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Buddabing:
IIRC we started off with applesauce, then baby food.

Maybe eat some yourself to show her how yummy it is.

shmokes:
No, it won't, unfortunately, remain oderless.  right now she is likely getting a good deal of collostrum (sp.), rather than strictly breast milk.  It will start to stink, though not as bad as when she starts eating other stuff.  By the way, I commend your wifeon the decision to breastfeed exclusively.

But, yeah, get a diaper genie.  They are awesome.  And only use it for poopy diapers or you'll be emptying the thing out every couple days, which is a pain.  They hold about 25 diapers, I think, and at a 8 diaper or so clip per day your little one will fill the thing up in no time if you put all the diapers in it.

ChadTower:

The baby will take solids when the baby is ready.  Kids do things on their schedules, not yours, and every baby has his/her own schedule.  Just keep trying and eventually the baby will make the move.  Don't get stressed until she starts to exceed the high end of the age ranges recommended by doctors.

I never used the diaper genie... helps with smell a bit but the environmental consequences were too much for me.  A disposable diaper already lasts way too long and is one of the biggest landfill chunkers... then you wrap them over and over in plastic, they'll be in that landfill for thousands of years.   :cry:  Not to say I went so far as cloth diapers, we tried that and it just didn't fly.  Maybe we just got lucky in that our kids' poopy diapers weren't as smelly as some others, we never really had much of an issue with a regular diaper pail.  If you empty it out every 48 hours or so into the main (outdoor cans) trash, it never builds up.

shardian:

--- Quote from: shmokes on February 18, 2007, 10:28:48 am ---No, it won't, unfortunately, remain oderless.  right now she is likely getting a good deal of collostrum (sp.), rather than strictly breast milk.  It will start to stink, though not as bad as when she starts eating other stuff.  By the way, I commend your wifeon the decision to breastfeed exclusively.

But, yeah, get a diaper genie.  They are awesome.  And only use it for poopy diapers or you'll be emptying the thing out every couple days, which is a pain.  They hold about 25 diapers, I think, and at a 8 diaper or so clip per day your little one will fill the thing up in no time if you put all the diapers in it.

--- End quote ---

Oh well. ;D

Instead of a diaper genie, I got a diaper champ from toys-r-us that takes normal bags. Grocery bags work, but the larger bags you can get from wal-mart and such hold more.

saint:
Low sugar froot loops.  As choke safe as cheerios, with some different flavors.  just a few to prime the pump. get her accustomed to the concept.  downside: possible addiction to sugary foods...

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