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Thankyou. No I did mean just the seat unit as my daughter is 15 months far too big for the car seat. Just finding it hard to find icandy cherry seat unit's but easily come across quinny buzz and bugaboo unit's wondered if they would fit.. Someone should come up with adaptors for this, to make my life easier... Damn't

Im abit out of my depth on this one, but does nayone know. If I was to buy a icandy chassis can I buy a different seat unit (ie. quinny, bugaboo), or would it have to be a icandy seat unit? if I can what converter do you use? I hope someone can help me!!! Thankyou.

I have not had this problem as of yet, but surely if you talk to your employer about it they should try and facilitate for you where possible a clean, hygienic and comfortable place for you to express your milk in private. Your manager sounds nice though so should be happy to help as much as he can. I hope it works out for you.

I went through exactly the same thing, I used to tell her no and take her off if she did it, but this seemed to turn it into a game. Best advice I had from my mother who breastfed all 5 of us was to just ignore it, as soon as I started doing that within days she stopped. I think they go through phase's of biting. Right now my daughter is coming up for 15 months and has started again, I'm once again trying my hardest to ignore it, but with proper teeth now its very hard and ever so painful, but i'm very reluctant to stop breastfeeding, I want to carry on until she feels ready to stop. This advice may not work for you, but found it was the only piece of advice that worked for me. I gave calpol for sometimes 3 nights in a row but no longer. If I am right in thinking its not recommended that you use calpol for more than 3 days with out seeking the advice of a doctor. I found Nelsons teething granules very good and they are all natural so I was happy with that. There is light at the end of tunnel, breastfeeding and teething can be a nightmare for some, but if you act like it doesn't bother you chances are your baby will realise it is not sparking a reaction from you and quit biting. Its a painful time for a baby and they tend to do anything for comfort. I hope you find some of this useful. I also just thought you may want to try and attach your baby to the breast as if they were newborn again, sometimes positioning can make a great difference, as as breastfeeding progresses women tend to just let their baby feed however they attach themselves. Im the worst for this habit seeing as my daughter doesn't care how she gets it so long as she does, standing up, laying on top of me, any which way possible. Hope you find a way thats good for you and little one. It will get easier... :-)

I have a 14month old daughter, continually sitting on the 0.4th centile since she was born. Now at 14months she has only just reached 20lbs. She is a rather good eater but can also be very fussy. She loves toast, buttered, with philidelphia, jam, mashed banana, anything. If its on the toast she will eat it. I tend to give her just usual rolled oat porridge in the morning (she loves it) I occasionally mix it with some banana or blueberrys to make it different. Throught the morning she will eat a fruit bar, some chopped grapes, berries, maybe some toast. Then she now loves a picnic lunch, little sandwich, cubes of cheese, more chopped fruit, few pom-bears and a yogurt. Between lunch and dinner she doesnt tend to want anything maybe just a little snack after afternoon naptime. For dinner she will now eat whatever we eat, sometimes she wont. She absolutely loves pasta, anything with pasta that she can eat herself. Fish fingers are a good source of vitamins and fatty acids. I have definately noticed her getting chubbier, wether she has jumped a centile im not sure I haven't been to HV for over 3 months now. I'm someone thats very cautious of sugar and salt levels in my daughters food, and tend to make everything fresh so I know what goes in it. Try to experiment with things like cheese, potatoes tend to go down with babies, breadsticks, pitta pockets. I found once my daughter started feeding herself and becoming more interested in food what she eats definately has more variety now. I know how frustrating it can be, after being put down for my daughter being on the lowest centile since birth, battling through weight gain issues with breastfeeding etc. At the end of the day if your child is happy, active and of course outgrowing their clothes (my daughter can still fit easily into clothes ranging from 0-6months so dont worry if they are a little behind) every baby is different. Almost all babies I know the same age as my daughter are double her weight and size, but she is no different to them. Dont let it worry you, your baby will pick up on eating when she feels ready. Hope this helps a little. Your not on your own. :-D

I would love 3 children, currently I have just the one. Thats hard enough, but 3 spaced out nicely sounds better. My cousin is on child 4 and still thinking about another 4 or 5. The house would be far too hectic for me. A friend says 17... The idea makes my head spin.

