Please when applying a second time after refusal, how do you register the new application in the TLScontact website. I cant see where to register. My old application is what's showing there.

This is my first time posting on this particular topic. But I want to just say 3 things especially as regards babies. I have 2 kids. My last child is about 2 months. With my first child, I was inexperienced and also I was so over protective etc, i wanted to use just expensive things for him. anyways I've learnt a few things I want to share with you wonderful mummies.

1. Most babies have skin issues within the few weeks/months of their birth. This is normal and it should naturally clear on its own. From my own investigation based on my kids, this skin wahala especially for black African babies is due to dryness of skin, so its good for babies skin to be properly moisturized and sadly a lot of baby lotion we use do not do that very well. So with my last child i decided to use coconut oil which i bought from a hospital in Abuja, and trust me it performed magic. I wish i could share a pic of her skin,its smooth and she is so so light. So mummies like me who suffered emotional stress because of baby skin wahala, please just look for coconut oil and start using, you will come back here and give testimony. PLEASE DO NOT USE ANY STERIODS ON THE BABY,IT WILL WORSEN THE SKIN.

2. I want to talk about colicky babies. That is babies with this tummy upset. My first child showed me hellfire. There is no type of colicky medicine i didn't give him. My kids were born in the US, and i used all over the counter medicine i would get there on prescription from the pediatrician but it didn't work. My mum started given a tiny drop of red oil yet that one didn't work. It was so frustrating and honestly i never found the solution for my first child. At some point i thought it was because he was drinking formula,he wasn't breastfed. Well, that's what everybody was telling me then, that its because he was drinking formula and no breastmilk and that breastfed babies don't suffer the tummy wahala. "BIGGGEST LIE EVER". Fast forward to my 2nd child, i decided to do EBF. My dear mama's,the same story. Tummy wahala. The pediatrician in the US still prescribed gas medicine but it didn't work. Anytime she breastfeeds,you can feel her pain and discomfort. Anyways...when i got back to Nigeria, my cousin prescribed "BONABEBE". My hubby bought it,but when i looked at the active ingredient,i saw that it had paracetamol and it was also for pains etc. Anyways i just decided not to give her. But when the pain wasn't subsiding,i just gave her the drug and it worked like "MAGIC'. Tummy pain disappeared forever. I gave it to her for just 2-3 days or so, and that ended the tummy wahala.

3. Then for EBF babies with greenish poop. Its normal and basically the reason is that the baby is getting more foremilk than hindmilk. Foremilk is high in cholesterol and low in vitamins and other nutrients which is contained in the hindmilk. So EBF mummies when breastfeeding, ensure you empty out one breast at a time. don't be switching because the baby will just be drinking foremilk. Mummies who express will understand. The foremilk is the first milk which comes out,its usually very light like water, then the hindmilk comes on as u continue to express,very milky. "GREEN POOP WITH NO FEVER IS BASICALLY DUE TO BREASTFEEDING ERRORS', once you start breastfeeding correctly,it should be fine. EBF poop should be abit like mustard.

Anyways...just though i should share my thoughts with you beautiful mummies.

steffii:






Please, was it in Newyork you delivered?

Lool. I never do this but this Steffi's question is just funny. The lady just travelled yesterday so how can you be asking if she delivered yesterday. Sorry oh...na joke.

darasimi1988:
@callmefavored. It is well with u and d baby in Jesus name. No matter what, jst know dt @ dis point, what u should be thinking about is your baby's health and nt sm useless travel to US in d future. I had my 1st baby in Los Angeles and d 2nd came January last year in NY. Upon the birth of no2, they discovered he needed surgery but it wasn't an ASAP thing. It ll be done when he is about 4months old. We were skeptical @ 1st and had d dr go thru his case and chances with us. @ d end of the day, when we inquired about the cost of the surgery, my dear, we wouldn't be able to raise it conveniently in 5yrs with our lucrative jobs. The dr told us no hosp/dr will accept to operate on him without insurance. We left the US with the baby after getting all of his papers (as against d dr's advise) my husband kept saying if m scared of being documented as a parent/guardian of the child because of visa renewal nd all, he ll let em use his passport, he ll prefer never to enter America again than have his son die becos ofhis preference for pleasure. The guilt I felt was... so we returned to the US with the baby after 2mnths. We were able to get insurance for him and d social worker kept assuring us it's nt going to affect our status. She even joked @ a point dt d child will make us Americans in d nearest future. Our little one was successfully operated upon in June last year. Fast forward to Dec when we went for renewal. We did drop box. Hubby was given d visa while I was invited for an interview. They demanded to know what I was doing in the US for dt long (3mnths when I had my baby) told dem I went for holiday and had my baby. Demanded to see d receipts to that effect, I gave him. Asked why I went back after few mnths(we stayed for 6weeks) the recovery time of the surgery was shorter than expected. Na so I lock mind lie o. Told him a friend had something to do and invited me, I couldn't miss it for anything. Asked Hw I managed to leave my work for so long and no one raised eyebrow, told him I applied for leave of absence without pay (that's true tho). My heart was jst racing. What if it appears on my data dt I took aid from d govt bla bla bla. Guess what? My visa was approved. I knw it was jst God's favor. Madam, make sure u pay ur hosp bills, apply for insurance for the baby, he's a citizen even tho he's nt contributing anything to d economy now. My sister, even if u r eventually banned from entering the US for 10yrs, which is unlikely, u ll be looking @ ur precious one knowing that for his 2morrow, you gave ur today. Centre your time nd energy praying for the success of the surgery. Act fast if they say u dnt av time. And like Neff mentioned, some bills ehn! My sister forgerrit!Jst follow ur heart and what ever u eventually decide, God be with u dear.

End of story. You just said the whole truth here. Pls my dear friend, just pay your own hospital bill and also the doc's bill as well as any other tiny baby bill, like pediatrician etc. Then ask the hospital to give you a paper to sign the document/contract that you are a self paying patient. You will use those to renew your visa at any time. As for the baby bill at NICU,try and see if its possible to get heavy discount from them but ensure they proceed with the surgery. If they refuse to do surgery(which I doubt), if you do not sign insurance papers, pls go ahead and sign the paper for insurance for the baby. But just make sure you pay all your own bills.

legendsmother:
Hi house, my husband and I are planning to have our baby in d US, so am wondering when u are planning to have a baby in d US when u have never being their before what kind of visa wud u apply for? My friend gave birth in mongomery alabaama some yr's ago but we lost contact pls has any1 used that place?

I gave birth in Montgomery as well last year and I had a very very good experience. I used Baptist South Hospital. Though I wont recommend that particular hospital to anybody because it is expensive compared to other hospitals around. They charge 2800 per day excluding all other bills. So basically if you are able to stay a day, then lucky you but if you have a cs then you are in for a very huge bill.

legendsmother:
Hi house, my husband and I are planning to have our baby in d US, so am wondering when u are planning to have a baby in d US when u have never being their before what kind of visa wud u apply for? My friend gave birth in mongomery alabaama some yr's ago but we lost contact pls has any1 used that place?

Hello legendsmother. I sent you a PM

Hello everybody. Thanks for the info on this thread. Please I have a question, how long does it take to obtain a visit visa. I heard sometimes it takes months. I am considering canadan though I already have a US visa, just don't want a situation whereby my passport gets stuck with the Canadian embassy and I am due to live naija in October

Please has anyone who previously had a baby in the US been able to renew through dropbox successfully.

Please peeps, how does a name change due to marriage affect the dropbox process?. I intend renewing my passport through dropbox,but there's be a name change due to marriage. Has anyone gone through this process recently?