Question by jaimebabe: my son is putting on weight and feeding normally, but wanting to go out in a weeks and a half but i cant seem to express more then 20 mls in a sitting. i dont do it when im hard as rock. i just want to know why its not working or any tips im using a manual breast pump. are u suppose to use it when your engorged or when the baby is due for a feed help please Know better? Leave your own answer in the comments!Read More

Question by miss.vett: My daughter is 1 month old, and i have been trying to BF her but it really isnt working out, I want to keep feeding her my milk, but want to express my milk and bottle feed her. I love the bond that BF gives us, and I feel guity of depriving her of it. But feeding her every hour or less is just TOO MUCH! I dont have time for showers, eating or anything. I dont have any help either, I dont have a mother and my husband Read More

Question by rickystuarthasbadhair: -wont take a dummy -bottle contains fresh expressed milk -have only tried one bottle/teat type as I am not convinced any teat will make a difference What do you think? Answer below!Read More

A Parent asks, I want the hospital/chemist grade ?? My baby won’t take to breast no more I have been expressing and giving him his milk, but I was sick for a week and so my milk supply has dropped and Ive been trying now for 2 weeks to rebuild expressing every 2 hrs drinking plenty of water and I can still be lucky to get 1 – 50 mls before I was getting at least 180 mls a time.. I am desperate to get my milk supply back up I Read More

A Parent asks, Has anyone experienced this. I’m 6 weeks into my first pregnancy (much anticipated with 21 months ttc, so explains my anxiousness). 6 weeks as of today and I have just lost a small amount of white mucus, almost like an ‘ovulation’ mucus. While ttc, I always ovulated right on the 14th day of my cycle (could this be tied to that). I’m wondering if this is normal or been experienced by others. I have Read More

A Parent asks, Help me I live on a farm out of town. My parents never take me to into town or to the beach. And i have nothing to do and I’m lonely because I can never see my friends outside of school the only way I can keep in contact is Msn. They do the same thing to my siblings. And then we have this other house in this estate thing which is even further out of town with no mobile reception and no internet. And there is no one there my Read More

A Parent asks, Hi guys I have a huge weight on my mind right now about our 5 year old foster son and I would welcome some outside advice. Here’s the situation: This 5 year old, I will call him James, has been placed with us since early Feb of this year. After a settling in period, we started observing some very significant behaviours which we have documented and explored thoroughly. Long story short he is now seeing a therapist Read More

A Parent asks, I recently quit breastfeeding, and my 8 wekk old is on Enfamil with lipil, it makes him soo gassy. I tried the Enfamil gentlease and it was worse. My first two sons were a breeze, although one was on soy and I though about that for my baby but I heard it can make him more constipated. Does anyone have any suggestions?Read More

A Parent asks, I believe my newborn is constipated. She had a few hard bowel movements about a week ago. She had a bowel movement around 240 in the morning tuesday and then she drank around 4 almost 5 ounces. She then slept for 4 hours and around 7 730 in the morning she woke up again and as I was feeding her she had a bowel movement. It was alot.Since then she wakes up every hour and only drinks an ounce at a time. She cries alot also. I Read More

A Parent asks, I stopped taking the pill a few weeks ago, after being on it for 10 years. I am up to day nine of my cycle, took a test today which was negative. Is it worth me worrying about ovulation testing this early on or should I keep up with it?? Also, how long did it take you to fall pregnant if you were previously taking the pill? I have heard so many conflicting stories!! Also, the instructions say to wee into a container, does it Read More