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enkaydewdrop:
Good morning mamas...
Please, I'm sorry this question is coming late.

My bubba's 6 week immunisation is this morning, and I heard it's advisable to administer paracetamol before getting it done.

Please, how long before the immunisation and what quantity do I administer?

If he's having the immunisation for meningitis, give him 2.5ml Of paracetamol at least an hour before he takes the immunisation. Subsequently doses is 4-6 hours c

2.5ml of paracetamol

cutie999:
Mammas please dont jump and pass ooo, still awaiting your inputs

I use avent bottles (7 bottles) and avent 3 in 1 steam steriliser. (Pictures attached)

In addition to these seven bottles, the steriliser is large enough to accommodate a baby's feeding bowls, spoons, sippy cup, et al once they move to solids.

It's also pretty quick as it sterilises in 5-6 minutes and it works using a standard generator in nigeria. I have used it every single day for the past 11months and it has proven to be durable.

Personally, I'm not a fan of sterilising tablets and fluids. Even when I travel - whether long or short trips, I pack the steriliser with me.

opella:
Good afternoon lovely mums, please I have a question to ask. Is it right to spank an 18 months old child because he refused to say good morning when he woke up?

All shades of wrong

What will happen if he breaks or smashes something like a cup? Ask him to pick pin

There are techniques for TEACHING/CORRECTING a child that age certain things and spanking IS NOT one of them.

tyconcepts:
Plz recommend a product(s) for me to choose ma'am. Thanks.

Any brand will do as long as it's organic rice.

Personally, I buy aptamil's baby rice. Cow and gate's baby rice is also available.

tyconcepts:
My 9months old son is a natural 'chopper' but after recovering from malaria like a week ago, his eating focus shifted from his pap & milk to strictly adult food like Eba, Rice, Beans, Noodles e.t.c Before the malaria he eats adult food + 330ml of pap to step down.... Now he won't even taste the pap at all and am confused on ways to make him keep taking milk. I still breastfeed him but my not lactating properly makes me feel the breast milk isn't sufficient for him. I have tried introducing other cereals like Nutrilac & Cerelac....He doesn't like sweet things at all (That's how he has been).

How do I get him to take milk....I want to make sure he takes milk everyday?? Also do kids grow to like sweet things?? He won't even take Capri-sonne

cc : *

Have you tried grounded baby rice? Baby rice tastes bland and since he doesn't like sweet things, you can easily prepare baby rice with scoops of milk.

lirusehn:
thanks dear. Would it be just once or continuously till it heals??

Continuously.

lirusehn:
. Honey!!! I started using it today tho

Good.

Get onions and grate it to get the "juice" from it. Apply it on your face and leave for some few minutes before washing it away. Onion has healing properties on burn injuries.

lirusehn:
all thanks for the insults


The whole pressure had escaped as none was oozing outa the vent tube again, the stiffness was because of the too much starch from the OFADA rice. Not like I force opened it without taking proper measures

you are most welcome darling.

next time, stay clear of pressure cookers and never force one open. i know 100% how these cookers work. the hunger in you could'nt wait for the pressure to subside, hence why you forced it open. it has nothing to do with starch. i cook all sorts with a pressure cooker including cow leg, shaki, etc.

anyway, what are you applying on your face to minimise the scarring? honey? coconut oil?

sayoddy, why not chill and wait till 6 months before introducing solids? you are almost there and less than 2 months away from the 6months mark.

at 6 months, the organs are more developed, better head control, he can sit in a high chair and so are baby's pincer movements, eye coordination, taste buds, etc.

haibe:
You are wicked o

yes, he is very stupiddd and he has the audacity to make a joke out of it. he should be on his knees thanking God that he didnt lose an eye or suffer 3rd degree burns.

MadCow1:
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Which one is the burn picture and which one is the Normal one?



Seriously speaking..

Pressure Cookers should come with a bin caveat on the side of them. I knew about the dangers of pressure cooker when I was little and out family friends househelp got badly burnt by one. I remember my mum packing all her pressure cookers and storing them away and never using them for a very long time.

