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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Saturday, January 29, 2005 - 9:49 am
CONGRATULATIONS KIMMO! Holy cow what a big baby! How many stitches do you have? (Do we get pictures of that!!! ) Looking forward to seeing your little sweetie and Rowan too!
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Skootz
Member
07-23-2003
| Saturday, January 29, 2005 - 9:58 am
Congratulations Kimmo - and Ada was born on my dd's 6th birthday too..a great day in deed
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Danzdol
Member
04-21-2001
| Monday, January 31, 2005 - 1:37 pm
yeh! congrats!!!!!!!!can't wait to see her pics!
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Graceunderfyre
Member
01-21-2004
| Monday, January 31, 2005 - 8:04 pm
yahoo Kimmo congrats can't wait to see the pics! btw, whoever said that hypnobirthing is painfree was kidding themselves - it's just a way to get through the pain a little more constructively!
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Kimmo
Member
05-02-2003
| Friday, February 04, 2005 - 1:00 pm
Thanks, everyone! Here's a link to Ada's hospital photo: Ada Day Two My PC is dead for the moment so I am "working" of DH's laptop, so I can't shrink and post our own pictures just now. Julie, I only got 3 or 4 stitches this time-- I got 8 with Rowan. I stayed vertical most of the time, so I think that helped. Thankfully, there are no pics of that!
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Kimmo
Member
05-02-2003
| Friday, February 04, 2005 - 1:01 pm
I forgot-- The password to view the photo is "xxx" (which implies nothing about the nature of the photo!). Oops.
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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Friday, February 04, 2005 - 4:13 pm
a beautiful baby, and big too. I looked at her and said OUCH!!!!
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Jewels
Member
09-23-2000
| Saturday, February 05, 2005 - 10:10 am
Kimmo, she is adorable. How is Rowan adjusting to having a little sister?
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Enbwife
Member
08-14-2000
| Monday, February 07, 2005 - 11:22 am
So cute... don't you just love that alien pose? How's life with your family Kimmo? Are you finding it ok with 2 so far?
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Monday, February 07, 2005 - 11:26 am
Ada is so cute! My dd weighed 9 lbs. As an adult she doesn't cast a shadow around a toothpick at high noon.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Wednesday, February 09, 2005 - 10:08 am
Question: is there any advantage to keeping a baby on 100% breastmilk til 6 mos? My sil wants to keep Ella on that diet. Well Ella's poops are like water and leak almost every time. I think some rice cereal would be great to help that. She is almost 5 mos. now. I don't want to be overbearing, so i will likely keep my mouth shut. But are there any advantages to that? Anyone know?
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Wednesday, February 09, 2005 - 10:30 am
FDA guidelines
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Wednesday, February 09, 2005 - 10:55 am
Thanks Vee. I skimmed thru that pretty quickly. My question is not really is breastmilk best, but is there any benefit to NOT introducing rice cereal (or other food) until a baby is 6 months old... I want to get my sil to let Ella have some rice cereal right now (so her poop is firmer). I am sick of the big mess her very leaky poopy diapers are making... I think sil is thinking somehow it is healthier to have 100% breastmilk til 6 mos. (No cereal, no jar food)
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Wednesday, February 09, 2005 - 10:57 am
It probably has to do with digestion.
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Wednesday, February 09, 2005 - 11:22 am
What does Ella's pediatrician say? Breastfed babies do have looser stools. I breastfed both of my children and that just goes with the territory. I tried to get to the six-month age because that was the recommendation. When I was in my own hometown with my first child, I caved to outside pressures and gave my dd cereal at four months. When I was on my own, 2,500 miles away from "outside influences" I did make it to the six-month point with my second child. They both were breast-fed until about thirteen months of age. Truthfully, I didn't see a difference between them in how they responded to foods, health, etc., between the 4-month introduction of cereal and the 6-month. Hopefully, someone with more recent experience will show up and help you out.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Wednesday, February 09, 2005 - 11:37 am
Well the standard now is to start cereal at 4 mos. Her ped. says it's okay to wait, unless she seems hungry all the time (which she is!) But her mom doesn't seem to mind spending all her waking time breastfeeding her. I think it's cuz she feels guilty for working fulltime.
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Wednesday, February 09, 2005 - 12:03 pm
I think it's still 4–6 months, but you are her caregiver and I think that your opinion should be included in this. So if you see that she seems hungry all the time, then that should be taken into account. After all, you play a very important role in this child's life. Auntie, right? Is her mom your sil or sister? (That could make a difference about how vocal you choose to be in this situation.)
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Wednesday, February 09, 2005 - 12:09 pm
Her mom is sil. I s'pose i can wait...we're only 5-6 weeks away from her being 6 mos. Just drives me crazy cuz i think sil is only holding back on the cereal so she can proudly say that she fed Ella 100% breastmilk til 6 mos. (like it is some type of great accomplishment.) When in reality (in my opinion at least) Ella would be better off with a little cereal right now.
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Wednesday, February 09, 2005 - 12:18 pm
It is a commitment to be sure. Hope, though, that she would trust you enough to believe you when you say that Ella seems hungry. Did you breastfeed your ds?
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Wednesday, February 09, 2005 - 12:32 pm
Yep, I breastfed him til he was 8 months old. Would have gone longer but his top and bottom teeth came in and YOW-ZAH! He would clamp down to indicate he was done. I could not "teach" him not to do that and I couldn't take it anymore. I loved breastfeeding. So cheap and easy! But I did introduce some cereal at 4 months, followed by jar food. I did tell SIL Ella seems hungry and eats all day long, but she is kinda "deaf" sometimes!!!! 
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Wednesday, February 09, 2005 - 12:35 pm
this is only my opinion, but this is her child. she wants her breast fed until 6 months. she has asked you to be her caregiver while she is away at work. so many women are told things as new mothers. i think you should honor her wishes and wait until this child is 6 months old. it seems from your posts, all you want this child to eat cereal for is so she has less of a poopy mess. and belitting her request (the comment about "like it is some type of great accomplishment") makes your SIL think that you do not respect her wishes. i know that my breastfeeding my daughter for 6 months to me, feels like a great accomplishment. at that time, i started supplimenting with cereal. as for ella, seeming hungry, maybe she needs to have more breast milk pumped for her.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Wednesday, February 09, 2005 - 12:42 pm
She has a ton of breastmilk pumped and waiting. And I am honoring her wishes. I am with her many hours everyday and I think she needs a little something more than milk... I was just looking to see if anyone had any information on why exclusive breastmilk til 6 months would be healthier.
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Wednesday, February 09, 2005 - 12:59 pm
I waited until closer to 6 months to introduce cereal only because allergies tend to run on my dad's side of the family. My understanding of the reason to wait until 4-6 months is due to immature digestive track and not wanting to create allergies.
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Skootz
Member
07-23-2003
| Wednesday, February 09, 2005 - 1:11 pm
I started my kids with rice cereal around 5 months or so. I did it then as I found they seemed to be looking for more then just breast milk/formula later on in the day and I just didn't have it to give them anymore.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Wednesday, February 09, 2005 - 1:56 pm
I agree with landi. Now I didn't breastfeed either of my kids but I had my mom and grandmother there to help guide me when the boys were babies with regards to what to introduce and when and how. I also talked to my doctor. But it still came down to me making the decision and letting the various daycares know what I wanted to introduce and how but I did take their input into consideration but I've never appreciated anyone 'telling' me what to do or how to do with my kids. So I say that to say it's about personal preference and what she feels her child needs. Oh and I started adding cereal to their bottles after a few months so they would sleep thru the night.
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