Re: advice please
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Don't feel silly, I thought of diabetes too.
It is normal for young children to prefer a sweet liquid, but ideally
this would be breastmilk for the first 2 or 3 years :-) I would also be
concerned about her teeth, with a constant flow of juice-water on them.
It would probably be better for her to have her juice non-diluted and
limited to one or two servings (2-4oz per serving) per day, then drink
plain water in between. Juice is certainly not a required food either!
But when she is only with you some of the time, there may not be much you
can do about it. Maybe try a baby bottle with plain water, if this may
also be a comfort thing for her.
Mary Ellen
Nobody had a watch, so they ate lunch when they got hungry.
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It is normal for young children to prefer a sweet liquid, but ideally
this would be breastmilk for the first 2 or 3 years :-) I would also be
concerned about her teeth, with a constant flow of juice-water on them.
It would probably be better for her to have her juice non-diluted and
limited to one or two servings (2-4oz per serving) per day, then drink
plain water in between. Juice is certainly not a required food either!
But when she is only with you some of the time, there may not be much you
can do about it. Maybe try a baby bottle with plain water, if this may
also be a comfort thing for her.
Mary Ellen
Nobody had a watch, so they ate lunch when they got hungry.
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Cory and Amy Nelson
Maybe that's why I thought of diabetes. My daughter is still breastfeeding
at nearly 18 months, so she probably gets a lot of her sweet fluids that
way. Otherwise she only drinks water.
Amy
Mama to Accalia (6/14/99)
"The hardest to learn was the least complicated" -Indigo Girls
at nearly 18 months, so she probably gets a lot of her sweet fluids that
way. Otherwise she only drinks water.
Amy
Mama to Accalia (6/14/99)
"The hardest to learn was the least complicated" -Indigo Girls
> It is normal for young children to prefer a sweet liquid, but ideally
> this would be breastmilk for the first 2 or 3 years :-) I would also be
> concerned about her teeth, with a constant flow of juice-water on them.
Tracy Oldfield
Amy my ds is "still breastfeeding" too. Which drives
my sweet mother in law
crazy. He's going to be 3 in Jan.
My dd2's still nursing. She's 4 soon. It drives me
crazy! Apart from not being particularly comfortable
any more, I think it's affecting my fertility, even
though it's only once or twice a night. But she still
wants/needs it, so what can you do?
Tracy
my sweet mother in law
crazy. He's going to be 3 in Jan.
My dd2's still nursing. She's 4 soon. It drives me
crazy! Apart from not being particularly comfortable
any more, I think it's affecting my fertility, even
though it's only once or twice a night. But she still
wants/needs it, so what can you do?
Tracy
Susan in FL
Amy my ds is "still breastfeeding" too. Which drives my sweet mother in law
crazy. He's going to be 3 in Jan.
crazy. He's going to be 3 in Jan.
Valerie
Amy my ds is "still breastfeeding" too. Which drives my sweet mother in law
crazy. He's going to be 3 in Jan.
When my second was "still" breastfeeding at age 3, my fil joked that she'd
have to come home from school for nursing breaks. That's when I smiled and
told him our plans to homeschool. (heh, heh)
Valerie
crazy. He's going to be 3 in Jan.
When my second was "still" breastfeeding at age 3, my fil joked that she'd
have to come home from school for nursing breaks. That's when I smiled and
told him our plans to homeschool. (heh, heh)
Valerie
Cory and Amy Nelson
I just hope Accalia is still nursing at 3 because it will drive sooo many
people I know crazy <wicked little grin>. What I don't understand is when
people ask me how I can keep Accalia interested in nursing this long. Huh? I
think it would break both of our hearts if I weaned her.
Amy
Mama to Accalia (6/14/99)
"The hardest to learn was the least complicated" -Indigo Girls
people I know crazy <wicked little grin>. What I don't understand is when
people ask me how I can keep Accalia interested in nursing this long. Huh? I
think it would break both of our hearts if I weaned her.
Amy
Mama to Accalia (6/14/99)
"The hardest to learn was the least complicated" -Indigo Girls
> Amy my ds is "still breastfeeding" too. Which drives my sweet mother in law
> crazy. He's going to be 3 in Jan.