The OP is very lucky, It could have been a whole lot worse.

exactly. he is extremely lucky.

i have a scar on my leg till date just because i stood beside a pressure cooker as a kid when the cover was about to be opened. the steam burnt my leg and the burn mark is still there.

my mum also packed away all her pressure cookers and refused to use them for yearsssssssssssss. the versions made these days are much better. there is no way you can open the pot until the presssure within has subsided. so this poster is extremely foolish to have forced the pot open. i can just imagine all the energy he put into forcing the pot open.

he is scarred for life. the burn mark will remain on his face.

foolishness at its peak

in fact, you are a very stupiddd boy.

how can anyone in their right senses force open a pressure cooker? you are VERY lucky that you sustained 'mild' injuries. very very lucky.

zicoraads:
You are mean

At all . It seems most of these posters are young and do not know about his sex scandal.

I'm just amused on how people can "wish" they had their marriage and celebrate a man with wandering preek who was busy bleeping upandan while he's wife was working with obasanjo and he also had the audacity to part away with $200,000 hush money.

How dumb can a man be

zicoraads:
See how the husband too is going places because he married a good woman. All the guys that are chasing after those beautiful empty heads, take note.

Yet he had an affair with a much younger female nurse, was caught having sex with her in the hospital car park and paid over $200,000 blackmail money to his lover's boyfriend before reporting himself to his wife, Ngozi and the FBI.

http://www.naijarules.com/index.php?threads/dr-ngozi-iwealas-husband-in-sex-scandal.20665/

http://www.ekiti.com/ekitinews/default.php?news_source=&news_id=2573

Aim07:
Mamas gud morning o, pls help me answer question
Where can I get prune juice? My 7months ol d baby is constipated cos her poo is very hard most times in pellets form, she poos like once in 3days or none self. I am feeding her with cerelac, nutribom, pap, potatoes, semo with ewedu, beans. I do give her orange juice almost everyday, also water melon too. I use my boy eldorin as her formula but intend to change to Nan 2 may be it will stop her constipation . I give her water from time to time

I read on Google that prune juice helps to relieve constipation, please
What is prune juice?
Where and how can I get prune juice?

And if u have tried other things that work for please share with me. #thanksamwaitingforresponse#
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Her meal choices aren't bad but there's must be something responsible for the constipation. It's either the cerealac (it's quite sugary) or the formula.

Stop the cerealac and continue with the water melon and water and see if there are any changes. If none, then try another formula brand.

zaynie:
Can't stop laughing here.
So na on top Zaynie head you want put all the blame..... .
Palm oil is good na.


#ConfessionTime

Yes na.

Jokers !!

Xyzaid:
how exactly did late keshi died for Nigeria, I don't understand... being a super eagle player or coach is just a job like every other profession, so what's this nonsense about dying for nigeria.

Abi ooooooooooooo

Nigerians and sentiment.

The ram fighting scene at the start of the video is so uneccesary.

NO to animal cruelty.

ideylaff:
Jayz and RocNation has no use for Tiwa.... if Roc Nation could not lift Rita Ora whos sings better... where are they taking Tiwa... to aee her music on Tidal when its readily available on the roads in Lagos....

I think its just a ego acquisition that Roc Nation is doing to say "we have an american act on our books" and it matches Don Jazzy... let me "show D'banj the proper way to do a deal"

Please just explain to me in lay man terms Roc Nations plan for Tiwa.

Thats my own take.... where is Tiwas Market... where?


Just look at Davido donw the line.... zilch has happened to him....after all the hype

To be honest, I do not care about her rocnation deal. Rocnation or not, Tiwa is still and will always be a first class act.

Time will tell if there will be any benefits from the deal. Who knows, she could be involved in a duet with another top rocnation act.

ideylaff:
No it was not.

Bad was meant to be on Tiwa's latest Album RED which was released way back when she was still with T-Billz who was Executive Producer on the Album

Bad is not a new track it just did not make the cut for the album, its now getting airplay and they decided to do a vidoe to back it

The 1st time I heard the track a year ago, i wondered why it did not make the cut for the RED album and now made the RED Deluxe Extra Album cut a year after

Exactly. Many uninformed people on this thread.

