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Yeah! I'm so happy! After buying several bottles and trying many different nipples, I finally found one that my ds would take. Its made by Medela. I've been trying to get my ds to take a bottle for almost 3 months now. I has been very stressful to not be able to leave him at grandma's or a sitter (for date night ;) I know I asked numerous mom's what they used and the general response was, "I don't know, if you figure it out let me know!" So here I am. Maybe this will help a mom or two out there: Medela nipples! I say just the nipple because it is kinda expensive for just one bottle but I found out the nipples work in the gerber bottle set. Now ds takes one bottle in the evening just to make sure he is used to it.

P.S. for all those mom's who aren't getting any sleep; my ped dr. said that now that he takes a bottle to start giving him water at night instead of nursing and he will work himself off night feedings. I don't know if this works but I'll try it tonight! 

I need some ideas for some extra money so that I can continue to stay at home. We just can't quite make our bills but if I go to work I have to make enough and work enough hours to pay for daycare, a second car (we only have one right now) and then still have enough afterwards to make up the difference. I've tried doing in home parties and I flopped, and I don't want to do daycare because I have a hard time disciplining other peoples kids. Any ideas?

I am so frustrated right now. I've been exclusively bfing for over 5 mo now. I'm getting tired of the sleepless nights, the nibbling and stuff. What once was an enjoyable bond is now the source of my frustration and lack of sleep. If I had my way I would switch to formula tomorrow. But my son REFUSES a bottle ( this is probably God's way of not allowing me to make a rash decision!) I know a couple of months down the road I would cry and say what have I done? I won't remember how cranky I was in the middle of the night and all I will remember is how much I love to bf. But right now I am at the end of my emotional rope!  Part of me is starting to get resentful to the baby. Don't get me wrong, I love my son and he is the whole world to me and I still have his best intersest at mind but at 1am I'm not in my right mind and I get really cranky. I just want to sleep! I know he isn't nursing for nutrition but for emtional reasons. Also I just want to be able to leave the baby at the sitters and go out with my husband and know I don't have to be home in 2 1/2 hrs.( he doesn't like EBM either) Someone please talk me out of this stupid formula decision!

Does anybody know if different types of formulas taste different to babies? I had a sample can of similac and he hates its. I want to try enfamil but if they taste the same and he is going to refuse that too then I don't want to waste the money to buy it.

a normal day starts for me at 5 or 6 am for that first feeding. nobody really goes back to sleep. then my 2 year old wants up around 7:30. This morning was amazing the baby ate at 7ish and went right back to sleep. when the 2year old cried i got up but hubby told me to get back in bed. he asked if i had sleep well the past couple of nights and i said no. i went back to sleep. next thing i knew it was 8:15 and hubby is standing next to the bed waking me up. He had made breakfast and oj for me! it was so nice to get that little extra sleep (the baby hadn't gotten up yet) and then a hot meal. normally i eat cold cereal around 10 because that is the first chance i get to sit down once the day starts. he totally made my day!  

I need some help with potty training. My 2 year old is doing very well peeing. we haven't had an accident in a couple of days. but he won't poop in the potty. i'm afraid he will become consitpated because he knows he isn't supposed to poop in his pants. i also don't want to put a diaper on him so that he thinks it is ok to pee in the potty and ok to poop in a diaper. help?!

i bf exclusively except for the occational bottle. my husband and i wanted our son to be able to drink bm from a bottle so we could go away overnight if we needed to. all of a sudden my son doesn't want anything to do with the bottle( it had been about a month since our last bottle) we had planned a trip away and my parents were going to watch him overnight but now with his anti-bottle attitude we may have to put it on hold. why would he be ok with it for a couple of months and then hate it? any tips to get him to start taking one again? he also hates the taste of formula.

i am introduction rice cereal into my son's diet. he takes it well and it fills him up well. when he was strictly bf he would eat every 3 hours. now he goes 4-41/2. i want to pump and save the milk but if i pump then when he is ready to eat, i'm not full enough yet for a whole meal. i don't want my supply to deminish but i don't want to pump all day long because my supply increased. any ideas about how to make pumping and nursing complement each other?

my son is 4 1/2 mo. and up till now I have bf one breast at a time. each breast produces 4-51/2 oz of milk and i switch every feeding. now, b/c of volume i am getting very uneven breast. are there any moms out there that do the same thing? what problems have you encounterd? i would really like to continue feeding this way.

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