Cory and Amy Nelson
Tracy-
Yeah, I can see how extended breastfeeding wouldn't necessarily be a plus in
the fertility department after a while. I just hope that *someday* we'll be
able to conceive again :).
Amy
Mama to Accalia (6/14/99)
"The hardest to learn was the least complicated" -Indigo Girls
Yeah, I can see how extended breastfeeding wouldn't necessarily be a plus in
the fertility department after a while. I just hope that *someday* we'll be
able to conceive again :).
Amy
Mama to Accalia (6/14/99)
"The hardest to learn was the least complicated" -Indigo Girls
> My dd2's still nursing. She's 4 soon. It drives me
> crazy! Apart from not being particularly comfortable
> any more, I think it's affecting my fertility, even
> though it's only once or twice a night. But she still
> wants/needs it, so what can you do?
Laura Simeon
Pippa is clearly on the way to weaning - I bet in the next 6-12 months or
so. She's 4yo and nurses on average 1-3 times every 24 hours or so, but it's
very irregular these days. Have you all seen Katherine Dettwyler's site? She
has a great essay on the natural age of weaning (she concludes it is
somewhere between 2.5-7yo):
http://www.prairienet.org/community/health/laleche/dettwyler.html
_Our Babies, Ourselves_ by Meredith Small is a wonderful book that also
discusses normal behavior for human babies vs. cultural expectations. Both
women are anthropologists. I give the Small book to every pregnant woman I
know. It's not a dictatorial "you must parent this way" kind of work, but it
is highly informative, especially about things like the importance of touch
and frequency and duration of breastfeeding.
Laura
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so. She's 4yo and nurses on average 1-3 times every 24 hours or so, but it's
very irregular these days. Have you all seen Katherine Dettwyler's site? She
has a great essay on the natural age of weaning (she concludes it is
somewhere between 2.5-7yo):
http://www.prairienet.org/community/health/laleche/dettwyler.html
_Our Babies, Ourselves_ by Meredith Small is a wonderful book that also
discusses normal behavior for human babies vs. cultural expectations. Both
women are anthropologists. I give the Small book to every pregnant woman I
know. It's not a dictatorial "you must parent this way" kind of work, but it
is highly informative, especially about things like the importance of touch
and frequency and duration of breastfeeding.
Laura
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Laura Simeon
mailto:thisbe@...
http://www.kjsl.com/~thisbe/
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cory and Amy Nelson [mailto:amynelson3@...]
> Sent: Saturday, December 09, 2000 5:23 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Re: advice please
>
>
> I just hope Accalia is still nursing at 3 because it will drive sooo many
> people I know crazy <wicked little grin>. What I don't understand is when
> people ask me how I can keep Accalia interested in nursing this
> long. Huh? I
> think it would break both of our hearts if I weaned her.
>
> Amy
> Mama to Accalia (6/14/99)
> "The hardest to learn was the least complicated" -Indigo Girls
>
>
> > Amy my ds is "still breastfeeding" too. Which drives my sweet
> mother in law
> > crazy. He's going to be 3 in Jan.
>
>
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Susan in FL
I'd wanted "just one more baby" & thought ds was affecting my chances. But
my doc says I'm beyond the time clock. So I'm trying to accept & move on.
DS only needs to nurse when he's going down to sleep. Though if I'm not
holding him he sleeps on his own, like in the car.
my doc says I'm beyond the time clock. So I'm trying to accept & move on.
DS only needs to nurse when he's going down to sleep. Though if I'm not
holding him he sleeps on his own, like in the car.
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In a message dated 12/9/00 5:28:24 PM Pacific Standard Time,
amynelson3@... writes:
<< What I don't understand is when
people ask me how I can keep Accalia interested in nursing this long. >>
This cracks me up. I went to get a hair cut the other night and I got stuck
in some traffic on the way home so I called home and my "baby" answers.
He is 3 1/2 has never answered the phone before but has talked on it,
no one knows he is on the phone, we talk for awhile (he sounded so
adorable) told me what he had been doing then says, yeah and I want
to nur-nur, and I told him of course we would when I got home. I then
asked him if he knew how to hang up the phone? yes he did but he
wanted to still talk to me and we talked for a bit longer. I got home and
he had fallen asleep...I was sad that I had missed him...he of course made
up for it!
