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just emailed. I LOVE busy bees. I've been taking my daughter since she was about 4 months old. I pray they don't cut it :(

wednesday works for me!

thanks bluesuperted! it is true, thursdays are no good for me, Tuesdays or Wednesdays are though.. although the next couple of weeks are flat :( xxx

just buy one of these: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fisher-Price-Healthy-Care-Booster/dp/B002YK2WMI/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=baby&qid=1300919000&sr=8-2 and one of these: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Baby-led-Weaning-Helping-Your-Baby/dp/0091923808/ref=sr_1_cc_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1300919036&sr=1-2-catcorr

Just wondering - could it possibly be over-stimulation (that builds up as the day goes on, and so is worst is the evening)? have you tried taking him into a quiet darkened room and doing skin to skin for a while? Sophie x

All you need is a big bed and a cleaning lady. x

sally81 - just wanted to say all the best with your breastfeeding, it is such a fab thing, only gets better with time. xxx

hi susyp, that is great! thanks for the update.

Ergo is the best. Not cheap but the most used bit of babygear we bought! http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ergo-Baby-Carrier-Organic-Green/dp/B002R0DVMA/ref=sr_1_12?s=baby&ie=UTF8&qid=1297031913&sr=1-12

Hi Cora - yes I do, from 18 months (it's true, they can cook!) up to adult. PM me fore more info. Sophie

another gambados lover here - always clean and lovely. i go about twice a week! you can also buy a membership for the year, which is much more economical if you are going to go regularly.

I have PMd you :)

i bought one for my bee from Soupdragon - can't remember the name of the brand, but they have fleecy ones that are fit all different kinds of buggys, and it has been perfect. i think it was about ?30. x

Hi all, just wondering if anyone has any recommendations for washable breast pads? Thanks, Sophie

just checked out your friends blog - it is awesome! what a rocking lady! x

Helena - my point was that your comment that our bodies haven't had the 'time to adapt' regarding their production of breastmilk providing sufficient nutrients for babies is untrue.

"Our diet and lifestyles have changed dramatically in what would be a blink of an eye in evolutionary terms. Our bodies simply haven't had the time to adapt." - It is true that in recent times, we have moved away from eating traditional foods, and have moved towards eating processed and refined foods. We have also become more sedentary, and lifestyles less active. There are many well known health implications to this. This is most true for indigenous populations, who have experienced these changes most rapidly. Indigenous Australians, for example, who were living as hunter gatherers before the arrival of Europeans to Australia. In this article about nutrition and growth among Australian indigenous peoples: http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/health-risks/nutrition/plain-language/our-review the health implications of this are acknowledged. However, it also states that babies of indigenous Australians thrive and grow normally, whilst still breastfed, and it is only once weaned to solids that they encounter health and growth issues. Science is not our enemy, however it is also not without it's limitations and corruptions and should not be regarded as an unquestionable authority.

Can it really be possible that we evolved to produce milk for our babies that doesn't contain what the babies need, so as to necessitate the artificial addition of a vitamin/iron supplement, which we only know if they need by doing blood tests? how has the human race survived?

What benefit would the RCM have in a smear campaign?

"Why don?t we concentrate on physiology and neuromuscular development to advise mothers on when to start solids, instead of wandering in search of doubtful evidence?" - such a good point!

at her age it is quite common to go through a stage or being paticular in the food department, I would try not to worry about it. It will pass. i would continue to offer the veggies, and not react to what she chooses to do with them, whether she leaves them or eats them. S

Belle - there must be flexibility and balance with all things.

http://theleakyboob.com/2010/06/the-breast-is-best-debate-2/ Why do people think that 'solids' are more nourishing and filling than breast milk? the foods commonly used for spoon weaning, (and I am assuming that most people who would wean at 4-5 months would be spoon weaning not blw), are not nutritionally dense. Especially not compared to breastmilk/formula.

with blw, the recommendation is to start from 6 months. However, there is often a considerable amount of 'play' when you first start, a lot of babies don't start actually really eating until 7/8months. So, i guess my thought is that as you are so near to 6 months, and as the baby would be able to decide what they actually did with the food and most likely wouldn't actually eat much if any at all (unlike spoon weaning where you know they are definitley ingesting the food from day 1), it could be a great option for you :)

anna_r - are you thinking of doing BLW? then you could just offer your daughter something on her tray at the mealtime, if she really is up for eating she can eat it, most likely she will just play with the food you offer her but at least you will feel that she can join in and she might feel more part of things?