Health: Myself, Playtex

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Worried My Bottle-refusing Daughter's Health Will suffer...help!

I have an MRI this week and I cannot nurse my 5 month old for 48 hours because of some chemical agent that can get into my breastmilk. I have been exclusively breastfeeding her, she went on bottle strike at 7 weeks and since then we had no luck with getting her consistently on the bottle (we saw LCs, tried every bottle on the market, tried doing it when I wasn't home, etc.) and nothing worked. She has occasionally started to take 2oz at a bottle feeding, but that's about it-then she throws a fit and I end up nursing her. All of this is fine...

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Playtex Double Electric Breast Pump

I am a first time mom shopping for a breast pump. I am using the platex drop in system bottles and am intersted in using the playtex pump that goes with that system. I have read mixed reviews about this pump. Half of the mothers love it and the other half hate it. Any opinions or suggestions about this pump?

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9-Week Old Refusing to Accept a Bottle

My nine week old daughter has suddenly started to refuse accepting a bottle. We introduced a bottle, once daily, at 2-weeks of age, per the recommendation of our pediatrician. After six successful weeks, one week ago, she began to refuse it. She becomes hysterical as soon as the nipple is put in her mouth; she kicks, cries, and fights it, seeming to only want the breast. My husband and/or my mother spend 45-60 minutes working on this with her, soothing her as soon as she becomes upset, and then re-introducing the bottle when she is calm....

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1 Year Old Milestones

My son isn't walking yet, he just turned 1. He dosn't like the sippy cup either, but I can get him to drink from a straw a little bit. Is all this normal? Can we be doing something wrong?

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