Kathy
amynelson3@... writes:
<< What I don't understand is when
people ask me how I can keep Accalia interested in nursing this long. >>
This cracks me up. I went to get a hair cut the other night and I got stuck
in some traffic on the way home so I called home and my "baby" answers.
He is 3 1/2 has never answered the phone before but has talked on it,
no one knows he is on the phone, we talk for awhile (he sounded so
adorable) told me what he had been doing then says, yeah and I want
to nur-nur, and I told him of course we would when I got home. I then
asked him if he knew how to hang up the phone? yes he did but he
wanted to still talk to me and we talked for a bit longer. I got home and
he had fallen asleep...I was sad that I had missed him...he of course made
up for it!
Kathy
Cory and Amy Nelson
That is so sweet! Accalia has just gotten to the point where she'll listen
on the phone. Of course she uses any toy she can get her hands on and turns
that into her phone. And I know what you mean about making up for it.
Accalia has been teething and nursing like crazy this past week.
Amy
Mama to Accalia (6/14/99)
"The hardest to learn was the least complicated" -Indigo Girls
on the phone. Of course she uses any toy she can get her hands on and turns
that into her phone. And I know what you mean about making up for it.
Accalia has been teething and nursing like crazy this past week.
Amy
Mama to Accalia (6/14/99)
"The hardest to learn was the least complicated" -Indigo Girls
> This cracks me up. I went to get a hair cut the other night and I got stuck
> in some traffic on the way home so I called home and my "baby" answers.
> He is 3 1/2 has never answered the phone before but has talked on it,
> no one knows he is on the phone, we talk for awhile (he sounded so
> adorable) told me what he had been doing then says, yeah and I want
> to nur-nur, and I told him of course we would when I got home. I then
> asked him if he knew how to hang up the phone? yes he did but he
> wanted to still talk to me and we talked for a bit longer. I got home and
> he had fallen asleep...I was sad that I had missed him...he of course made
> up for it!
DiamondAir
> From: "Tracy Oldfield" <tracy.oldfield@...>My son is still nursing to, and approaching 4 1/2, sometimes I think my
> My dd2's still nursing. She's 4 soon. It drives me
> crazy! Apart from not being particularly comfortable
> any more, I think it's affecting my fertility, even
> though it's only once or twice a night. But she still
> wants/needs it, so what can you do?
daughter (14 months) will wean before him, LOL! She has never been much of a
comfort nurser, she's very utilitarian about the whole thing. My son would
happily stay attached to his "nummies" all day I think :-).
As for fertility, have you read Toni Weschler's book "Taking Charge of Your
Fertility : The Definitive Guide to Natural Birth Control and Pregnancy
Achievement"?? It's really great and informative about understanding your
body and how to become pregnant or avoid it! One little tip that I got from
somewhere is that if you want to be more fertile, I might help to sleep with
a light on. Somehow this influences your body to keep your estrogen levels
higher (the darkness signals your body to drop them for the night). It's not
something you want to do long-term, sleeping with a light on has been
associated with higher rates of breast cancer and other estrogen-related
cancers, for the same reasons.
Blue Skies!
-Robin-
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to something really tight??"
and Asa (10/5/99) who says "Odwalla!" (her favorite treat at the store)
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dawn
On Sun, 10 Dec 2000, DiamondAir wrote:
prove true. My oldest, in practice, has weaned. However, I dare not say
that when he can hear me as he claims he isn't weaned. He last nursed one
year ago this month.
dawn h-s
> > From: "Tracy Oldfield" <tracy.oldfield@...>I used to say that my second would wean before my oldest, but that didn't
> > My dd2's still nursing. She's 4 soon. It drives me
> > crazy! Apart from not being particularly comfortable
> > any more, I think it's affecting my fertility, even
> > though it's only once or twice a night. But she still
> > wants/needs it, so what can you do?
>
>
> My son is still nursing to, and approaching 4 1/2, sometimes I think my
> daughter (14 months) will wean before him, LOL! She has never been much of a
> comfort nurser, she's very utilitarian about the whole thing. My son would
> happily stay attached to his "nummies" all day I think :-).
