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Breastfeeding Is Normal presents: A Breastfeeding Advocacy Chat #16
10/12/05

23 mamas in attendance

11:01:44 Host_Housepoet good Morning ladies
11:01:49 lifeisstatic morning!
11:01:57 Host_Housepoet I trust everyone is fine and well today
11:02:04 agirlday goodmorning!
11:02:04 Djbluzclooz didnt you say she was 3 months? whooey?
11:02:19 Djbluzclooz im great..i should be getting ready for work but i was excited to see a chat
11:02:30 Host_Housepoet Last night I had the pleasure of attending a breastfeeding celebration dinner with the Midwives Associate on Ojai.
11:02:38 whooey22 yes she is, we were going to wait until after 6 months, and we are visiting my family for new years
11:02:41 Host_Housepoet Ojai is a small community here in California, near Los Angeles
11:02:54 mommeeof8 Here it is good afternoon. :D
11:03:03 Djbluzclooz i wouldnt start solids until a year.
11:03:10 Host_Housepoet It was a wonderful dinner, mexican! yum!!
11:03:20 Djbluzclooz i love mexican food
11:03:24 lifeisstatic me too!
11:03:29 whooey22 the military doctors here say to start her at 4 months, argh
11:03:37 Host_Housepoet and the leader Nan, who's been interviewed by Mothering Mag, gave a wonderful talk about bfing, and many women, and MEN, stood and told their stories
11:03:44 Host_Housepoet one woman was even nursing twins
11:03:55 Host_Housepoet I've never seen that in person. That was one amazing site.
11:04:01 agirlday my husband is writing an article about being a bfing dad
11:04:03 Host_Housepoet So many mama's, happy babies, and slings!
11:04:04 Djbluzclooz wow, that is cool
11:04:05 lifeisstatic I found a breastfeeding store here in Arizona
11:04:18 mommeeof8 Dinner out anywhere I don't have to cook/clean up is great.
11:04:21 Mod_ariana agirlday where is your husband's article for
11:04:22 lifeisstatic they sold pumps slings and clothdiapers
11:04:25 Djbluzclooz we have one here too!!! the milky way
11:04:34 agirlday parentwise austin in january
11:04:38 lifeisstatic it was so awesome!
11:04:43 whooey22 haa, i like that name
11:05:14 lifeisstatic Its called baby mother and more
11:05:53 mommeeof8 Most of the mom's in our church breastfeed- Front Royal, VA. They all have good info on where to find stuff, info, etc.
11:05:59 agirlday solstice is 11 months and I am 20 weeks pregnant.... I'll soon be nursing 2. he's REALLY supportive
11:06:35 Djbluzclooz ju7
11:06:38 Djbluzclooz sorry
11:06:42 Djbluzclooz isis took over
11:07:31 mommeeof8 My hubby thinks it is great I breastfeed- he doesn't have to get up with a baby...
11:07:43 Calebs_Mommy haha yeah :P
11:08:09 Djbluzclooz question. how do i stop isis from tearing off my clothes when we are out...and in the house too. My mom is really supportive but she is getting less and less supportive the more isis tries to undress me
11:08:27 Calebs_Mommy awww.. i don't know, i haven't been to that stage yet :(
11:08:37 whooey22 by the time i've feed and changed her my husband is just waking up to her noises
11:08:42 Host_Housepoet choooooooooooolllllllllaaaa!
11:08:49 lifeisstatic My husband is still weirded out by NIP
11:08:53 Mod_ariana Djbluzclooz I say you treat any unwanted behavior the same way
11:09:07 Mod_ariana Tell her no, we don't do that, etc.
11:09:15 Djbluzclooz ive tried that
11:09:23 CrystalDOF ORELAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
11:09:23 Djbluzclooz i tried treating it the same why as biting
11:09:26 whooey22 my husband gets deffensive because he doesn't want anyone saying anything to me, but it hasn't happened
11:09:28 Mod_ariana It's best to be consistent, she's probably too young to understand it's ok at home but not in public
11:09:45 Djbluzclooz thats why i probably have to stop her at home too
11:09:49 givinguponyou my husband loves it when i nip because that means she isn't fussing to be fed and attracting attention to us!
11:09:50 Mod_ariana Also if she's doing that because she wants to nurse it's a good idea to nurse her before she gets to that point
11:09:57 lifeisstatic I think he if afraid of the confrontation if someone ever did say anything to me
11:09:58 CrystalDOF PINK
11:10:03 Host_Housepoet I went through that with Aiden, but I just taught him the nurse sign and it helped it all
11:10:08 Host_Housepoet yes crystal you are pink.
