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New Baby? Eight Ways to Save Money

Your little bundle of joy can wind up costing you big money. Here are eight different ways to trim costs without sacrificing all of the cuteness. Consider giving up the private room after the first day of your hospital stay. Private rooms can wind up costing you up to $500 extra a day, and most insurance companies will not pay for this privilege. If you have a c-section or complications, your stay could be up to five days long, and the costs will add up. Check into the fees and then make your decision. When you consider the parade of … Continue reading →

Got The Baby Budget Blues? Don’t Worry, You Have Options.

If you are wondering how you will ever get everything that you need for your baby on your budget, I would like to let you in on a little secret. The secret is this: babies really don’t need all that many things, and the things that they need the most are the things that can not be bought. We all know that babies need love, and plenty of it. Some of their other needs do involve equipment and or supplies, but there are various options that parents can choose from. For example, a baby needs a safe place to sleep. … Continue reading →

Baby Buying On A Budget

Now that you are pregnant, you are probably thinking about what you will need to have on hand to take care of your baby’s needs once you bring him home. If you are on a tight budget, you may wonder if you will be able to meet all of baby’s needs because there is so much advertising out there that could lead a person to believe that they need to buy many different items in order to be ready to care for their new arrival. The truth is that babies, especially brand new ones, need very little in the way … Continue reading →

Weaning Baby To Formula- Part I

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I am no expert on formula. In fact, I know very little about it. I breastfed my two older children, and am currently breastfeeding my third. Rarely did I ever give bottles. However, due to his complex food allergy issues, I am trying to wean him on to formula. This is an emotional process. It is difficult. It’s been a few days since my last post about the emotional roller coaster of breastfeeding. I’m still working hard at giving him bottles during the day. He seems to be tolerating the formula well from a food allergy stand point, but I … Continue reading →

How to Bottle-feed a Breastfed Baby

While we all know that breast is best, there may be times when you need to rely on using a bottle of breastmilk or formula. Sometimes getting a breastfed baby to take a bottle can be quite a challenge. Here are some tips that may be able to make the whole thing a lot easier. Enlist the help of an experienced bottle feeder. This may make it easy to accept the bottle. The experienced feeder will give the bottle with confidence, and the baby will sense this. Also, it is easier if the mother doesn’t give the first few bottles, … Continue reading →

How Safe is Our Baby Formula?

With all of the news coming from China about tainted baby formula, you might be wondering about the safety of infant formula in the United States or Europe. How safe is it? Let’s have a discussion. First, in the way of a disclaimer, I am big believer in providing a baby exclusively with breast milk. I personally feel that it is the best way to feed a baby and also the safest way to feed a baby, and that most women could and should breast feed their infants without much exception. I also believe that parents should have a choice … Continue reading →

Ask a Baby Blogger: Breastfeeding After a Biopsy

Question: I have a suspicious looking mole on my left areola that I have to have removed May 8th. Breastfeeding has been going very well and I wonder if I will be able to continue to bf. Is it possible to feed on just the right until the left heals? I’m not sure how long it will take to heal or how sore it will be. If I am unable to continue what is the best way to wean her? I have about 8, 5oz bottles of frozen breast milk. I was thinking if I have to switch to formula … Continue reading →

When Mom Doesn’t Know Best

This is the blog that I’m going to get myself in trouble with. I know that my own mother regularly reads my blogs. Maybe she’ll skip this one. In fact, pardon me while I tell her to do so. . . Mom, just skip over this one. . .there’s no grand kids in it. . .I promise! Okay, I have a secret for all you ladies who get bad advice from your moms and mother in laws about breastfeeding and other sundry child rearing tips: they don’t know what they’re talking about. Don’t get me wrong. Our moms are great … Continue reading →

Ask a Baby Blogger: Breastfeeding and Bonding

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Question: I’m tired of hearing breastfeeding advocates say that breastfeeding promotes bonding. I mean, am I really messing up bonding with my baby if I bottle feed? What’s the big deal? To answer this question, you have to understand the mechanisms by which someone makes a statement like that. The short answer is yes, breastfeeding really has a monumental effect on bonding with your infant. The other short answer is no, if you don’t breastfeed, you baby will not likely experience attachment and psychological issues for the rest of his life. What Are We Really Saying About Bonding? Let’s first … Continue reading →

Un-confusing the Nipple Confused Baby

Just in case I didn’t make the point perfectly clear in my last blog, the easiest thing to do is to avoid nipple confusion entirely by not giving the baby anything besides your breast until breastfeeding is well established–this includes pacifiers and/or bottles of expressed milk! However, if your baby is hospitalized that just might not be possible. For us, we already had other children at home and I simply couldn’t be at the hospital for every feeding. There was no other alternative but to feed Meghan bottles while I was not there. While most babies transition easily between breast … Continue reading →