There's an app for that?

[bramey]

After getting fed up with my Palm, I bit the bullet and upgraded to a new iPhone 3GS. Now I'm picking around iTunes, browsing apps (had to get Solitaire, Mahjong, reason, the US Constitution, and the Barnes & Noble e-reader first

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[platofish]

Welcome to the dark side!

My 'essential' app.....

simplenote - stunningly clean and elegant way of putting notes/to do lists/etc onto your phone. Wouldn't be without out it now.

[bramey]

I'll look for it, thank you!

[gwangi]

Yep, there really is an app for everything.

[bramey]

oh good grief

[blakdove]

Wait, how is that different from the video feature on my free cell phone?

[bramey]

It's a still, rather than a moving image, so it's clearly inferior. Hence my decision to save my $0.99 :)

[curlicue]

Showing my ignorance here...what's "letting down"?

[bramey]

It refers to the moment during nursing when the breast goes from "priming" to "full flow".

Some women don't even feel it, for others (like me) it involves a serious pins and needles sensation, like when you legs fall asleep and are waking up.

[curlicue]

I had no idea. This is complete news to me. So what's the deal? How does this process work when you're with a baby, and how does this process differ when you pump?

Why am I asking you? I could research this in wikipedia.

[bramey]

I don't mind you asking me.

The baby (and you try to mimic this with pumping as best you can) nursing quickly and shallowly for a time to stimulate the oxytocin hormone release, which triggers let-down. Then the child's suckling changes to longer pulls, and swallows every few sucks.

Unless, of course, mom is an overproducer or has a strong let-down, in which case the poor child sputters as you would if you tried to drink straight from a garden hose. As they grow, they adjust to the flow, so everything smooths out eventually.