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Christine77:
Hi mums n dads in the house.
My LO is turning 6mnths n I want to introduce semi solids to his meal. Any suggestions plz? N do I make 1 of his meals in addition to breastfeeding? FTM so really have no idea wat I am to do

Can you patiently search this thread.

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Thanks.

sassyangel1:
Pls wer in Lagos did u get rota vaccine for free?

Heard Alimosho general hospital gives it

[quote author=casler post=64750751][/quote]Thanks. They don’t disturb me when they weren’t sick. Infact, they are so independent hence I was able to survive without a househelp.
I think it’s stressful because I’m not well too and my second son is that child that cries heart piercing cry when he’s sick and he doesn’t like taking drugs.
This one too will pass.

Giddyperson:
. @just following the hospital schedule, At the PHC, the immunization for one year is blank, so if you want to follow that schedule, that's how you'd be thinking your baby has no more immunization after 9months not knowing they are still plenty, some hospitals also don't include the vaccines they don't have on their schedule, that's how my cousin and many other mums missed Rota until it was too late. How have you been and why do I imagine you are at Aba?

You are right about hospitals and vaccines.

I’ve not been to Aba. I’m in Lagos. I’m good just a little under the weather. How are you and giddy baby. Looking forward to seeing her pics.

hunniesuzie:
GraciousCharis ndo oh. I can't imagine,

Mummy Cole @Nimi22 do you have a thermometer? All this head is hot thing is subjective. Check his temp and give him pcm every 6 to 8 hours. He should be fine soon. 14 months was war for me too

Thanks sis.

Abeg, I dey find where to hide.

My 3 kids are down with malaria fever.
I have the worst sore throat ever, can’t even swallow my saliva and it hurts when I touch my neck. Had to be placed on anti malaria and amoxicillin yet everyone is shouting Mummy this and that.
No help although I’m reconsidering that.
Husband is helping out the much he can do but I just need my sanity back.
I just be like ”ama ndi ara” (arena of mad people).

End of rant.

ahnie:
lemmi snap..dunno

I’m just wondering his reason for giving them to drink. It may not be harmful but it is not right.

curvilicious:
Mamas, i greet u all humbly
Biko help me with step by step pressing of a newborn's body. D little i know is what i use in directing mil.
Plz help!

CC:
Liftehand
Graciouscharis
Zaynie
Imurboss
Akokor
Giddyperson
Imoge2

Just use hot water not too hot to burn to massage the tummy, chest area and the back. That’s ok.
You can use ori or any oil of your choice to massage his body from time to time. This helps in relaxing them. Run your hands through the spine and gently stretch the legs. You can also google how to massage a baby.

I’ll also suggest you start putting him for tummy time. Spread cloth on your bed, put him on his tummy and gently caress the back. You can put his hands under his chest in push-ups position. He may struggle initially but don’t give up. Keep trying and make it a routine. This will help him have a strong core. A baby that has a strong core sits without stress and carry himself well no matter the weight and may crawl faster.
I did it with my son and he sat up straight @ 3 months and started crawling @ 5 months when he weighed 10kg. When people tell me he has lots of weight and may not crawl early, I waka pass because he’s already crawling and pulling up sef.

You can also lie him on your laps face up with his legs on your stomach and gently pull him with his hand. The idea is that he will push his body upto a sitting position. I start this from around 2 months.
Please, i’m not claiming anything but this is what worked for me.

PreciousRuby:
My baby is not up to 9 months but I saw this somewhere

This is an old schedule. Some of the vaccines are now combined and the names changed.
Eg Penta vaccine is a combo of 5 vaccines and PCV combines prevenar and co.

@Naomi14, just follow your hospital schedule.
Eg. in the hospital I use, babies take PCV @ 6w, 14w and 6m. I’m ok with their arrangement and have never had issues with immunization and it’s only a paediatrician that administers the vaccines.

Tinkybabe:
So our Princess arrived on the 13th of January.. It was an experience but I thank God for his faithfulness. Mum and daughter are very hale and hearty. I will share my experience in my next post.

Oh God, I was just passing by now my ovaries are bouncing around.
She’s so cute I feel like carrying her.

I want a baby girl. Seems i’ll go for another round. Oh gosh I’m just babbling

Chanbaby:
@ the bolded. All this small small girls for this thread to spoil Chai

@Zino8 no lie for DH say na him pursue u round house. Men and sex

I had sex 2weeks after birth it was vd though. As soon as I saw DH the kind dragging pain I felt down there chai I started begging him to do paint brushing so I can be calm cos the guy dey fear say make something no happen cos of Episiotomy site.

