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  • What kind of face book friend do u like? i need friends to improve my English knowledge add me?

    Friends - 5 hours ago

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    What kind of face book friend do u like? i need friends to improve my English knowledge add me? i`m wimukthi ...20 year old boy from sri lanka.i like to have more fb friends all around the world .. i l`like english people,franch,german,australian,canadion… kivis(new zealand),south african,philippin,italion,..............… please add if u know english well ,i need friends to improve my english knowledge..... if u think i`m a good friend 4 u please add me a request..please search me----wimukthi vivechaka herath or http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000091101546#/wimukthi.v.herath?ref=profile
  • Is this ok revenge for my bf? What to do?!?

    Friends - 6 hours ago

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    Today i missed my flight and had to spend $150 for a ticket tmrw. It was absolutely my bf's fault I missed it. He knows it. Earlier today I splurged on sexy lingerie and outfits to wear for him. I have to return it bc now I can't afford it(since I had to spend $150+ on the ticket). Should I take a pic of it on--not showing my face--and send it to him saying "u caused urself to miss out on this..." I'm really upset I'm out like $170 bucks(now can't pay my electric bill) bc my bf wanted to have sex before taking me to the airport. Once I saw the time I was anxious and not enjoying it but he had to be selfish & come....ugh I'm sooooooooo mad at him n feel like he should pay me the $150 how can I get back at him?
  • Fiance/Future Mother In Law help. Advice needed. 10 points!!?

    Singles & Dating - 7 hours ago

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    1. My FH proposed to me on December 30, 2008 after dating for a year, and knowing each other for 2. We don't live together, however, we either stay at my house or his house every night. He's my best friend and my biggest supporter, but there is a few things that REALLY bother me. 2. His mother had him very young, at 18. She married his dad at 18 as well, and they have been happily married for 22 years now. His mom had taken me in and made me feel like part of the family. We went shopping, have gone to get our nails done, text messaged me daily etc, I figured all was well, and she treated me so sweetly, even telling people how much she loved me.It made me feel wonderful!! 3. Flash forward to December 30th, after the proposal that she knew was going to happen (he told her 2 months prior that he was going to do it). We set a date for May 22, 2010, start looking at venues and my family invites everyone to our engagement party. 4.I invite his mom to go to a local bridal show with me and she gives me an excuse as to why she can't go. That's fine, I understand, things happen, no biggie. One night when I was in night class in February, my FH text me and told me that we needed to talk.So we talk. What about? His mother tells him that he's not getting married with a year of school left. (He's 22, I'm 20. For the May 22nd wedding, he would be 23).and insists that we don't want to be broke and such. After pouting for a little bit about having to push the wedding back, I agreed that it would be better to wait until one of us gets out of school. 5. In October this year, I go to his family reunion, and am bombarded by questions, like "when did you get engaged? When is the date set for?" His mother chimes in and says, "OH, it will be a VERY LONG engagement because I'm not going to let my son throw away his college years and get married so young like I did, and your kids did," WOW, talk about a slap in the face from someone that acted like my best friend. I saw on facebook that my FH had accepted his mom's boss' friend request (they pay for his school). and she commented, "Engaged? Your mom never told me this!! When did this happen?" Also, his mom has been talking to his ex on facebook. I know this is an informal was of communication, but supposedly his mom "hated this girl with a passion because of the way she treated his son by cheating on him and being disrespectful to the entire family." So why would she be talking to this girl? I try not to let it bother me, but that also feels like a slap in the face. I feel like she is ashamed that her son is engaged to me. 6. Months pass without setting a new date. His graduation will be May 2011, and mine will be December 2011, so I suggest a late May date, exactly a year past what it originally was. He says "we will discuss it towards the end of the year." Guess what? It's the end of the year. I'm tired of waiting. I would love to know when I can expect to walk down the aisle. He says he can't wait to marry me, but I know his mother's opinion is harboring him.He's 23 today for crying out loud. He's a grown man, and we make decent money, and will both have college degrees within the next year/year in a half around the time a potential date could be set. It just hurts to spend so much time with someone you love so much, and put so much in, but he won't give an exact date on what's good for him. It also makes me feel so low on the actions his mother has shown towards me in the past several months, as I have shown her nothing but kindness and respect. I KNOW she controls him, they talk 15 times a day on the phone, and she can't seem to cut the cord. I tell him that this whole ordeal about the things she has done to humiliate me, and he says, don't worry, she likes you and accepts you. But guess what, I don't feel that reciprocated. I feel like I will always be last pick to his mother. Even though he assures me that he loves me and can't wait to spend the rest of his life with me, I feel like the cord will never be cut, and that I will end up marrying his mom as well. I know she doesn't want him to make the same mistakes that she did, but I'm not 18, neither is he, we almost have our degrees, have decent financial stability, and I'm NOT getting married because I'm pregnant. We're totally opposites, so why does she think that marrying me would make him "throw away his life?" She told me I was the best for him before our engagement...wtf...
  • My friend is scared for me. It scares me that I've gotten to this point. Long but please read. Help?

