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My daughter is 2.5 years old. We have been potty training for going on 4 months. Her body is definitely ready. She is dry at night and for naps and as long as I put her on the potty she rarely has accidents. She was interested in potty training, I actually put it off a little longer because I had a baby in august and I was just to busy to commit to it.

The problem is she very rarely tells me she needs to go. Also, when I tell her it's time to try the potty she is very resistant, telling me, "no, no, I don't need to go potty!". I will carry her there and by the time we get in the bathroom she is pretty much compliant. She will sit down and pee and be fine about it. If I don't take her she will go in her pants.

I've always been very upbeat about training, no shaming or anything like that. I've come to realize that we are engaged in a power struggle that I can't win. I'm not sure exactly what course of action I should take now. If anyone has experience with this, it would be very appreciated.

PS I tried giving m&ms as an incentive and it makes no difference.

I have a 6 month old son. He weighs 20 lbs. He nurses about every 3 hours through the day and night. He can also pound back the solids. He can eat a piece of toast with hummus and half a banana in one sitting and still seems like he could eat more if I offered it to him. I always nurse him before feeding him solids. Does anyone have experience with big eaters/big babies? I feel like it is too much.

I started potty training my daughter, she was two in September. She seemed physically ready. She would tell me when she was going in her diaper and had used her potty now and again. I got rid of diapers except for at night and tried to put her on the potty often. I didn't make a big deal out of accidents or force her on the potty when she didn't want to sit on it.

She had a small poop yesterday (the day I started), but I think that was me catching it in time. And one pee, but she had been sitting on the potty for about 20 minutes and didn't even mention that she'd peed. Otherwise she has seemed to resent us asking her to use the potty. I will ask her to try going, she will say no, then literally stand there and pee at that moment.

I don't know if this is normal when potty training, or if I should back off and try again later?

My son is 4 weeks old. He wants to be at my breast constantly. This is difficult because I have a two year old also. I could deal with it though, except when he is just comfort nursing he slips off the latch and it is wreaking havoc on my nipples. I try to adjust him, but he refuses to latch properly unless he is actually eating. On top of this I am constantly getting blocked milk ducts in my left breast. I have tried a pacifier, but he refuses. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

I am 37 weeks pregnant and I was carrying my daughter (2 in September) to put her in the car, I tripped and fell off the curb. I landed on my knee and face on the pavement. She seemed to land kind of on her back and I was sure she must have hit her head from the momentum, but since I fell face first, I was unable to see exactly how she landed. I had her in my arms the whole way down.

My mom and aunt checked her over right away and could see nothing wrong. I checked her constantly throughout the day and there didn't seem to be any bumps bruises or pain. Now that she is in bed though I am paranoid that I missed something and that sleeping might be dangerous. I just can't see how I could have fallen that hard and managed to not injure her or my baby bump. I am very off balance the last few days, probably due to my size and I feel it is unsafe to carry her anymore.

Is there any way she could be injured without showing obvious signs?

Just wondering if you've all seen this yet and what you think about it?

I have two female pugs. The older one is Gabby, she is 9. The younger one, Lucy, is 5. We have had them both since they were puppies. They are usually on pretty good terms, Lucy loves to lick Gabby, Gabby doesn't seem to mind. They will sleep right next to each other.

The problem is that Gabby will sometimes get jealous if Lucy is sitting with one of us. She will stare at her and then run over. This will often result in a dog fight. Neither of them will back down and they need to be broken up by force.

I have tried to snap Gabby out of it when I see her staring at Lucy, but if anything this only causes her to challenge Lucy faster. I'm getting a little sick of this, does anyone have any ideas?

I'm due in mid August (19.5 weeks along) and just found out the sex. I know that this is the usual time that you find out the sex. My friend who lives in South Africa just found out the sex of her baby and she's not due until the end of September. That must make her 14 weeks along at the most. Is that even possible? I thought the earliest you could find out was 16 weeks, but that is not super reliable.

I am pet sitting a friends dog. I know this dog well and have pet sit her before. The behaviour she is displaying is her regular behaviour.

A little background info; The dog is 2 years old, australian shepherd/blue heeler cross. Walked regularly at off leash parks and spayed.

This is how she behaves; She seems very anxious. She is very excitable and seems to get more excited if you pay any attention to her. When she gets excited she nudges you, wags her tail in a way that appears nervous and her pupils are almost constantly completely dilated when she is in any contact with people. She seems to have a hard time relaxing and constantly returns to you as if for reassurance. She isn't much better with my dogs, two very relaxed pugs. She gets in their faces and harass her, ignoring all of their signals until they finally have to tell her off.

Is this normal? It is especially the dilated pupils that concern me. She appears very stressed and anxious. How can I help her? I don't believe this behaviour is normal as I have a lot of experience around dogs and have never quite encountered this behaviour and been unable to calm the dog. Any advice would be welcome.

A very good friend of mine is getting married in Vegas in April. My daughter will be 19 months old at that time. I've always tried to follow my instincts with her because I figure that as a mammal my instincts will steer me in the direction that is right for my daughter as a human. For example, I don't try fad methods of rearing children such as allowing them to cry it out if it goes against my instincts.