11:10:09 Host_Housepoet ;)
11:10:10 Djbluzclooz we nurse every 5 seconds, hah
11:10:24 whooey22 when is the best time to start the signing?
11:10:30 whooey22 it is something i really want to do
11:10:35 givinguponyou we've just started at 6 months
11:10:49 givinguponyou that is what i found to be the general recommendation every where
11:10:51 agirlday hows it going? with the signing?
11:10:52 Host_Housepoet Come join our weekly Baby Signing Chat, led by Sara Bingham of www.weehands.com, every Thursday: 1-2pm pacific, 2-3pm mountain, 3-4pm central, 4-5pm eastern. In the Babies-n-Toddlers" chat room"
11:11:00 Mod_ariana I knew / knew of a mom who is deaf
11:11:10 Mod_ariana She started signing to her baby at birth
11:11:14 whooey22 i'm going to have to get a baby signs book around christmas time so i can learn it myself
11:11:20 Djbluzclooz she turned 19 months yesterday, i know she understands what i am talking about but she chooses not to listen sometimes
11:11:29 Djbluzclooz is it too late to start signing with her
11:11:31 mommeeof8 How are the baby signs different from ASL?
11:11:35 Host_Housepoet no it's not too late
11:11:58 Host_Housepoet it's really not any different. You try and teach your child ASL, and what they pick up they use.
11:12:02 givinguponyou a lot of the methods use asl
11:12:05 Host_Housepoet Like for instance, my son does 'more'
11:12:13 Djbluzclooz does everybody use the same sign...what do you guys use?
11:12:22 Djbluzclooz i know the more one
11:12:27 Host_Housepoet and more is all fingers together on each hand, then you touch your hands together at the tips
11:12:32 givinguponyou i took asl for 4 years in school so we use asl
11:12:37 mommeeof8 We have signing for kids and signing is fun (books). We could start with those?
11:12:38 Host_Housepoet but my son does it as his pointer fingers touching together only
11:12:53 rainingkisses hey everyone
11:12:57 Djbluzclooz my sister is handicap and we taught her more eat drink but she didnt comprehend it
11:13:00 Mod_ariana rainingkisses Hello
11:13:25 Djbluzclooz im going to have to try to teach her
11:13:32 Djbluzclooz i think it would help A LOT
11:13:51 givinguponyou yeah those books are probably fine
11:14:02 Host_Housepoet here is another great link
11:14:02 Host_Housepoet http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/aslweb/browser.htm
11:14:15 rainingkisses I got a NIP email from Hyland's just now
11:14:15 whooey22 i think you should be able to teach signing at amost any young age, children pick things up so quickly
11:14:19 Host_Housepoet it is a web site, where it shows thousands of different signs in a quicktime window
11:14:21 Host_Housepoet it's amazing
11:14:23 rainingkisses ariana, I'm gonna send you those pictures right now
11:14:25 Host_Housepoet so true
11:14:31 Host_Housepoet my son picked up nurse in a weekend.
11:14:48 Djbluzclooz how old was he?
11:14:56 Host_Housepoet he was ........
11:15:14 Host_Housepoet heh....um...17 months?
11:15:25 Djbluzclooz ok
11:15:29 Host_Housepoet then he learned more and please and thank you
11:15:54 givinguponyou my baby seems to be 'getting it' quicker than my husband
11:15:59 mommeeof8 I wonder if that would help with the biting thing- teach her to communicate. She already says a few works we understand- more, some, eat that, hi daddy-
11:16:12 Djbluzclooz i always thought sign language was interesting
11:18:54 mommeeof8 The other 7 all went through similar stages- it just gets frustrating when you know they are hungry and then they bite. I ended up in the hospital 9 yrs ago for three days with mastitis- my # 4 actually bit a chunk out of me when she was nursing
11:19:11 Mod_ariana Since we're all interested in breastfeeding I think we'll all be intersted in this!
11:19:14 Mod_ariana Weekly Mothering Magazine Sponsored Chat, Guest Speaker: Kelly Bonyata
11:19:17 mwalton yikes!
11:19:31 Mod_ariana October 12.  TODAY
11:19:40 Jenivere ow!
11:19:41 givinguponyou ouch!
11:19:41 Mod