Q: My baby was awake most of the day (slept only in little spurts here and there when I put him down and let him cry a little, although much less crying than he used to). Then this evening he started getting grumpy because he’d been awake so much and not sleeping or sleeping very lightly when he did. When he starts being fussy and crying about everything, even if I’m holding him, I put him to bed. He

Okay. Milk supply. I have so struggled with that!One way to increase your supply is to wake him/her in the night for another feeding. Not our first choice!You can get from kettlebyherbfarm.com two herbs: marshmallow root and goat’s rue. Make a tea with them and also drink lots of water.If you want to, you can nurse more often and longer when you do nurse. Don’t nurse again after 2 hours bec

Q: At our normal checkup for my baby, the nurses said to start my baby on solids.  The only thing is that they told me specifically was to start him on three vegetables. They told me not to start with fruit because then babies only prefer sweet things.  I don’t know about rice cereal. The nurses didn’t recommend it. I also thought about separating the vegetables in case of allergy. A:One thing is th