spiceeamiee:
Good morning everyone. Chai! I have missed nairaland. My baby came with crying anointing to the point that Momcy called a pastor to pray for her because the cry odikwa plenty much . Bikonu my people, my baby does this groaning and grunting thing like someone that wants to pass out hard shit (sorry ). She does it all the time and it scares all of us. As she is doing it, she maybe releasing series of atomic farts. This groaning thing does not allow her sleep well at night. She only gets some relief when i lay her on my chest but then that means no sleep for her. Everyone that we have told about it says it's her tummy and that it will resolve with time but in the meantime, what can I do to relieve her? I feel the grunting and groaning means she is in pain. Are there agbo/home remedies that can help? I regularly give her gripe water but I don't feel its doing anything for her. Any suggestion would be highly appreciated.

semilore12:
Sabi mamas please help oh....my DD doesn't like to eat anymore. Meal time is now war time, we try not to forcefeed her but she doesn't like to eat. We have just introduced solids and most times we have to distract her with water so she can open her mouth for food to enter. I have bought frisogold, Farley's Rice cereal, her pap is with banana/apple puree with similac as the milk.....but she still won't eat. The only food she eats well is amala and ewedu, she likes boiled Fish too. Biko help oh, I have tried sweet potato and fish but no luck.....no waka pass abeg. She is 7 months old

queensnow:
There is agbo dat stops colic my baby took it and after 1wk d colic stop infact no colic again and he sleeps so well at night we ar going to 4month now. The point is agbo is good if u are getting it from a reliable source but we have shun agbo nowadays becus of fear or someone's bad experience the truth is we(mothers) actually took agbo while we are little in our days. The agbo my baby took was from a reliable source and it helps a lot. Do what u think is best and pls nobody should quote me ooooo bcus I know most people shun agbo while they actually took agbo when dey were little

spiceeamiee:
just that I'm desperate to try anything that will bring her relief

Benignasweety:
No worry, I go quote you because we too took agbo for colic .
Under 1week it stopped but I gave him for jex 2weeks.

jamjam5000:
@queensnow
Sorry o...no vex.

poshestmina:
Please I don't know what this thing on my lo body is ,all over her body .it's getting worst, been using the onions thing,its not working :-
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hunniesuzie:
Is she drooling a lot? It looks like rash from drool. My LO had this. Use Vaseline blue seal immediately after bath to protect her skin from drool. Rub on her face and neck focusing on the part drool gets too. Also always wipe when she drools. Keep the area as dry as possible

Fruitful home start solids with rice cereal, buy Gerber as that's the brand I know starts from 4 months. Is he sitting well yet?

She drools a lot but the rashes is all over her body ,it's even worse on her bumbum and very red

helovesme:


How old is your son?

He might need a course of mild antibiotics. If the boil still persists, I will suggest you take him to the hospital.

Boil can be very painful even for adults. You can give him paracetamol pending when you see a doctor.

poshestmina:
Please I don't know what this thing on my lo body is ,all over her body .it's getting worst, been using the onions thing,its not working :-
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JGracious:
queen.snow, (fearless agbo user )I understand your point. Up till now, I wonder why we get secretive about names of herbs that works for a particular ailment. Personally,I would have loved that the names of the herbs are listed which makes it easy to do one's research. Please can you list the contents of the agbo since you got it from a reliable source and it worked excellently for you . I'll appreciate it.
Thank you.

cc.Benignasw.eety

Giddyperson:
lol but I can sha win trophy in constipation competition. That's cuz I don't like drinking water. Fortunately it seems like my baby does

AlphaHandMaiden:
On the agbo issue!

Just because our parents and grandparents gave us certain things does not mean they are the best.

20 yrs ago it was considered ok to build with abestos..... now it has been found that it causes a serious and irreversible respiratory disease... which is terminal. So will you say because your father built with abestos, you will go ahead and do the same?