>
>
>
>
prove true. My oldest, in practice, has weaned. However, I dare not say
that when he can hear me as he claims he isn't weaned. He last nursed one
year ago this month.
dawn h-s
Valerie
One little tip that I got from
somewhere is that if you want to be more fertile, I might help to sleep with
a light on. Somehow this influences your body to keep your estrogen levels
higher (the darkness signals your body to drop them for the night). It's not
something you want to do long-term, sleeping with a light on has been
associated with higher rates of breast cancer and other estrogen-related
cancers, for the same reasons.
Blue Skies!
-Robin-
**That's strange, because I read just the opposite. I can't remember the
name of the book, but it's like the ultimate natural fertility and birth
control resource, written with Catholics in mind. In it, one of the tips is
to make sure the bedroom is totally dark, not even a glowing clock.
Otherwise the body's cycles aren't as powerful as they should be. (obviously
I'm not relaying this as clearly as the book would, but that's the jist of
it) Sorry to cause confusion, but sometimes little things like this make the
difference in getting pregnant or not.
Valerie
somewhere is that if you want to be more fertile, I might help to sleep with
a light on. Somehow this influences your body to keep your estrogen levels
higher (the darkness signals your body to drop them for the night). It's not
something you want to do long-term, sleeping with a light on has been
associated with higher rates of breast cancer and other estrogen-related
cancers, for the same reasons.
Blue Skies!
-Robin-
**That's strange, because I read just the opposite. I can't remember the
name of the book, but it's like the ultimate natural fertility and birth
control resource, written with Catholics in mind. In it, one of the tips is
to make sure the bedroom is totally dark, not even a glowing clock.
Otherwise the body's cycles aren't as powerful as they should be. (obviously
I'm not relaying this as clearly as the book would, but that's the jist of
it) Sorry to cause confusion, but sometimes little things like this make the
difference in getting pregnant or not.
Valerie
Lynda
You need longer daylight hours. We use that method all the time in race
horses because you need the babies born as close to January 1 as possible.
You gradually increase the daylight hours with lights until "daylight"
amounts to between 15 and 18 hours. I'm not sure that would work with
humans as humans are not season ovulators.
Lynda
horses because you need the babies born as close to January 1 as possible.
You gradually increase the daylight hours with lights until "daylight"
amounts to between 15 and 18 hours. I'm not sure that would work with
humans as humans are not season ovulators.
Lynda
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> One little tip that I got from
> somewhere is that if you want to be more fertile, I might help to sleep
with
> a light on. Somehow this influences your body to keep your estrogen levels
> higher (the darkness signals your body to drop them for the night). It's
not
> something you want to do long-term, sleeping with a light on has been
> associated with higher rates of breast cancer and other estrogen-related
> cancers, for the same reasons.
>
> Blue Skies!
> -Robin-
>
> **That's strange, because I read just the opposite. I can't remember the
> name of the book, but it's like the ultimate natural fertility and birth
> control resource, written with Catholics in mind. In it, one of the tips
is
> to make sure the bedroom is totally dark, not even a glowing clock.
> Otherwise the body's cycles aren't as powerful as they should be.
(obviously
> I'm not relaying this as clearly as the book would, but that's the jist of
> it) Sorry to cause confusion, but sometimes little things like this make
the
> difference in getting pregnant or not.
>
> Valerie
>
>
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> **That's strange, because I read just the opposite. I can't remember theI think it actually depends on the time of month. There are certain
> name of the book, but it's like the ultimate natural fertility and birth
> control resource, written with Catholics in mind. In it, one of the tips is
> to make sure the bedroom is totally dark, not even a glowing clock.
> Otherwise the body's cycles aren't as powerful as they should be. (obviously
> I'm not relaying this as clearly as the book would, but that's the jist of
> it) Sorry to cause confusion, but sometimes little things like this make the
> difference in getting pregnant or not.
>
> Valerie
times when you leave a light on and others when you want it
completely dark. The point is to mimic the moons phases, I believe.
Deirdre
Valerie
> ValerieI think it actually depends on the time of month. There are certain
times when you leave a light on and others when you want it
completely dark. The point is to mimic the moons phases, I believe.
Deirdre
Aha. I think that's what it was. Thanks for jogging my memory.--valerie