Everyone has told me that a few nights away will not do her any harm, but I know that mammal babies naturally stay close to their mothers sometimes for many years (apes). I feel dread at the thought of leaving her. I worry that it might weaken our bond or that she will feel abandoned and that it could cause her psychological harm. I don't know whether this is just the first time mother in me afraid to let go, or if these are my instinctive feelings that I should listen to. Of course I really want to go, so for the first time I feel confused about what is best for my daughter (as a human mammal who needs her mum).

Does anyone have any info or opinions about this? Links would be great to if you know of any articles.

She would be staying with her grandparents who she sees on a regular basis.

A good friend of mine is getting married in Vegas in April. My daughter will be 19 months old at that time. I still nurse her in the morning and at night. She has missed feedings here and there without any problems.

My question is, would I lose my supply if I don't pump? Will it be unfair to her to leave her without nursing for an entire weekend? Has anyone else done this and if so what was your experience?

I am also considering bringing her with me, but that would of course be very restricting as she is in bed by 7:30.

What do you guys think?

Does anyone have any recommendations on warm babywearing jackets to use with a back carry? It has to be very warm, I live in Canada.

Does anyone have any recommendations on warm babywearing jackets to use with a back carry? It has to be very warm, I live in Canada.

I was given free samples of formula (not requested by me) as were most of my pregnant friends. If you look at this link from the WHO http://www.who.int/features/factfiles/breastfeedin... click on the read more about breastfeeding and look at fact #7, it states that,

"An international code to regulate the marketing of breast-milk substitutes was adopted in 1981. It calls for:

no promotion of breast-milk substitutes;

no free samples of substitutes to be given to pregnant women, mothers or their families;"

So why are they able to give away free samples to pregnant women then?

I read so many questions about nursing in public and most women seem to think it's fine, but you MUST use a cover. What's the difference between expecting a woman to use a cover and expecting her to excuse herself? You're still limiting her ability to nurse her baby properly.

When my daughter was a newborn a cover was difficult to use because I needed to do breast compressions while she nursed. Also, we were both still figuring out what we were doing. Once we both had it figured out she was too distracted by me trying to cover her up to nurse properly and it became futile.

At this point I wonder why I ever bothered. I'm only trying to live my life and feed my child. Why do I have to cover it up like it's shameful? Very little of my breast is exposed and I am not trying to be an exhibitionist.

I'm just curious why people find it so offensive for a woman not to cover up. Also, I wonder if they realize how difficult covering up can be.

My daughter is now one year old. She has very rarely asked to nurse and being a bit on the smaller side I've always just automatically nursed her. Usually I nurse her 4 times during the day and once throughout the night.

I'm happy to let her choose when and how fast she weans. I've read that the preferred method is "don't offer, don't refuse". I'm wondering how I should go about it. I work three days a week, so she will definitely miss that feeding on those days. I've kind of cut it out even on days that I don't work, unless of course she asks for it. She does like whole milk and I offer her plenty just to make sure she's getting the calories. I've also added an extra snack. Is it okay if she doesn't want to be nursed all day? I feel like I'm doing her a disservice somehow, or forcing weaning on her without meaning to.

I hope this makes sense! Please no comments telling me that she is too old to be nursed.

My daughter has never slept through the night regularly, a couple nights here and there. From about 2 months old she averaged once or twice a night, usually once. She has always napped well (until recently).

I'm fine with her waking during the night and don't expect her to sleep through the night if she's not ready. My problem is, at night, she has had no regular patterns for the last month and a half. I never know what times she'll wake up, how many times or how easily she'll go back to sleep.

Her napping has also suffered. She used to take two naps a day. The first one usually about two hours and the second 45 minutes to an hour. Now I cannot get her to take a second nap if my life depended on it, no matter how tired she is! I have been pushing back her first nap to try to make it more in the middle of her day and put her to bed earlier. This doesn't seem to be working very well either. She is very tired a good two hours before bedtime.

Any suggestions or words of advice from anyone with experience would be very appreciated.

It was a small cavity and didn't take long to fill, but my mouth still feels fully frozen 6 hours later. Should I be concerned?

I have an 8 year old pug. We had changed her food from Origen to Acana because she was having slightly softer stools on the Origen and we had to wipe her bum every time she pooped. I think the regurgitation started around the same time we switched her food, but I'm not positive about that.

She regurgitates everything she eats, every time she eats. She will then eat it up again and seems fine. She has regurgitated other food as well. We don't purposefully feed her people food, but with an 11 month old baby it sometimes happens. We took her to the vet recently because of an unrelated issue and asked about the regurgitating, he didn't seem concerned about it though.

My mom was taking care of her for 2 weeks while we were away and said a couple times when she regurgitated she seemed to pass out. I've been feeding her food one piece at a time since and she doesn't regurgitate then. I'm going to take her to the vet again, but I was wondering if anyone has any insight into what might be causing this? Could it be an allergy to the Acana?

I am pet sitting a lab. I have pet sit her on many occasions and have noticed that she has a lot of black crud in her ears. It smells and bothers her. I clean it out and sometimes there is a little blood. It seems to accumulate again quickly. I've mentioned it to the owners many times, but they don't seem to do anything about it. I think it has affected her hearing also. Does anyone know what this might be?