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Breastfeeding Is Normal presents: A Breastfeeding Advocacy Chat #22
11/23
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11 mamas in attendance

12:06:14 Host_Housepoet OFFICIAL START OF THEBREASTFEEDINGISNORMAL.ORG CHAT! WELCOME! MY NAME IS NOEL AND I AM YOUR HOSTESS TODAY! THIS CHAT IS TRANSCRIPTED AND POSTED ON THE SUNDAY FOLLOWING THIS CHAT...PLEASE KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN POSTING TO THIS CHAT. THANK YOU! :)
12:06:48 meeshelly12 ok
12:08:01 Mod_ariana So, how's everyone today?
12:08:53 Host_Housepoet how is everyone
12:08:56 Host_Housepoet sorry abou that
12:08:57 meeshelly12 i'm good
12:09:07 Host_Housepoet we're going to be super causual today since it's right before the holiday
12:09:12 Host_Housepoet is everyone ready for turkey day?!
12:09:42 cali4niachef getting ready, making some danish and crossiant dough today
12:09:51 cali4niachef so time consuming but fun :)
12:10:19 meeshelly12 i'm working on my christmas list for baby... any recommendations on cool products? maybe some breastfeeding products that are must haves... or for starting solids? or just natural products?
12:11:07 Host_Housepoet oooh yes
12:11:09 Host_Housepoet lets see
12:11:13 meeshelly12 i'm ready... i'd like to make a pumpkin cheesecake to take to boyfriends parents house tomorrow, but I just don't know if I'll have time.
12:11:24 Host_Housepoet *gets out her handy dandy list of cool nat. product. sites*
12:11:30 meeshelly12 ;)
12:11:58 therealocelot i want to make pumpkin cheesecake, but probably next week
12:12:11 therealocelot pumpkin brownies, too
12:12:27 therealocelot but my husband insists on a pie for tomorrow
12:12:36 Host_Housepoet hhmm well Ive lost my list!"
12:12:38 Host_Housepoet darnet.
12:12:38 meeshelly12 hmm.. i love pumpkin
12:12:42 meeshelly12 thats cool
12:12:49 Host_Housepoet the natural fmaily community is a great place to ask about natural toy products
12:13:13 meeshelly12 i know i love haba toys and robeez shoes and earth mama angel baby products
12:13:18 cali4niachef hey darcy
12:13:26 meeshelly12 just wondering on breastfeeding stuff
12:13:31 cali4niachef fyi my nipple healed on its own
12:13:36 meeshelly12 i mean obviously you dont need much
12:13:41 Darcy Hi all!
12:13:49 cali4niachef i didn't even see the LC, it healed like a day or two after i spoke to you all
12:13:58 Darcy Cali - how did it go at the lc?
12:14:04 meeshelly12 but he'll be 6 months in january and i'll prob be starting solids, when did everyone start solids??
12:14:07 Mod_ariana cali4niachef I think this chat has magical nipple healing properties.  ;)
12:14:10 Host_Housepoet hey Darcy!
12:14:10 therealocelot a decent-looking (in other words, expensive :) nursing bra
12:14:29 meeshelly12 hi darcy
12:14:38 Host_Housepoet My son had avocado at 6 months but didn't really eat solids til about 10-11 months
12:14:44 Darcy Cali - that's great!
12:14:49 Host_Housepoet I agree Ariana
12:14:53 cali4niachef i think so too
12:15:01 cali4niachef i didn't even see the LC it just healed
12:15:01 Mod_ariana haha
12:15:13 Mod_ariana I mean really our bodies are amazing
12:15:18 theotherhand Owen started solids at 8.5 months...he snuck a breadstick off the coffee table ;)
12:15:19 Mod_ariana and usually these things do heal on their own
12:15:22 Darcy Joseph is wearing Aiden's clothes today.
12:15:30 Host_Housepoet is he?!?
12:15:33 Host_Housepoet what's he wearing?
12:15:57 Darcy My husband swears Joseph will start himself on solids while our backs are turned.  He is so freakin' mobile!  It happened so suddenly.
12:16:41 Darcy Yellow t-shirt with a giraffe on the front (kind of embroidered on) and grey cargo shorts.
12:18:17 therealocelot i have an actual breastfeeding advocacy topic!
