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tRc11
My son will be almost 2 yrs by the time baby arrives. What kind is easier to use? the side by side or the one that is front and back? Do they even have side by side ones that can hold an infant? pros & cons? thanks!
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I am in the same boat as you! Having had a double stroller previously (I have a 5 year old who was 3.5 when my baby girl arrived), I am going to purchase another front and back one. The one we currently have is in great shape, but it is a Sit and Stand and the back part won't work for my soon to be 2 year old. They have another version that comes with the seat intact and can be transitioned into the Sit and Stand at a later time! Wish I would have had the foresight to buy that the first time around! LOL!
The link for the one I like is below. It goes through doors easier than the side by side and isn't too much bigger than a regular stroller that comes as part of a travel system (the kind that hold the car seat). The only down side to this one is that the older child is closer to you rather than the infant. However, for the difference in prices...I can live with that! Also...the pic shows two older kids, but the front part does come with an adapter that allows it to hold the carrier type car seats!
Good luck!
I am in the same boat as you! Having had a double stroller previously (I have a 5 year old who was 3.5 when my baby girl arrived), I am going to purchase another front and back one. The one we currently have is in great shape, but it is a Sit and Stand and the back part won't work for my soon to be 2 year old. They have another version that comes with the seat intact and can be transitioned into the Sit and Stand at a later time! Wish I would have had the foresight to buy that the first time around! LOL!
The link for the one I like is below. It goes through doors easier than the side by side and isn't too much bigger than a regular stroller that comes as part of a travel system (the kind that hold the car seat). The only down side to this one is that the older child is closer to you rather than the infant. However, for the difference in prices...I can live with that! Also...the pic shows two older kids, but the front part does come with an adapter that allows it to hold the carrier type car seats!
Good luck!
breastfeeding or formula for a 5 week old baby girl?
Liz
I do a little bit of both. I breastfeed once in a while but I mostly give her formula. I don't like breastfeeding because it hurts and it takes so much time. And I feel a bit like my breasts is my husbands ''area''. But still I hear that breastfeeding is so much better
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The answer is it is entirely your own choice and nobody should attempt to tell you otherwise.
What you are doing at the moment is combination feeding, which a lot of mothers choose to do. Many breastfeed their child during daylight hours and then at night time give bottles to encourage the baby to have a healthier sleep pattern. I know of one friend who was told by her doctor to do this because her exclusively breastfed baby was actually losing weight. The formula acted as a top-up to ensure her baby was still getting enough food as well as the benefits of breast feeding.
There are pros and cons to either way of feeding a baby.
Breastfeeding encourages your womb to shrink back to its pre-pregnancy size far quicker, and also burns an extra 500 calories a day for you, helping you to shift any baby weight. It is also linked to but NOT proven yet to reduce your risk of developing breast cancer later on in life. By this I mean that women who were exclusively breastfed as babies and who exclusively breastfed their own babies STILL can contract breastcancer in later life.
Supposedly, breastfed babies also have a stronger immune system. However, my son was breastfed and then developed meningitis at the age of 9 days old due to an infection in his umbiliacal cord that then traveled to his blood. When in hospital for treatment, we made a decision to switch him to formula in order to build him up more and give him the best chance of survival. He made a full recovery on the formula (obviously due to antibiotics and NOT the formula) and the initial 9 days of exclusive breastfeeding had done nothing to protect him from infection. Breastfed babies also tend to gain weight slower, which can often lead to them falling below the average weight of an infant their age on the health charts. The health charts are actually plotted as though a baby is formula fed.
Bottlefeeding requires the extra effort of sterilising equipment which it is vital must be done properly, making up the feeds, and also there is a cost involved. However, the benefits of bottlefeeding are that other people can feed the baby and thus strengthen their bond with him/ her, whilst your partner can share the load of the night feeds. It also is not uncomfortable physically, leaves baby feeling more satisfied, and is convenient in public if you are shy about breastfeeding.
All women are encouraged by their health professional to try to exclusively breastfeed until the baby is 6 months old. However, that does not make you a bad mother if you choose to bottlefeed your baby out of personal preference. Formula will do no harm to your child as long as you carefully follow the guidelines on the box for storage and preparation.
The answer is it is entirely your own choice and nobody should attempt to tell you otherwise.
What you are doing at the moment is combination feeding, which a lot of mothers choose to do. Many breastfeed their child during daylight hours and then at night time give bottles to encourage the baby to have a healthier sleep pattern. I know of one friend who was told by her doctor to do this because her exclusively breastfed baby was actually losing weight. The formula acted as a top-up to ensure her baby was still getting enough food as well as the benefits of breast feeding.
There are pros and cons to either way of feeding a baby.
Breastfeeding encourages your womb to shrink back to its pre-pregnancy size far quicker, and also burns an extra 500 calories a day for you, helping you to shift any baby weight. It is also linked to but NOT proven yet to reduce your risk of developing breast cancer later on in life. By this I mean that women who were exclusively breastfed as babies and who exclusively breastfed their own babies STILL can contract breastcancer in later life.
Supposedly, breastfed babies also have a stronger immune system. However, my son was breastfed and then developed meningitis at the age of 9 days old due to an infection in his umbiliacal cord that then traveled to his blood. When in hospital for treatment, we made a decision to switch him to formula in order to build him up more and give him the best chance of survival. He made a full recovery on the formula (obviously due to antibiotics and NOT the formula) and the initial 9 days of exclusive breastfeeding had done nothing to protect him from infection. Breastfed babies also tend to gain weight slower, which can often lead to them falling below the average weight of an infant their age on the health charts. The health charts are actually plotted as though a baby is formula fed.
Bottlefeeding requires the extra effort of sterilising equipment which it is vital must be done properly, making up the feeds, and also there is a cost involved. However, the benefits of bottlefeeding are that other people can feed the baby and thus strengthen their bond with him/ her, whilst your partner can share the load of the night feeds. It also is not uncomfortable physically, leaves baby feeling more satisfied, and is convenient in public if you are shy about breastfeeding.
All women are encouraged by their health professional to try to exclusively breastfeed until the baby is 6 months old. However, that does not make you a bad mother if you choose to bottlefeed your baby out of personal preference. Formula will do no harm to your child as long as you carefully follow the guidelines on the box for storage and preparation.
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