yourboyWill:
What do you mean by "Yoruba mothers"

Oloshi

Sexytemi:
It's used on babies who refused to eat, or do u expect them to allow their babies starve to death simply because they don't want to force-feed them?.... there's really Nothing bad in it as long as it allows the baby eat.

Yieldings:
And as long as the baby does not die in the process.

Intrepid01:
Guys I still remember the feeling...........I was always worried about why I was being force fed. It is totally inhumane, callous and traumatic. Imagine the position of the baby's head while trying to forcefully feed the baby. It is bad but the point is our mothers never knew aw bad it was. if someone try this with my child, I will personally sue the person.

EpicMaurice:
Chineke!!!
So this is actually true. My yoruba friend told me but i thought he was just joking.

Nawao

njiasi30:
Toor, no matter what u don't feed a child like dat. It's very risky and unhygienic. As an adult put urself in dat baby shoes and know how it feels, can u comfortably eat in dat position with ur head down. Some ppl and dere mentality PPl shld learn to use dere common sense, when anything happens now dey will start blaming dere village witches.

It takes a lot of patients to b able to feed a child dat dose nt like eating, no matter how sweet d food.... Some kids like playing around while eating,u need to ff dem around 2 b4 dey will eat and it's nt easy bc it will take time b4 dey finish eating. Most times u will just give up and end up forcing d child. Dats why u need alot of patience...

Exponental:
The positioning is bad.
The action is unhygienic.
The food itself might not be nutritious.
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It's not a wicked intention of the mother but love so as not to starve the baby but however, positioning could be corrected, action made more hygienic and food made more nutritious.
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For the non Yorubas, how do you manage situations of baby not eating Don't just insult Yoruba, share your tribe's and proffer better solutions if you have any. Maybe your tribe is even worse sef!!!

omonighoblessing:
multi vitamins can do.like abidec and the rest of it.

Sexytemi:
It's used on babies who refused to eat, or do u expect them to allow their babies starve to death simply because they don't want to force-feed them?.... there's really Nothing bad in it as long as it allows the baby eat.

keishablack:

I wouldn't encourage this cuz apart from the fact dt it's a form of child abuse, a child cud aspirate ( food/ fluid getting into the trachea) and die from it. There are reasons why a child wud refuse to eat, he may not be hungry, the food may not be palatable or he may even be sick. Mothers shd learn to figure out such issues and address them instead of putting an innocent child through this form of torture.

placeofallure:
Under any circumstance, it's wrong to force feed a child. As an adult, imagine eating with your head upside down....

My niece when she was a toddler doesn't eat. I always wonder how she manages to remain healthy, lively and boisterous throughout the day with just sips of ribena that's all. At other times when I'm less busy, I play a trick on her that will make her eat without realizing it.

We sing: Tomi Tomi (that's her name) O ju senu Kolom! It's that Kolom! sound she wants to hear and at each Kolom! sound she laughs and opens her mouth. Before she knows it she has taken ten morsels of Amala and Ewedu. Abeg wetin remain now? ""

Winneygirl:
This is not a tribal practice.
I have seen this among different tribes and the goal remains the same.
The mothers mean well.
For a child who refuses to eat, I have had to sing, clap and show excitement for every little food accepted in the mouth. It kinda encourages the child.

omonighoblessing:
this dosent work in all case BIKO......
and I am a witness its widely practiced with the southwest

y0rmee:


Depends on your location in your version of 'southwest'.

It's majorly practiced this way amongst the 'locals', and not amongst the elites and average south-westerners. Quote me anywhere.