Please who has experience makeup sex its very sweet oh ( after small misunderstanding not domestic violence oh)

Good morning ma. I just say make I greet you.

sallyopy:
#4000 and 1400 respectively

Ok. Thanks

sallyopy:
Now available in stock,peach and strawberry

How much do you sell the pack for both peaches and strawberries?

Giddyperson:
Countdown to bbn, who is with me

You are on your own.

When a government lacks ideas, shit happens.

curvilicious:
Mamas, i jeed to be sure about this: my ds neva seem to get full. I breastfeed nd keep breastfeeding. Once he wakes its breast! He cries, its breast! He turns, he wants breast. Is it dat he doesnt know when he is full yet? Its exhausting! I'm beginning to wonder if its the cos of his wailing at night. Weda d boy no dey belleful. Shld i switch to formula?
Seniors, abeg i need your advice on this

Cc , , Graciouscharis, all experienced/available mamas

Kpele. Hope you are coping better now.
Sometimes they use breast to soothe or comfort themselves not because they are hungry and breastmilk digests easily.
You can try a pacifier/ binky to see if he will stay longer between feed time.
If you can, wait a bit longer before introducing formula but just do what works best for you.
Take care.

ifyalways:
Thank you Giddyperson. Glam ma is fine.

BTW, I think I have seen Giddydaddy or something on nld. When do we expect giddybaby? Your username kinda makes me think you are an akpa akpu in real life

imurboss:
Very useful advice!

Happy birthday ma’am. Wish you the best year.

curvilicious:
My situation is so pathetic that nobody to help hoil water talk more of press body. If u even as much as say the water for pressing baby is not hot MIL will start argument on how you want to burn the child and top it up by asking if na me create the baby. Imagine my MIL is in her midseventies and does not know where nd where to massage baby after bathing
Baby will be crying she will be telling to coman carry him. She is a nice person no doubt but does enjoy more of farm work than home activities.

My mom wouldve come if not for stroke. I still cook ror my house because she said she cannit be cooking for us

I honestly feel like crying sometimes

Kpele. Just do the much you can and leave the rest. You can do the hot water massage yourself or get your husband to help you out.

curvilicious:
Mamas, you pple did not tell me say na so vigilante be o. Headache wantu break my head, backache wantu bend my spine.
Last night i got so worked up dat i left him on the bed nd slept on the floor. How can someone carry another someone for 5 straight hours without rest. Am I a robot? Mtchew

Welcome to motherhood.
In addition to all the advice you got, please and please always support your back while breastfeeding your baby. Make sure you sit in a comfortable position, you can support your leg with a stool, carry your baby on your arms supporting it with a pillow and put him on your breast.
You take your baby to the breast not the other way round ie bending to put the breast on the baby’s mouth. This will also help with your posture.
Massage your body with hot water. Your body went through a lot to bring forth your precious baby. Your pelvic bones softened and expanded to accommodate the baby. It needs some time to readjust back to normal that is why in the olden days, you are pampered for at least 3 months after delivery. They bathe, and massage your body with Sheabutter and palm kernel oil.

Beautiful baby with lots of hair

LadyPrecy:
I'm sorry to go off topic
Please mamas recommend a very good body cream that lightens the skin flawlessly for me
I'll be attending a burial next month, I just want to glow up.
cc and all sabi mama's.

I don’t have any suggestions for you but please, look at the ingredients before buying. Google the ones you don’t understand before you use your money buy what is bad for your body.
Start water therapy. And maybe, do a fruit diet. This will clarify your skin from within and help whatever you apply to be more effective.

Mine is a natural something. I rarely apply cream on my body, infact I don’t have one. I’m blessed with a flawless skin that glows better with pregnancy.

@ giddyperson, how are you doing?

The price depends on the vaccine schedule of the hospital. I really don’t have any idea of the price. My baby just turned 6m and it’s been over 5 years my daughter took hers.

If you don’t get any answer, just go with 30k. That will be enough.

Damisinto:
Where can i get ma, checked shoprite close to me but nothing of such and possible price ma. Thanks


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No idea. That seems to be the popular brand here. Maybe other mamas can put mouth

You can also check konga.

