!

But how many of you just *knew* it was a boy or it was a girl, just from your dreams while pregnant?

So curious - thanks! =)

2007-12-14 08:37:06 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

My daughter just turned 1 yr, and I'm ready to wean her off of breastfeeding. She is not happy with this decision! She has a milk allergy so the doctor wants her on soy milk, which is fine by me. I have tried to replace her afternoon feeding with milk, but she refuses to drink it. I don't really want to go "cold turkey" with her because I am afraid she will not get the calcium intake she needs. Does anyone have any tricks to get her to like her milk? I'd rather not use chocolate or strawberry syrups unless I absolultely have to. Regardless ANY help would be greatly appreciated!

2007-12-14 08:30:28 · 11 answers · asked by ? 1

my son is two months old now, and has gone from eating 4 ounces every three hours to barely struggling through 2 sometimes 3 ounces every three hours, he only wants to eat 2 ounces but i coax him into eating a half to one more ounce usually.
my mother says to stop, just let him eat what he wants when he wants, but he has a serious cleft, his first sergury is next month (at three months old) and if he is not a healthy weight they will cancel the sergury.
he has several doctors and i am getting conflicting advice from them, the craniofacial doctor insist that he must eat 4 ounces every three hours to stay healthy
the regular doctor says he is perfectly healthy and if he only wants to eat two ounces i should try feeding him more often, i've done that much he'll have none of it, he just screams if i try to feed him before he wants to he, he wants to eat two ounces every three hours..
I am beside myself, i don't want him to miss this sergury, we've worked really hard for this..

2007-12-14 08:29:55 · 11 answers · asked by Kitterkat 5

I have and I usually say he or she is so adorable, or something to that affect.

2007-12-14 08:26:05 · 57 answers · asked by Big Will 4

I exclusively nursed for about 3 months, then went about a month nursing and formula...then my nipples started to crack so bad they bled when my son nursed, so i've stopped for about 2 days...

When should my period come back?

2007-12-14 08:11:32 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I love breast feeding baby boy, but would hate to give him pcychological problems by clinging on to him long.He won't take bottles and isn't interested in powdered milk.Cups and straws work, but more in terms of play time.Bed time milk feed is what I need to get him to learn and take from dad.

2007-12-14 08:08:51 · 10 answers · asked by marooni 1

i take full responsibility for this problem but now i need help. i have a 6 week old baby girl. she suffers from colic and for the last week or so has been suffering from a cold and cough and couldnt lie flat so she has been sleeping on my chest with me sitting up. now she wont lie down at all. i feel really bad and like a terrible mother leaving her to scream but i cant sleep sitting up any longer and i cant get anything done in the house. please help xxx

2007-12-14 08:02:25 · 14 answers · asked by joolsnbump 2

Hi my gf had an unexpected pregnancy but i am not ready to be a father so i wanted to give the baby up fpr adoption but she is not ready to give it up for adoption and i don't know what to do please i need help/

2007-12-14 07:59:25 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

ok so my baby is 6 weeks old and weights right at 8 pounds now "she was a preemie" we use the pampers new borns that are up to 10 pounds but then there are also some papers that say 8-10 pounds we use the swaddler ones so which ones should we be using the newborns that say up to 10 pounds or the newborns that say 8-10 pounds im kind of confused? Thanks in advance.

2007-12-14 07:50:32 · 15 answers · asked by Summer 1

2007-12-14 07:44:26 · 8 answers · asked by Erika G 1

i have been in early labour for 3 days still 1 cm dilated and 2cm thick. totally fed up! iam 39+ weeks please can anyone think of anything i can do or try1 the hospital keep saying go home and wait...but one midwife said that it was only due to the fact all of the rooms were taken. please help getting desperate.

2007-12-14 07:08:17 · 8 answers · asked by charlotte 2

2007-12-14 07:07:59 · 19 answers · asked by lisa87 1

What do they check for?

2007-12-14 07:01:51 · 12 answers · asked by Matahari 4

Cereal?
Jar food?
"big people" food?

2007-12-14 07:01:24 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Can someone tell me what method of circumcision would prouduce the best looking results? Also, I'm looking for having my son done as high and tight as possible.. Thanks.

2007-12-14 06:48:04 · 21 answers · asked by Rain 2

My pediatrician told me it was ok to start giving her cheese but how do we do that? DO we melt it? Wont it become all hard? Do I mix it up in her banana rice cereal? how ?

2007-12-14 06:24:09 · 24 answers · asked by Carla 1

Up until recently I had no doubt that I was going to vaccinate my kids and they would both be okay. My husband is totally against vaccinations and didn't want either one of our kids to be immunized, but I did it anyway with my daughter. But now with this new stigma attached to immunizations I'm wondering if I'm the only mother out there debating whether I should or shouldn't. I definitely don't want to put my kids in positions where they could develop autism by being vaccinated, but I also don't want to take the chance of them getting sick because they weren't. My two year old was vaccinated and she is perfectly fine. I'm pregnant with my little boy and although I haven't had any problems with immunizations it's still in the back of my mind. Does anyone else have any thoughts on this??

2007-12-14 05:50:50 · 15 answers · asked by bionicmom 1

at what age can i stop useing dreft and all baby and move on to regular soaps and dryer sheets.

can i just pick a soap that is free of dyes

2007-12-14 05:10:58 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

I really really don't want our son circumsized, but my husband who was raised in israel & has Jewish beliefs really wants it done.I originally was going to do it but when I saw my perfect baby boy, i couldn't imagine making him go through surgery for no reason! I've done a ton of reasearch and I am 1 million percent sure that I am making the right desicion.Problem is.....My husband said he will take my son and get it done behind my back, can he really do this? Advice please!

2007-12-14 05:10:08 · 39 answers · asked by ♥ϑεηηιƒετ♥ 5

Like, going out to have dinner at other people's houses instead of them coming to you? Or just going out of the house for extended periods of time in general?

I just had a baby on the 2nd of December and I feel like my mother in law and husband are pushing me to do things I just don't feel ready for. Just curious how long it took everyone else to feel comfortable with those types of things.

2007-12-14 04:43:52 · 15 answers · asked by charlie 4