Many of these herbs and sticks are not only boiled; they are steeped in locally brewed alchohol to extract the "essense". Do you know what % of alcohol is used, thr effects on infant developement? Or all the twigs/ plants that are used? Either local names or latin/ english equivalent.

your baby may have an allergy, and some can be quite severe enough to kill.

I know of cases of people who have died from everyday "normal" stuff, because of unknown allergens they were exposed, or one extra ingredients, or preparation methods gone wrong.

Some everyday plants can be poisonous if prepared wrongly or if the wrong part is used..... the humble cassava and irish potato are a good example....

As a parent you are reaponsible for your child's health. Do what you think is best.

If S#!+ happens, do not forget to take your bottle of agbo to the hospital along with an ingredient list. , so the doctors have an idea of what they may dealing with..... along with malaria, and x, y or z virus, the cause of illness could also be as a result of what has been ingested.

JGracious:
queensnow, (fearless agbo user )I understand your point. Up till now, I wonder why we get secretive about names of herbs that works for a particular ailment. Personally,I would have loved that the names of the herbs are listed which makes it easy to do one's research. Please can you list the contents of the agbo since you got it from a reliable source and it worked excellently for you. I'll appreciate it.
Thank you.

cc.Benignasweety

JGracious:
queensnow, (fearless agbo user )I understand your point. Up till now, I wonder why we get secretive about names of herbs that works for a particular ailment. Personally,I would have loved that the names of the herbs are listed which makes it easy to do one's research. Please can you list the contents of the agbo since you got it from a reliable source and it worked excellently for you. I'll appreciate it.
Thank you.

cc.Benignasweety

queensnow:
there's a particular country that bath all their newborn with agbo and give them to drink also with great benefit. I took agbo in pregnancy sef although am not a great fan, I can only take agbo frm my mil. Funny enough if someone rebrand agbo and says it's goo for colic thousands of mother will buy it even at high price. Gbomoro is made from herbs and it's been sold at big stores even shoprite sef, annoying part is most of dis nurses dat use don't give ur baby agbo as ringing tone use agbo for their new born in their home.

Rhemy2013:
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my Mil gave my baby d agbo and it relieves him from colic[b]..funny enough we took this agbo when we re small..[/b]

Ammy5565:


He is 8months old. That particular boil dried up after using palm oil as other mamas suggested but I just notice two new ones. One on his arm and leg too,tho not big. Pls wat anti biotic can he take?Thanks

Thanks to other mamas that contributed. God bless.
Happy sunday

hunniesuzie:
Just to add to what AlphaHandMaiden said, I studied biochemistry and my project focused on herbs and their effects on the body. I spent a lot of time with elewe omos (women who sell herbs) and what we did was buy the agbo for various ailments, test them on rats/rabbits and see the results. Some worked as advertised, most worked but had side effects such as spike in blood sugar and causing tumors while some did absolutely nothing (at least before we turned the rabbits to suya )
It's risky to give an infant any medication that has not been rigorously tested with proper dosage to drink. Maybe I can use it to bathe the child, but drink? No way

queenhecate:
I have a tip I want to share.

When your baby has cataarrh, I mean that thick one that blocks the nostrils, do this: be watchful for that time they will sneeze which is often and usually comes in twos or threes, when the sneeze is about to land , quickly use one finger to press down one nostril and see how all the nyamanyama gunk will ooze out of the other nostril leaving her airways clear. My mum taught me this.

I took it a step further and will carry the baby and tickle her nose with a cotton bud and wait for the sneeze. The mucus that will come out ehhhhh. No be small thing and me nko, I find it very satisfying

Try it and see

Modified: I want to add something. You wait until the sneeze hits halfway before closing one nostril. If you block it before it reach ground, the sneeze will just disappear. There is a knack to it

Chanbaby:



Very true my learned colleague. so u are a biochemist like me no wonder how babies are almost birthday mate. How did u survived those structure days in school ? The lord was my strength oh