Maternity Leave: Infant, Avent

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Need Baby Registry Advice

I'm expecting a baby girl in February, and we just brought home our new 10 and 5 year-old sons from Russia. Life is a little hectic right now, and most of my time is spent taking care of our new boys. A few friends are wanting to host a baby shower for me in January, and I am hearing mixed stories about certain "necessary items" to put on a baby registry. For those who've recently had babies, what items could you not live without? Also, I'd like to just list a few questions: 1) I am going to be able to purchase a new breast pump...

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Baby Shower Questions

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Breastfeeding & Work

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Breastfeeding, Can't Pump, Going Back to Work

My son will be just over 9 months when I go back to work next month. I exclusively breast fed until he was 6 months and then began introducing solids. He is great with the solids, but has trouble taking a bottle. Part of the problem is that I've never been able to pump sufficiently: in an hour, I get maybe one ounce out of both breasts. I don't know exactly what the problem is, whether the pump (it's a hand-me-down), or my milk production, or what. I think he will take a bottle if it has breast milk in it--it's when we've tried formula...