12:18:22 Mod_ariana cool
12:18:50 meeshelly12 i want to delay as long as possible, but i know his doctor at the 4 month check up was already recommending cereal, i told him i wouldnt even consider starting till 6 months....
12:19:14 therealocelot In a few weeks, I'll be going to a book signing of a breastfeeding advocate science fiction author.
12:19:24 Mod_ariana therealocelot   ?
12:19:27 Darcy Where?  Who?
12:19:27 Mod_ariana Who is that?
12:19:32 meeshelly12 ?
12:19:37 therealocelot Kim Stanley Robinson, in Davis, CA
12:19:43 Mod_ariana HAHA all the question marks!!
12:20:01 therealocelot sorry, I'm dealing with hyper nursing toddler
12:20:34 Host_Housepoet I bet he looks so cute Darcy!
12:20:42 therealocelot In any case, I'd like to recognize this somehow, but I'm too shy to actually say anything :)
12:20:49 Darcy He looks like a little boy.  It's tilling me.
12:21:01 Darcy It's killing me.
12:21:01 Host_Housepoet I cut Aiden's hair
12:21:04 Host_Housepoet I have to take a picture
12:21:12 Darcy Oooh - did you take some pictures of the curls before you cut it?
12:21:14 Host_Housepoet HE looks like a little boy for sure!
12:21:16 Mod_ariana therealocelot I'm trying to read up o nhim right now
12:21:29 therealocelot His latest books feature a nursing toddler, and a mom who pumps at work for that toddler
12:22:16 therealocelot And there's an episode in the Mars series where a mother, who is shown as completely devoted to her career and basically devoid of maternal feelings, breastfeeds her baby and then hands it off to a nanny
12:22:53 therealocelot which, while less than wonderful mothering, still shows breastfeeding as the default, even in a situation where you'd expect formula use
12:23:15 meeshelly12 that's cool
12:23:27 Mod_ariana interesting
12:23:39 Mod_ariana Do you know if his kids were BF'd
12:23:43 Mod_ariana You'd think so
12:24:19 therealocelot Yes
12:24:40 therealocelot There's a autobiographical poem in one of his books where he talks about feeding his son EBM
12:24:46 Mod_ariana awww
12:24:52 Mod_ariana I love good daddies
12:24:52 therealocelot (and microwaving it, but oh well)
12:24:55 Mod_ariana haha
12:25:41 Mod_ariana I know what you're saying.
12:25:52 Mod_ariana You don't want to not mention BF but you're not sure how to bring it up, right?
12:26:29 therealocelot hang on, I'll post the poem
12:26:32 therealocelot basically, yeah
12:28:32 therealocelot http://www.ansible.org/~jess/ksr-twoyears.txt
12:28:36 Darcy Is everyone still there?
12:28:43 Mod_ariana I'm here
12:28:45 meeshelly12 where?
12:28:51 meeshelly12 here? i'm here
12:28:57 Darcy Weird - I couldn't see any convo for a while.  Oh well - I'm back now.
12:30:15 therealocelot the formatting is a little odd
12:30:45 Mod_ariana Wow, I've been emotional lately and this poem is really getting to me
12:30:46 Darcy So, how do you all respond when baby wakes at night?  Do you nurse immediately. . .
12:30:54 Host_Housepoet I don't
12:30:56 Darcy or attempt to comfort for a bit first.
12:31:05 Mod_ariana I've always nursed right away
12:31:12 Host_Housepoet and my situation is diff than yours darcy since A is older
12:31:17 meeshelly12 i cosleep so yeah as soon as i hear a peep i nurse and he falls right back to sleep
12:31:29 Darcy Yes - very different cuz mine is only 5 1/2 months.
12:31:39 Host_Housepoet I have in the past nursed right away jsut so I could go back to sleep right away too, but Im thinking that I've set Aiden up with some bad habits of night nursing"
12:31:46 Mod_ariana Oh at that age I'd def. nurse whenever he wakes
12:31:55 Mod_ariana Shoot do it for selfish reasons.  ;-)
12:31:58 Host_Housepoet NOTE: my son is well over two years old now.
12:32:00 meeshelly12 mine is 4 1/2 months
12:32:01 Mod_ariana it can help keep your period away
12:32:06 Darcy He's been nursing 5 times a night for about 3 weeks.
12:32:35 Darcy I'm having a really hard time with it.