    Friends - 8 hours ago

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    I'm depressed, I've been cutting, I hate my self, and I want to die well more of kill myself. I was in one-on-one therapy for a week but I cut myself again and had to go to the ER and they sent me to the Insitute of Living for the night and was there all last Tuesday and had one-on-one therapy on Wednesday. They set me up with group therapy. Yesturday, I had to go in the morning for like don't know how to put this into words but like introduction pretty much. I then had a horrible day at school included with crying a lot a lunch because I'm pretty sure I'm going to have to quit swim team and band (I'm a section leader in band and I worked hard for my position) and my best friend Alex comes over to sit and he says, 'Am I the only one not depressed here' I looked up and told him to shut up and he comes over to my side of the table and hugs me and talks to me about it, trying to make me feel better. So then on the bus, I get a text from my ex friend saying 'I Heard wat happened and i just wanted 2 say im srry' and I asked her who told her and she said Alex and when I asked Alex why he told her he said 'I told nikki cuz im scared for u... I dont want u to get even more messed up... And im bad at talking ppl out of stuff... Nikkis good at it... Terrance says hi.' And it just really freaked me out because a bunch of people are worried about me and I'm used to that but he's my best friend and he's SCARED for me. And this morning going to encore I passed him in the hallway and he asked if I was okay and I turned and shook my head no and he came up and hugged me and I just don't know what to do he's just so close to me that it hurts. And last week we had a friend in the Insitute of Living because she was planning suicide, so I'm pretty sure he also doesn't want me to end up at that point. But, he doesn't know that I know how I would kill my self I only talked about that this morning with Justin. And I haven't told Alex how hard it is just to get through the days now, and I just find everything so pointless, and that I'm just sick of being around. He does know that I wanted to switch schools. And I'm just so scared in myself because I've gotten to the point that he's scared for me. And I just don't know what to do.
  • A Question For ALL The Women Out There ?

    Singles & Dating - 8 hours ago

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    If I asked her for a date today..and she said yes..but she has a friend with benefit..should I worry if her and I get closer? Or will her feelings for him fade and her like me more if we get along great?
  • All that matters .........?

    Singles & Dating - 9 hours ago

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    If I asked her for a date today..and she said yes..but she has a friend with benefit..should I worry if her and I get closer? Or will her feelings for him fade and her like me more if we get along great? I'm not letting it phase me because we arent together and have only known eachother for 8 days. I want things to get serious with her and I first.
  • My ex threatened to files charges against me with my human resources department?