I dont mean for my comments to offend, thats the last thing I want. After having a child of my own, struggling with breastfeeding and my daughter not gaining weight, I did have to substitute with small amounts of formula top ups for weeks. So I do have experinece of not only breastfeeding but bottle feeding too. There were many times where I felt I could give up breastfeeding very easily, being vunerable as to which HV were correct about my efforts to breastfeed. I doubted myself many times, but I think the perserverence with breastfeeding definately caused me to appreciate that my body knows what my baby needs. It has gone onto a passion to help women, within the community. Breastfeeding cafe's were a godsend to me, I wish to give back what I was given when I was a visitor at the cafe. Thank you also for the luck wishes and offer of an open view, its much appreciated. Im only on my first child, I will probably experience many more difficults with feeding along with parenthood. Right now my 14 month old daughter is on hunger strike... pfft

gwod Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think that I would have maybe succeeded with > b/feeding the two (of my four) children that I > ended up bottlefeeding had there been feeding > consultants as opposed to breastfeeding > consultants. When things arent quite going to > plan you have advice from either the hardcore "you > must breastfeed or be deemed evil" or from the > formula advertisers. I remember feeling that once > I was considering offering a bottle, I could not > consult with the midwives/hospital/la leche/nct > any more and would have to take future information > from the back of a packet. From this position its > very hard get help or support to go back to mixed > feeding, expressing and feeding or indeed to get > back to fully breastfeeding. It feels like youve > chosen to go to the dark side and therfore you're > on you own. > > Support for new mothers is the way forward - not > doctrine. Hey all, yet again thanks for all your input. Glad to see varied opinions, it helps give a wider perspective. Were not here to preach our beliefs on breastfeeding, the feeding of a baby is entirely a mothers personal choice. As regards to gwods post, although I myself am training to become a Peer Counsellor, I do still agree with your post. Personally I love breastfeeding and would not of picked anything else for my child, but that is my personal opinion I would never leap on someone with the hardcore breastfeeding act. If somebody needed advice, or wanted to chat with me about what they can expect from breastfeeding I would try to support and advise them the best I can. Unfortunately this said, some people do as you would say 'practice what they preach' and let their beliefs cloud judgement over another mothers choice of feeding. Although they may not mean to offend the mother the sad fact is sometimes they do without realising this. This may then have an unprofound effect on the mothers breastfeeding attempts. Health visitors and midwives should be able to help with information on both bottle and breastfeeding. Bottle feeding also is sometimes confusing to a new parent, most of the advice needed can be sought on products, sterilising instructions and the correct measure's for formula are normally clearly set out on product labelling. Any additional advice should be available through a number of health professionals. Whereas when it comes to breastfeeding, the problems entailed are more often than not very specific and hard to advise on from afar and through product advice (given that breastfeeding contains no packaging). I believe breastfeeding counselling is not about making a change for right now, but helping to educate parents and support them through breastfeeding when needed, this may well help future generations have the knowledge on breastfeeding to make an educated choice before choosing breastfeeding or bottle feeding. If this has a knock on effect on the normalisation of breastfeeding, and the countries breastfeeding rates, surely this cant be a bad thing. There are alot of benefits to breastfeeding, we would just like to give the public as much information on these benefits. Thanks for your time. Georgina.

