Emmett and Miles arrived on December 22, 2011, and 36 weeks and 3 days gestation after I was induced due to pre-eclampsia. Emmett (Baby A) was born vaginally after only 4 hours of labor and 20 minutes of pushing with no pain medication. He was perfect at 6 lbs, 6 oz. His APGAR scores were 9/10 and even though he… Read more »
Emmett and my boobs have a love-hate relationship these days. He was still breastfeeding pretty well in December, but somewhere between moving into our new place and learning how to walk and, thus, run away from me because it’s funny, he seems to have forgotten now to nurse. That would be no problem if he didn’t still WANT to nurse…. Read more »
After much prodding from our pediatrician and several near-misses where one or both children grabbed our plate / food / fork / food and nearly sent same careening across the table or to the floor, we have finally started Miles and Emmett on “solid foods.” In actuality it’s a combination of baby led weaning (people food that the babies feed… Read more »
…the big news today is that baby formula contains high levels of arsenic. Super! A Dartmouth University study by Jackson et al published in today in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives identified 2 of 17 formulas tested as containing unacceptably high levels of the human carcinogen arsenic. Currently I can find only the abstract, which does not name the formulas… Read more »
After reading my pumping post, a kind Facebook friend connected me with his godsend of a wife, who is a pediatrician and lactation consultant. This angel helped me understand that the reason Miles is nursing so poorly is that he’s a slow grower who is very flow dependent, which means that he’s low on energy from being tiny and conserves… Read more »