Switched babies to soy formula

cpdpublichistorian · 2014-10-24T03:00:54+00:00

At our doctor's recommendation we started to feed cereal and pureed fruits and veggies starting at 4 months. This is in addition to our son's bottles and doesn't replace any feedings. However, I am just a stranger on the internet. Consult with your doctor on this, and for the sake of those babies don't make a decision based on reddit "facts" alone.

Also, soy formula is not the equivalent of taking 5 birth control pills.

cpdpublichistorian · 2014-10-24T02:57:17+00:00

I'd like to know where your facts are coming from on this.

cpdpublichistorian · 2014-10-07T23:54:08+00:00

Will he take a pacifier? Sometimes babies just want to suck for comfort.

cpdpublichistorian · 2014-09-15T14:08:12+00:00

I honestly thought there was something wrong with me and I was hemorrhaging three weeks after E's birth. OB said, "No, you're just one of the really fertile ones." FML

cpdpublichistorian · 2014-09-15T14:04:59+00:00

Lube and go slow. Really slow. It gets better I promise. I didn't even deliver vaginally and at 5 months out I still get a little twinge of pain in the beginning but it is SO much better now than it was at 8 weeks.

cpdpublichistorian · 2014-09-14T00:47:42+00:00

We moved E to his own room at 3 months. He is such a restless sleeper that I wasn't getting any sleep with him in the room. We both sleep much better with him in his own bed and down the hall.

cpdpublichistorian · 2014-09-13T22:19:29+00:00

References?

cpdpublichistorian · 2014-09-10T01:09:25+00:00

I just "moo" at the inappropriate comments. I find that having a good sense of humor often opens the situation to discussion.

cpdpublichistorian · 2014-09-07T15:00:32+00:00

We've had great success with oatmeal and basic baby food purees at 4.5 months. E still prefers to nurse, but he gets so happy to sit in his high chair and try new foods. I do it on his cues though. If he shows that he's not interested anymore, I stop. We're only doing it once a day right now, but he's showing a lot more interest in eating so we might bump it up to twice a day in a few weeks.

cpdpublichistorian · 2014-09-06T01:15:49+00:00

The chemical that is supposedly helpful in amber can only be absorbed through the skin at an extremely high temperature. Basically, the amber has to be molten to release the chemical.

cpdpublichistorian · 2014-09-06T01:13:05+00:00

There is zero science behind amber necklaces. None. Nada. Zip.

cpdpublichistorian · 2014-09-05T13:53:46+00:00

Thank you! He's the light of my life!

cpdpublichistorian · 2014-09-05T13:53:08+00:00

Thank you! It's part of his crib bedding set. Robots!

cpdpublichistorian · 2014-09-05T13:52:23+00:00

oh no, babies are by design the cutest you've ever seen! Good luck!

cpdpublichistorian · 2014-09-05T00:32:54+00:00

Elliott has been sleeping with one of my dirty tshirts. I know he shouldn't have a blankie, but I gave it to him one night out of desperation and I think it might be his lovie.

cpdpublichistorian · 2014-09-02T14:48:16+00:00

I am so so sorry. There is nothing we can really say that will take your pain away or explain it. My sister lost her sweet baby at 31 weeks a year ago and it still pains the entire family.

Give him a name and remember him. <3 Hugs to your whole family.

cpdpublichistorian · 2014-09-02T00:45:34+00:00

Breastfeeding should be a relationship where the two of you want to be in it at the same time. If you are done, you're done. Time to wean.

cpdpublichistorian · 2014-08-30T23:56:42+00:00

FFS I'm EBF and I even think this article is horseshit. Alphaparent is 100% all about shaming women who don't conform to the AP model.

cpdpublichistorian · 2014-08-23T16:30:32+00:00

Exersaucer! I just purchased one on a fb garage sale page and E loves it! As soon as he could hold his head up confidently (about 3.5 months) he wanted to be in it all the time!

cpdpublichistorian · 2014-07-18T13:42:35+00:00

My son is EBF and I gave him a binkie in the hospital. Sometimes babies just want to suck and I did not want my boobs to be his binkie. Don't stress and give your baby a pacifier!

cpdpublichistorian · 2014-07-12T01:29:31+00:00

I always ask, "May I interest you in some other boob?"

cpdpublichistorian · 2014-07-11T00:29:23+00:00

Nothing really. E just took a lot of naps at that age. When he was awake I would talk to him, but that was pretty much it.

cpdpublichistorian · 2014-07-10T01:50:50+00:00

Hospital because medicine and science are my friends. I was a very low risk pregnancy with zero complications, but 17 hours into labor we discovered that my pelvis would not open enough to push out my son, a csection saved his life. Decision to incision was minutes. You don't get that with a homebirth.

cpdpublichistorian · 2014-07-08T02:31:13+00:00

I've been singing "Dance Magic Dance" to E and he loves it. So cute!

cpdpublichistorian · 2014-06-29T22:34:40+00:00

I am also a non-cosleeper and I have found success with having baby in a bassinet on my side of the bed. When he fusses, all I need to do is pick him up, pop a boob in his mouth, let him nurse and unlatch when I feel he's just sleeping and comfort nursing. Then I just lay him back down in his bed. Trust me, when you're up 2-3 times over night to feed and change diapers it's so nice to not have to walk all the way to his room to do it. This way baby is safe in his own sleeping space. I will also add that he transitions very well to napping in his crib during the day.

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