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@kars Please get your ped to define "enough weight gain". I saw your other comment with a growth curve. Getting back to the original growth curve may not be realistic, but it looks like LO has found a growth curve and following it. Also, does LO have any indication of a food intolerance...

@blessedj316 If you did the stretchy wrap, a Front Wrap Cross Carry with a woven wrap is a very similar tie. My little got too heavy for the stretch wrap to be comfortable at about 2 months, but the woven feels super secure. I got a cheap-o woven on Amazon (like 20-30$ USD) to see if I could...

@blessedj316 I liked my ring sling when my little was a week old potato at the 4th of July parade who just ate and slept and sat super high on my chest. Once she woke up and got squirmy, It didn't feel secure anymore. I might try it again once she gets a little more comfortable on my hip. She's...

@sirsteve Having been a mandated reporter (paramedic) that dealt with similar cases, unless CPS is grossly negligent, there will be further follow-up with both nanny and child/family.

@patrickmoore89 My daughter is approaching 5 months. We live in a small house on the edge of a major US city, but spend about 50% of our time (including nights) at my in-laws' house out in the country. At home, she seems to wake up 3-4 times to eat at night, but at the in-laws' she only wakes up...

@pinkflower89 My daughter is gluten intolerant.(angry tummy symptoms, not an allergy) I can't give her wheat cereal. Learning to eat gluten free myself has been an adventure. There's a chance she will grow out of it after the 6month growth spurt. I'm both looking forward to and dreading the...

@annlei It was! My mother has asked a couple times about when are we starting cereal. She about clutched (nonexistent) pearls when I told her we weren't doing that. Plus, my daughter won't take a bottle AT ALL. What would I be doing or adding it to? In my case, why not just do yummy veggies...

@redbanklee My mother said that about giving water to an infant. "Well, I gave it to you and (little brother) and you were just fine." Ma'am, a lot of kids weren't! That's why we don't do that anymore!

@alexfrankone It totally is! I also love cross stitching and when I learned to do sutures in paramedic school, i was like..."I've done this before." (For the record, learning and doing sutures can be part of the paramedic scope of practice in the US, but usually only in austere environments...

@alexfrankone I love Star Trek. Something that hit me as especially relevant and kinda funny is an episode (I think on voyager?) Where the doctor mentions sutures as being barbaric practice. I used this example with my mother bc she also loves star trek.

@alexfrankone I've started heading off some of those feelings with variations on this statement: "you did the best with what you were told. But now we know better so we do better." I usually relate it to some thing they would agree is best practices (usually seatbelts) and how back in the day...

@mynameisjim I love my ring sling for nursing in the go. I usually only feed one side per "meal" and just pop her in the carrier on the side that is next due for feeding. When she's hungry, loosen/lower, feed, then tighten back up to carry position.