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    List of GOOD & BAD confinment lady (mummy, if you have help input)

    Hi mummies, actually i beg to differ for one of the 'GOOD' CL listed below. Reasons being: - 1st time we saw her using a kind of powder on our bb and when we examined the container, to our horror it was past the expiry date. when we questioned her, she claimed that it's alright. but we were...
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    At what age did your child start walking?

    My boy just started to take a few independent steps last week,and it happened when daddy held out the ball a few steps away from him and he was so excited to get the ball that he forgot that he's on his own. This week he's starting to take more steps as and when he likes. Finally after the...
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    At what age did your child start walking?

    My son is now 14mths old and he still doesn't walk on his own. He will stretch out his hand for us to hold and point to the direction he wants to go. When we try to let go halfway he will sit down and refuse to move til we hold his hand again. I have seen so many toddlers walking by the age of...
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    breastfeeding every hour at night

    Then how,bibiluvr? Any advice? My son is 9.5mths old,been waking up for night feeds about 3-4 times every night. I believe that he's sucking for comfort. Tried pacifier,water or milk in bottle which he refuses all and cries till I latch him. No patting or carrying works either. Really really...
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    No more BM?

    Thx mummies! Been trying my best to prolong bf as long as possible. It's been 8 months already,wil try to continue. These days supply up a little but stil not as much as before. Think could be due to infrequent pumping. But I latch my baby during night feedings,only that he seems to just want to...
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    No more BM?

    Hi mummies, I have been doing partial bf-ing for the past 2 mths and recently due to work,i have delayed expressing my bm for 8-9 hrs. nowadays i only bf my bb abt 3-4 times a day. today i noticed spotting. is this a sign that my bf-ing days are coming to an end? if so is it possible for me to...
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    Help!!

    My baby's almost 5mths old. in the past,he woke up once or twice in the night to feed. usually he will be bottle fed when i'm working in the day and i latch him on whenever i'm home. routine at night will be latching him for night feed before putting him to bed. then problems surface for the...
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    Overseas trip queries

    any idea if nursing rooms are easily found in taiwan? are they open abt bf-ing?
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    Overseas trip queries

    Wil be bringing my 6mths old baby to taiwan with my parents in early jun. would like to check with experienced parents on the following: -do u bring sufficient diapers to last throughout the trip or a few and then buy a pack from there? -what's the weather like there? from what i know,is it...
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    How to pump sufficient milk?

    thx mummies. will prob go down to the fair to take a look. but i'm facing the same problem too. i've been putting maid and baby for dry run at inlaws' for the past 1 week but seems like baby has not been drinking much fr bottle-feeding. he's drinking at most 100ml each time when my maid feeds...
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    How to pump sufficient milk?

    am taking fenugreek pills too but dont find the amt increasing significantly... at the rate i'm pumping,it means that i have to store ~70ml ebm in 180ml storage bags??i'm like visualising many half-filled storage bags in the fridge...
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    How to pump sufficient milk?

    my baby is drinking abt 140ml cos am trying to get him to get used to the bottle b4 i start work. since my ebm is not enough,i need to top up with fm....what should i do?? 2 more weeks to go........
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    How to pump sufficient milk?

    after trying pumping while nursing baby,i tried to pump without nursing for a couple of times...totally unsuccessful....so discouraged....
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    How to pump sufficient milk?

    i have taken the advise and pumped while nursing on the other side. so far manage to get abt 80ml from one side. but yest tried to pump without nursing for 30min,no let down,results in only 70ml from both sides....if this goes on it means that i have to start pumping and storing ebm for feeding...
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    Formula by Day and EBM by Night

    hi like to check with mums who pump at work.... does anyone use the same bag for pumping throughout at work? do u use another bag to collect the letdown fr the other breast? for ebm to be stored for more than 3days,must it be frozen? can i warm ebm pumped at diff times and combine them into 1...
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    Baby Diapers?

    am using mamy poko for night use,drypers for day use cos they are cheaper.... drypers tend to have leakages easily if i forget to change for more than 3hrs. have tried huggies and pampers but find mamy poko absorption better,can last more than 6hrs.
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    How to pump sufficient milk?

    but why so much diff in electric and manual? is there a technique in pumping either one??
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    Schedule when baby left with MIL

    thx for sound advice. i do try to understand the difficulties that my ILs may face while taking care of my Lil one. but i dont feel that i have to close one eye just cos they are helping to take care of him. during my pregnancy before the gender of my bb is known,they like half-past 6...
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    How to pump sufficient milk?

    i will be starting work in 5 weeks' time and would want to continue giving my bb ebm then. currently i'm latching him on everytime as i have never been successful in pumping sufficient milk. by electric pump i can have ard 40ml,manual pump ard 70ml. but these are not enough for each feed. yet...
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    arghhhhhhhhhhhh in laws ....

    cinx,i can emphatize with you. my ILs are also similar to yours. whenever i bf bb whether at my home or their place,she will go in and talk,play with him at the same time...luckily my hubby is on my side and he will always try to 'guard' the room for me,heheh... i also support that u make your...
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