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I am still nursing Landon, and we are having a real issue right now. The little guy likes to bite. I have been bit so many times, that I can't handle it anymore. I have tried everything I can think of, to get him to stop and he still bites. I have screamed (natural reaction), he only cried, and then got use to that. I have stopped nursing him and made him wait. I have even tapped his cheek with my hand. Not a smack but an I'm trying to to get your attention slap. Still he continues to bite. I think he does it to be onery. He'll watch me and then slowly bite down. He even bites, holds on, and pulls back. OUCH!!!!!!!!! My girls were easy to break. Brooklyn bit me once and I screamed so loud that she started crying, too. Annaliese bit a few more times, but tapping her cheek worked with her. Landon is not so easily educated:{ What else can I do? I would try weaning him, but he is allergic to milk, and gags everytime I give him a bottle of soy formula. He won't even take more than 2 oz. of expressed milk from his cup. He won't take a bottle, no matter what nipple I use. Please help! I am getting so afraid to nurse him, it is terribly painful.

Hello, ladies! I have recently been put on Keflex or the generic name is Cephalexin for a tick bite. Is this antibiotic okay to use while nursing? In the list of side effects it said that if you have allergies to penicillin you should not take this medicine. My son is allergic to penicillin. Will it pass through enough to cause him side effects? Will my milk supply decrease if I am taking this antibiotic? He is almost exclusively breastfed at nine months because he has so many allergies. He will not take a bottle and hates soy formula (he is allergic to milk). If I have to supplement is it okay to use rice milk?

I am in need of some advice. My sister, is nursing her 6 wk old son, and working, now. I believe she has a plugged duct and know that it can lead to mastitis. I know what she is suppose to do in the ideal situation, of being at home, but she is at work. She was planning on taking a half day, but her boss has asked her to go to the other office. What can she do at work to get relief. Can any one give me advice, she is miserable.

Ladies, I need your advice. My sister is a first time mom, and is breastfeeding but returning to work, next week.  She is thinking about putting her little boy on formula when she goes back to work because she doesn't want anything to be said at work because she is pumping. I was wondering what kind of schedule, you working mom's follow? My Aunt told me that she never gave her babies formula, worked 10 hrs a day, nursed at night, and pumped for the week during the weekend. A friend of mine just pumped at night. What is, in your opinion, the best pump? She is made to nurse! She hasn't had any problems. He nurses great and is gaining weight. She told me she always has a let down on the opposite side when she nurses, and I told her to pump that side while he nurse on the other side, that way she isn't wasting her supply. She told me that today, while he nursed she just held the pump against the other breast and collect .5 oz. without pumping!! How do I encourage her to keep nursing, even when she goes back to work?  I think she is just exhausted right now, he still gets up twice a night but goes back to bed for her. She said it was nice, this morning, for her husband to give him a bottle, and she got to sleep a few more hours. Help!! I want her to continue nursing but don't want to be to pushy.

I know that this has nothing to do with bf, but I figured there might be a few woman on here that could give me some advice. I homeschool my children and use ABEKA, but I have a friend that is in need of help. She has two sons with learning diablilities. They are fifteen and sixteen, and are at a fourth and fifth grade learning level. They have been attending a christian school for several yrs, but the school is unable to meet their learning needs.  She looked into the public school system, but the class they would be put in is on a lower level, than the boys need. She is looking for any information about homeschooling children with special needs. Is there a ciriculum out there for such a need? Are there any websited that could help us?  Please if anyone has any advice please let me know. The boys still desire to learn!

Ladies, today, MSN has an article about breastfeeding and IQ. It was interesting. They even said that women who nurse tend to be different. "They tend to be smarter.... " Well, didn't we already know that?

Hello ladies! My sister just recently had a baby, and thankfully she decided that she was going to nurse him.Early in her pregnancy she told me that she wasn't going to because she would be returning to work. I carefully (so as not to cause her hurt feeling) explained to her the benefits, but didn't push her. I was shocked that she wouldn't think it was the natural thing to do, but her husband's family doesn't nurse. So, I think, there in was the problem.  My mom nursed, my aunts nursed, and now my sister, cousin, and I all nurse. Which I think is great!!! We were wondering, does it seem like more woman are deciding to nurse? My mom says 30 yrs ago when she was nursing, it was looked down upon. I know that it still is, to some degree. Do you think more woman are trying? What is your experience and why did you decide to nurse?  Are more of your friends and relatives nursing? Do you think the GO GREEN campaign is helping influence woman to nurse? When I had my son in October, I was given a brochure on why breastfeeding was the green thing to do, I wish I had kept it. What is your opinion? I would like to know! I love what this website stands for. My husband even sat down and looked through things! He said it wasn't the site for him:), but he believes in it. (he would look a little funny having a breastfeeding page wouldn't he?) Does your husband support your decision to nurse? With our first child, he was unsure because he didn't know anything about it, and didn't have any experience with it. Three babies later, he wouldn't have it any other way. He even tells ladies that if they are going to nurse, his wife has experience and can help. It is great to have support!!

Okay, so I know this has nothing to do with bf, but we just went through an earthquake, here in IN. Have you ever been in an earthquake? This is like the fourth one I've been through in my life, and I really don't like them. One was when I was a little girl, I was with my family in our livingroom, so not so bad, I had my daddy and mom. Well, the last three have been since I got married, and everytime my husband has been at work. More than the house shaking, being w/o him, bothers me more. Does that make sense? He drives a truck,  he didn't feel it, so he didn't call me for a half hr or more. My daughters 7 and 3 yrs old, slept through it, thankfully, but I woke the baby, when I picked him up to go in the room with his sisters. On the one night the little boy seems to be sleeping through the night, we have an earthquake! Thankfully we are okay, I am just, no pun entended, shaken. My in-laws live about 10 miles from the center of the earthquake, and they have two walls that cracked from the ceiling to the floor, and dishes on their buffet fell and broke. I'm thankful that I didn't have anything like that happen here. Well, I just needed an outlet for my stress and typing this has helped some. I am thankful that I know who God is and in those times of stress I can call on his name!!Maybe, I can go back to bed and sleep with the little ones he has blessed me with!  

I have a funny nursing story that many might appreciate. I have a little girl, Annaliese, she'll be three tomorrow, and a six month old, Landon. Today, when Landon woke up from a nap, it was time to nurse, so I went into the livingroom and sat down. Annaliese was playing with her toys in the floor and she crawled up beside me and asked if she could hold Bubby. I told that she would have to wait until I was done nursing him because he really needed to eat. She looks up at me with her big brown eyes and says, " my (she shakes her head at me, as if I know what she is talking about, but is to embarassed to say the word.) now have milk in them,too! I can feed Bubby." She was so serious and so adorable. It was the cutest thing. I told her let me see, and she shows me, and I told her that bubby wouldn't know how since she was still so little, but one day when she was taller (her word for older) she would be able to nurse her own baby. It was one of those moments that touches your heart and last forever. I now, know, that my grandchildren will get the BEST, because her, you know, now have milk!! It is great to be a mother!