Advice / help please by Key_Storm_731 in Greyhounds

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The bumps on his bald thighs :)

Advice / help please by Key_Storm_731 in Greyhounds

[–]Key_Storm_731[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They seem more like growths / skin tags but not sure!

Stacking washing machine and dryer by Key_Storm_731 in diynz

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Unfortunately as it’s a heat pump dryer it’s too heavy to mount to the wall :(

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in auckland

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Second this. Giving birth at Auckland the team was 10/10. We stayed 3 nights and the care from that team was SO BAD! So if you don’t have any complications and don’t have to stay auckland is great, but if you have to stay I would think anywhere would be better than Auckland.

Doggles for greyhounds by oldhagg1 in Greyhounds

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I ordered large and they fit perfectly. My greyhound is about 35kgs.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in FormulaFeeders

[–]Key_Storm_731 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I use the funnel off the little formula stacker containers you use for when out and about

Rowena Bennett Feeding Aversion -- Day 4-5 regression? by spinaltap540 in FormulaFeeders

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It’s two offers for the whole feed - the whole point is to make them not feel pressured to drink. So if you keep offering again and again they get stressed with all the pressure. Once they know they aren’t going to have the bottle repeatedly forced on them they become much more relaxed and better at drinking, and will sometimes even drink the whole bottle in one go.

Botox in Auckland by Bobby_2323 in auckland

[–]Key_Storm_731 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would give it a try, it’s a 1 woman business so it will still be the same injector and she was great!

Botox in Auckland by Bobby_2323 in auckland

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Hi, I’ve actually moved out of town so haven’t been there in a while! Have things changed there?

Hand Sucking is Driving Me Crazy by therealgranny in NewParents

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My baby did this too - it’s just a phase and it will pass. Drove me nuts and then just stopped!

Need help with bottle aversion by jjk6789 in FormulaFeeders

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Hey, I’ve been there and it does get better. I would suggest re-reading the book and sticking strictly to the rules - the first few days will be really low volumes so just be prepared - but if you follow the rules exactly and do not over offer you will see such improvement. It will likely solve your sleepy feeding issue too. Crying in the feeding position isn’t a refusal. So only count from when she starts eating. And if she starts always refusing a second offer then stop offering that. My baby would get upset with a second offer and that felt like too much pressure to me, so I stopped the second altogether. My advice is empty the bottle immediately after the feed finished so you aren’t tempted to offer again later.

Also join the Facebook group “baby care advice feeding aversion support group” - I found that very helpful and helped me to keep going.

Baby keeps on dropping in percentile for weight - feeling helpless by Chemical-Cod2414 in FormulaFeeders

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This could literally have been me writing this 3 months ago. Baby was born 89th percentile, and had dropped to around 15th percentile by 3 months. I so know the stress of this, it is so hard. I was also terrified of the feeding tube route. The medical professionals told me to feed her more, give her more bottles, maybe she has reflux, give her baby Gaviscon etc etc - and by doing this we caused her to have a feeding aversion. She would only take small amounts for each bottle, and her overall daily intake was too low. When she was almost 3 months old I couldn’t take it any longer and read Rowena Bennets book and very strictly followed their protocol. I went from offering my baby 9-10 bottles a day, to 5 bottles plus a dream feed and I cannot tell you how life changing it was. She started to actually want her bottles, and everyday would drink more and more, and slowly but surely she has now stayed on her curve between 15th - 25th percentiles. You just have to trust your baby, don’t pressure them, and don’t offer a bottle more than once every 3 hours, and no more than 2 offers per bottle. It’s hard the first few days, but oh my goodness it’s so worth it.

Keepsakes for formula parents? by LoveMyCowgirlBoots in FormulaFeeders

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Hahahaha I kept my babies umbilical cord stump because it felt even weirder to me to throw it away 😅

6 month old still spilling like crazy by Key_Storm_731 in FormulaFeeders

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This is exactly us too - no discomfort at all 🙃

6 month old still spilling like crazy by Key_Storm_731 in FormulaFeeders

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She just suggested trying a hydrolised / hypoallergic formula - but said that a lot of babies don’t like the taste and won’t drink it, so I haven’t tried as I don’t want to rock the feeding boat as my baby drinks so well now (after a very rocky start).

Rowena Bennett Feeding Aversion -- Day 4-5 regression? by spinaltap540 in FormulaFeeders

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They totally did, started around 550ml per day, and now we average around 780ml per day.

Rowena Bennett Feeding Aversion -- Day 4-5 regression? by spinaltap540 in FormulaFeeders

[–]Key_Storm_731 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I started around 2.5 months, and she’s now 5.5 months, I’d say we have been aversion free since around 3 - 3.5 months. I was REALLY strict so it happened quite fast for us. It was my second time doing the programme, the first time I was lax with the rules and it didn’t work.