raw milk and diapers

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Bethanne--

Depending on where you are in southern VT, Shelburne

MA may be closer than wherever you're getting your raw

milk. I'd look at a map and see. I can pass on the

farm's phone # if MA ends up a better option.

Dana--

Here's a suggestion about diapers. There's a book

called " Trickle Treat " --I know it's a stupid title,

but it's about the diaper-free toilet training

practices that parents use in India. The woman who

wrote it is so enthusiastic about it that she'll take

personal phone calls if you have problems using the

method. Apparently in many traditional societies,

infants are pretty much toilet trained at 6 weeks!

True, they can't get to the bathroom on their own, but

they can communicate enough to tell you when they need

to get there. Sound unlikely? Read the book is all I

can say. I don't have children so I have no personal

experience with this, but it's worth looking into.

I don't know a thing about breastfeeding and solid

food except a story in my family about my brother, who

started eating solid food when he was 10 days old. All

he did was cry for the first 10 days of his life. He

was my mom's first baby, and she was only 21. She was

brestfeeding--and in 1963 this was so rare that the

hospital had all student nurses observe her because

they'd never seen it!

Needless to say, with a baby crying non-stop she

was at her wits end. Finally an older, experienced

mother told her, " The only thing wrong with that child

is that he's hungry. Give him some solid food. " My mom

called the doctor who was very exasperated with her at

this point. He said basically " Fine, give him some

cereal, but don't give him more than a Tbs. " My

brother ate a quarter cup! And then slept for 16

hours! You have to wonder about the quality of the

breast milk if it was leaving him hungry when he only

weighed 7 pounds. Then again, he is now 6'4 " tall.

Lierre

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