I too experienced this, I feel your pain. I also found nothing helped, just kept applying Lansinoh for the duration. I suffered for 2 months of horrible bleeding and blistering nipples, my daughter had terrible problems latching. I could never see it healing, but once we had the latch perfected totally they did begin to heal. Keep applying Lansinoh whenever you need to, its fine to breastfeed with it on. Also try laying a cold flannel on yourself to soothe the pain. Are you confident with your babies latch now?

sanitygirl, lucky you with the latching. Some women find just that part alone so hard. I became very distressed with my latching problem, which I may add only resolved itself 2 months into very painful breastfeeding. I'm glad to hear of a positive attitude in Italy, I have no personal experience of Italy, whilst breastfeeding at least. But I suppose you get different forms of opinion everywhere. I have had both mixed views whilst I have breastfed in public, some nasty stares. But find if you take the good with the bad, you know what your doing makes your child happy, to me thats all that matters. I know the breastfeeding rates in this country are some of the lowest in Europe, Italy is placed statistically slightly higher up. I know there are many different things that effect breastfeeding rates. There are many contributing factors. An example is Sweden where almost all women breastfeed their babies exclusively until 6 months as recommended by WHO, in sweden every single hospital has achieved UNICEFs Baby Friendly* status compared to just one in 10 in England. * - Unicef Baby Friendly initiative includes 10 steps to encourage successful breastfeeding, such as informing mothers about the benefits of breastfeeding, training staff to help women breastfeed, not offering dummies to infants, ensure mothers and babies to stay together 24 hours a day while they are in hospital and sets standards for breastfeeding support groups after discharge from hospital. Hospitals can only be designated as Unicef Baby Friendly when they have implemented all ten steps and can show they do not accept free or cheap breastmilk substitutes, feeding bottles or teats.

Hi all. Thanks for your responses, each and every one is much appreciated. fearnpw1 That doesn't sound silly at all. Infact the observation is exactly what reassures alot of breastfeeding mothers. Having someone on hand to help, that has breastfed one or more children themselves is very reassuring for many women. I too found it very helpful in making my confidence with breastfeeding my daughter flourish, and now am very keen to help support handfuls of women across Southwark establish a brilliant breastfeeding relationship with their child. I think alot of women are worried to ask for help when it comes to breastfeeding as they feel as mother it should be a very natural thing that comes easily, but there are also a lot of women that dont know help is available. sanitygirl I am glad to hear you found someone that reassured you, and let you know what you needed to know. Did you find help in Italy or England? Smiler We are trained to ask the mother if she is okay with the 'hands on' approach before start. We dont want to offend, but help. Some mother's dont mind, but others do. Im glad to hear that you also found help to resolve your problem before giving up breastfeeding. Thank you for the idea's on publicity, we will help to provide all relevant information as to where mothers can seek help within Southwark. Thanks again guys.

Hi. Thanks for your replies. littleEDfamily, thank you for your point of view. I too agree humour is good, it can lighten a issue. Its just getting that humour thats the hard part. We are thinking of alot of ways to put forward the awareness of breastfeeding and just letting people know, there is help out there, should you need it. Breastfeeding cafe's offer support with experienced midwives and peer counsellors. All peer counsellors have to train to become qualified and have breastfed their own children for 2 months or more. With mother to mother support this can help mothers establish a confidence with breastfeeding, they may not have had before. If you experience problems during breastfeeding, its more than likely there is someone out there who has been through the same thing too, they maybe able to support you, they've been there before. Wether it is emotional support you need, practical support. Advice can be found through places such as breastfeeding cafe's. Its just a breastfeeding zone, mothers of all ages and backrounds all with something in common, from advice to a chat with another mum that shares the same interests. Its nice to be social with new people, I found it a nice confidence lift throughout the early tiresome months. I really did have the hands on approach with my baby, right from birth. But still found it an upward struggle to breastfeed for the first 2 months, I went along to peckham breastfeeding cafe, and it changed breastfeeding for me. The support was just second to none. I became so confident, as I did so did she. And now at 14 months all proud and walking around she is still the guzzle guts she always has been. ClareC, Sorry, what do you think some people would find offensive?