    Singles & Dating - 9 hours ago

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    I dated her for 8 months and I broke the relationship up several months ago. She was fine with it and never came after me and didn't make a big deal at all at work. (We work in the same company, but in diff building, so we dont work together). I tried to be friends and would show up to say hi every so often. I'd ask her for lunch, but she declined. She never really reciprocated and once I asked for lunch again...she finally said no and asked for me to stop. She told me she had found emails that I had sent to my ex during the relationsh (true) and had no interest in pursuing any kind of relationship with me. She threatened to go to the human resources department if I insisted. I think i made the situation worse by trying to be nice. Am I missing something?
  • If I got The date ......?

    Singles & Dating - 9 hours ago

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    If I asked her for a date today..and she said yes..but she has a friend with benefit..should I worry if her and I get closer? Or will her feelings for him fade and her like me more if we get along great?
  • If one of your love ones got sick due to another person, would you.........?

    Marriage & Divorce - 9 hours ago

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    Be Mad at the person that infected your love one?? Also if your love one pass away due to the infection??? I'm talking about fever
  • are bi guys hot ?

    Singles & Dating - 10 hours ago

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    I am bi. and I asked a question earlier about how to tell my gf that I am bi. I am just wondering you think bi guys are hot. Like, guys kissing and hooking up. I am bi, so I find it incredibly hot. just wondering if girls find it hot like guys find two girls kissing hot.
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Breastfeeding moms: If mama ain't happy and well-nourished

Posted Mon, May 25, 2009
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Women can be a bit cagey when it comes to discussing the pleasures of eating, so it's refreshing to come across a writer/mom like Annemarie Tempelman-Kluit who pulls no punches when it comes to describing how robust her appetite became once she started breastfeeding:

"Gone were the days of eating mindfully and savouring the taste of food; instead I discovered I could cram en entire muffin into my mouth, that yogurt was as good eaten straight from the container, and that I could eat cheese and crackers, talk on the phone, and rock a fussy baby all at the same time," she writes in her book about eating well while you're breastfeeding.

And why shouldn't new moms make a point of nourishing themselves with the healthiest, most nutritious food they can dish up? Odds are you're already missing out on sleep. Do you really want to skimp on nutrients at the same time? Of course you don't. So get some help from Annemarie.

Healthy Mum, Happy Baby (Random House Canada, 2007) is a mom-friendly guide to postpartum nutrition. The focus of this friendly and helpful book (which consists of recipes, breastfeeding information, and kitchen how-to's) is on showing you that there's more to postpartum dining than ordering take-out and/or scavenging for frozen leftovers.

Also on the breastfeeding front, here's a stat worth noting:
according to Statistics Canada, the percentage of mothers who breastfeed for six months or longer has risen to 28 percent (from 20 percent) since Canada extended its maternity and parental leave provisions in 2001.

More breastfeeding news and resources:

Breastfeeding a Boon to Mom's Heart

Apology to UK Mom Over Pool Ban

The Top Ten Reasons to Hire a Doula

 

WHAT'S YOUR TAKE: What is your best advice on staying healthy and nourished as a new mom?

 

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  • 1. Posted by michezaza on Fri, May 29, 2009

    Frozen meals and dinners are one thing, but a huge challenage is eating during the day when you're alone. Substantial snacks that can be eaten with one hand and foods that are safe to eat with baby in arms are huge (no soup and nothing that requires cutting!).

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  • 2. Posted by annieatthelake on Fri, May 29, 2009

    I agree that nutrition is important if you are a breastfeeding mom. I also think despite the increases in our breastfeeding rates that we have far to go. Almost all women initiate breastfeeding in Canada, but many of them stop long before the recommended 6 months of exclusive breastfeeding and continued nursing along with complementary foods for 2 years or beyond. Unfortunately, one of the rumors out there about breastfeeding is that if you do not have a perfect diet, then your milk will not be good enough. Moms worry that if they don't eat well, perhaps they should give formula instead. However, that isn't true. Your body will give the nutrients to the baby first and unless you are severely malnourished, breastmilk will still be better than formula.

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