Damisinto:
Thanks a lot. I also noticed the milk thing. Without milk his poo is firm but once I add it it become loose. I appreciate. Please any other example of soy based formular aside isomil incase I dont get that particular brand

No idea. That seems to be the popular brand here. Maybe other mamas can put mouth

katchycouture:
really?? powder?? wow I'm hearing this for the first time...I didn't use powder or any baby lotion on my baby until the cord fell off... after the cord fell off I ditched coconut oil ( I wasn't enjoying the coco it smell) for baby care products which included powder, the advice I got was to be carefully not to allow it enter baby's nose to avoid catarrh and cough...

Powder doesn’t cause jaundice

Benignasweety:
Eat heaven and earth and still be Alika...

Dat is sooo Zizi... Anything to atleast mek am gain flesh I go appreciate am o.

Genetics sometimes play a major role here.
Just offer him a balanced diet. Continue to offer him milk, add unsalted butter or olive oil or coconut oil to his meal.

@ imurboss, I saw where you wrote that you are using well woman. I don’t know your reasons but it may affect your breastmilk supply if you are breastfeeding. Why don’t you look for pregnacare for breastfeeding moms to take.
My reason is this, well woman is used to balance hormones. A breastfeeding mother’ hormones are not balanced. That’s why it serves as a contraceptive for people like us.
If you continue taking it and another one enters, don’t say you don’t know what happened oo.
I may be wrong though but read the leaflet of that well woman.

ladyfair:
Pls mama, are you in Lagos? if yes, pls which health centre?

I met a lady today that told me they give at Alimosho General hospital for free.

mofy1:
Please help a depress mother. My baby is 7month plus and she refuse to take food. If u put little stew in her mouth she will behave as if it has enter are brain, egg custard she will vomit, ceralac both rice and wheat it's a struggle,pap(ogi) it's a fight, formula nko she will close her mouth so tight. All she wants is continuous breastfeed and little water.though I did exclusive breastfeeding. Though she is fast in all her development milestone but she is not getting fat.

Mama, calm down. Don’t get depressed over nothing. The solid you give them now is just for practice until they are one year or have you seen any student in the university that is still taking formula or breastfeeding.
We have to be patient with them and gradually we achieve our result. From what you wrote here, your baby is fine. Just take it jejely.

All babies mustn’t be fat. A healthy child is more paramount. Some babies will eat heaven and earth and still be alika while some will be fat and not healthy.
Come let’s reason together. What quantity of food do you offer that makes him vomit? Reduce it. It is better you give 3 spoons every 2 hours and it stays than 10 spoons that ends in vomit. If you make your child get scared of food, you’ll also be miserable during feeding time. Start little and gradually increase the quantity. If they feel are not forcing it, they’ll relax and you keep increasing it.
My friend told me how she used cheese balls to get her baby to start eating. Keep offering your baby different food in different textures. Something will definitely click. My son just turned 6 months. The first day I gave him cereal, he rejected it but collected rice from his dad. I observed he likes thick food he can chew on, so I made his cereal thick with lumps and he almost finished the whole thing today. There’s no rule it’s just trial and error.
Offer what you are eating except salty food and honey and also allow him to explore the food. My son started taking milo and bournvita at 7years. Sing, dance, offer him to feed you, trick him and give him a spoon while you use another one to feed him.

And if you know you weren’t fat as a baby and you were very tough to get fed, take heart, be patient and pray maybe your village people have decided to pay you back.

Don’t forget to wear patient like clothes. Sometimes they need more time to develop in this aspect than others. If he keeps vomiting even if it’s a spoon, don’t forget to have your paed check him out.

Damisinto:
This is d situation we are in now its 5 days already and am confused. He used malaria drugs on thursday and tge frequent poo started, was initially thinking d leonart caused it but after d completion of the medication it still continued. Was told to get cefu* yesterdsy an antibiotics, but pooed 3 times ovetnight. Am just confused, had to tell his caregiver to up her neatness but still d same and it seems to me like his milk also causes it cos once he takes any cereal with milk d poo will be immediate yellowish watery with seeds like new born and little mucous. Did u stop milk when yours was on?




uote author=spiceeamiee post=64295439]I know this is coming late but if after 5days of watery stool and a doctor is still telling you zinc and ORS, Please carry your baby to another hospital. I know the pain and anguish associate with seeing your baby this way so please I beg you, go somewhere else and don't mind anybody saying you should leave it cos it's teething.

An old paed once told me that in situations like this, stop using the milk and try a soy based formula like isomil. You can gradually introduce the formula back at least 2 days after it stops. Maybe you should consider this.

Don’t forget to keep the baby well hydrated and your motherly instinct is always right until proven wrong.