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Relief for red knees?
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To the pain.... some breastfeeding questions
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Mamaluv replied to mcglory13's discussion 'For all the many folks with more than one child...'"I initially thought we would have 3 or 4 but pretty quickly came to realize that 2 was the right fit for us. Part of this decision was financial, and wanting to be secure in our ability to provide for them. If my husband had pushed to try for…"
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Mamaluv commented on TykeGeist's blog post 'Shopping for Sanity'"I just found out that our school district is also charging for full day Kindergarten this year (half day is free). Our eldest daughter is still in preschool, so I'm not completely sure of the details, but I think most schools offer it, but…"
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Mamaluv replied to Floor Pie's discussion 'Parenting Challenge'"I really admired how my friend handled it when her son decided he was afraid of water at the start of last summer. She was very calm, but persistent, and within an hour of being at the pool, he was playing and swimming around like a pro.
I'm…"
mightyninjamom replied to Mamaluv's discussion 'Relief for red knees?'"wookie makes a good point about allergies. If she's doing a lot of crawling on carpeting, you may want to shampoo them or steam clean them. I never bothered with knee pads...neither of my kiddos crawled long enough for me to think about doing…"
wookie replied to Mamaluv's discussion 'Relief for red knees?'"That much redness and inflammation I would wonder if there is a contact allergy going on. But maybe it is just a question of "toughening up". I've never heard of baby knee pads though :-)
If it doesn't start reducing in a couple…"
Mamaluv replied to Pauperfamilias's discussion 'For the fast food lover in your family'""Fruit" snacks.
Not even sure what they are actually made of (probably I don't want to know) but I'm sure there's no actual fruit in them. Definitely chock full of good ol HFCS though."
Mamaluv posted a discussionRelief for red knees?
My almost 8 month old has started crawling like a pro! She loves it and trucks around on her own for a good portion of each day. It's super cute, but unfortunately the result has been very red knees. At night she looks like she's kneeled in red paint, and they are warm to the touch. Lately they are even still red the next morning. I'm not sure why, but this didn't happen with my first daughter, so not sure what to do. Right now she's in pants, but we live in Phoenix, so it will be warm enough…See More
Mamaluv replied to rommie's discussion 'Bottles and breastmilk'"I stopped pumping at work when she was around 6 mths because I just couldn't do it anymore. She still nurses in the morning and when I get home from work (and unfortunately in the middle of the night) and it seems to be going well after almost…"
Mamaluv replied to Floor Pie's discussion 'What do you want to be when you grow up?'"I really think I would love being an elementary school teacher, but it would mean a pretty massive pay cut on top of taking the classes needed to get certified, so not really sure how feasible it is.
Which makes me very sad."
Mamaluv replied to The Oracle's discussion 'Tell Me About Your House'"Our house was built in 1986, so fairly new. It was a foreclosure, but aside from a few minor things was move-in ready. I really like the style - very open. It's a two story with vaulted ceilings in the living room, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths and a…"
Mamaluv replied to rommie's discussion 'Daycare: the good, the bad, the ugly'"I agree with what's been said so far - these are not minor things, especially 6 hours with no diaper change and spraying perfume to cover the urine smell. That would be enough for me to pull my baby on the spot.
As a point of reference, the…"
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