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Q: Hi, thank you for a wonderful website. I have a 10 month old baby girl whom I still breastfeed mornings, nights and at lunchtime. She is staying with my mother in law during the day, I am going home lunch times to feed her, but my mother in law suggested that this might upset her if I am there for a half an hour and then leave for work again. I really enjoy to see her and miss her tremendously if I don’t go home during lunch, but I would like to do what is best for her, if this would upset her I don’t mind giving her formule for her afternoon drink. (I work 5 min from home therefore is...

Q: My six-month-old seems to drink more breast milk when he takes it from a bottle, than when he feeds from the breast. He's also reduced his Feeding time from 10 minutes on each breast per feed to about 5 to 6 minutes on each side per feed. Is he getting enough?  A: This is quite a normal feeding pattern for a baby at this age. As long as he is growing well, is healthy and has plenty of wet nappies, there is no cause for concern.

Q: I literally cannot anymore and now feel that my need for help has become a dire straits situation. I have ten and a half month old twin boys and to date neither of them sleep through the night and as you can well imagine, my husband and I are drained to the max. I have bought practically everything that is Baby Sense that has something to do with sleep. I have bought Baby Sense, Toddler sense, Sleep sense, the taglet blanket for the two, Womb to World, etc etc. And nothing is working. They are waking up quite a few times before 12pm and need to be put back to sleep, sometimes quick, sometimes up to...

Q:  Since 8 month old baby was born she has had a huge problem with winds and indigestion this is due to her throat problem called Laryngomalacia. I will just give you a bit of a background about Laryngomalacia,  a very common condition of  infancy, in which the soft, immature cartilage of the upper larynx collapses inward during inhalation, causing airway obstruction. Reflux goes hand in hand together with Layngomalacia so my daughter Kristin wakes up frequently with wind during the day and at night. At night it seems to be worse and she will at times wake up every 40 minutes and unfortunately I...

Q: I have felt instinctively that carrying my baby as much as possible would give him a great sense of security and that I would bond well with him. That I feel I have done but I seem to get a lot of resistance from my family saying that I am spoiling him and that I am setting myself up for a clingy child and that when he cries I should not feed his demands. Please would you tell me where I can find material to support my beliefs so that I can have an educated answer to my resisting on lookers. He is a lovely kid and I feel that he only "demands" when it is something he needs. I also see that a lot of...

Q: I would like Meg’s opinion on whether it is advisable to send a 12 month old baby to daycare. I work full time and am considering sending him to day care VS home care with a nanny. I would prefer the daycare myself, as the one of my choice (Best Buddies in Hout Bay), is an absolutely amazing place. But if it is going to be detrimental to his development, ie over stimulation etc being around 15 other 1-2yr old kids (with 4 carers) ALL DAY, I will not want to do it. The nanny I have is great with kids, but there are always complications in employing someone yourself…. I need to let the...