BAD is actually my favourite track on the RED album. I always have it on repeat on Spotify.

The song was done wayyyyyyyyyy before her public issues with Tblizz so I do not understand why people are saying the song is a shade to him.

Lovely song. The video could have been better though. I have been looking forward to the video and I was almost tempted to sign up for Tidal. I'm disappointed to be honest. That said, it's still a massive track and I hope it gets all the AirPlay it deserves.

I hope she does a video for "key to the city". That's another track with potential to blow if there's a video. "Adura" is another song with potential to blow and also appeal to the older folks. A video should be considered for that too.

MadCow1:
Go to the North and see the number of young girls in the General hospital suffering from different childhood pregnancy related illnesses and you will be shocked. There are some states with special wards for girls with VVF.

And blowing ones hip during child birth is not age specific..

The fhucking doctors should be sued assuming she got good pre-natal care. cos they should have been able to tell that her slender waist will not be able to birth the baby and opted for C-Section.

Exactly.

I wonder why none of the other posters on this thread have said nothing about the doctors involved in her delivery. They are solely to blame for her death.

Wasn't her husband involved in a major adultery scandal some few years ago?

He was caught having sex or so with a nurse at a hospital car park. Lol. The lady also extorted money from him.

http://www.ekiti.com/ekitinews/default.php?news_source=&news_id=2573

http://www.naijarules.com/index.php?threads/dr-ngozi-iwealas-husband-in-sex-scandal.20665/

LegitDiva:
so my DS suddenly developed this horrible looking diaper rashes cos he had a few episodes of running stomach and since im at work during the day im not exactly sure his caregivers checked his diapers as often as i asked them to.

these rashes are ugly i tell u and in my desperation i used WHITE VINEGAR to rub his bitss, like 2-3 times in the day, i guess it hurt him a little or so cos he screamed a bit and then stopped (i felt extremely guilty), suprisingly the rashes started to dry up after a few hours and before the next day it was completely dry and out. His butt is now as fresh as new....(lol).

PS: im making this confession here cos i cant tell it to my DH (he will strangle me) lol.

crazy things we do ...God forgive me.


LOVE U ALL my e-family

hahahahah. i can relate to this.

my own confession is zaynie's palmoil recipe for cough.

my son had a cough and i told hubby that i want to give him palmoil+sugar as i read it cures cough. my hubby was like ''are you for real''? ''palmoil ke''. ''do you know palmoil is high in saturated fats and its not healthy for a baby''. ''don't try it''. ''if he ends up in A&E, i will tell the doc that i never gave you consent'', ''if anything goes wrong after your palmoil concotion and we are accused of endangering our child, you are on your own oh. i won't follow you to the police station''

anyways, behind his back, i tried it and it worked. the cough stopped. i won't lie though, i was scared and i kept checking my son to see if he would throw up, etc

if hubby ever finds out, i wee just point to zaynie's direction

onegai thanks for sharing. i will try some of them - especially the oats.

i know my son likes oatcakes but i just never thought about giving him quaker oats.

chinese meals are also a hit. earlier this week, i gave my son chinese noodles stirfry (without spices and soy sauce but i used egg noodles, olive oil, chicken, prawns and mixed veg) and i was amazed on how much he enjoyed it.

ginababy:
I salute all the mamas in the house.

Pls help me touch light dis mata abeg.

Is it right to formula feed my baby all tru d night? We r just 6wks old.
Secondly, my ds's stomach rumbles soo much n he poos only ones a day n fart a lot. Shud I b worry + wat do I need to do?

Cc all the sabi mamas

Are you also breastfeeding?

As much as I am a big fan of combination feeding, personally I do not give formula at night and that's because I'm too tired/sleepy to get up and start preparing his milk. So I just breastfeed till he sleeps. I "co-sleep" so it makes its a lot easier for me. The only exception is if my hubby or a relative is willing to do the bottle drama.

However, if you do not mind waking up to sort his bottles, there's nothing wrong in giving him formula at night. Make sure it's the right quantity that will fill him up.

Feed on demand. If he wakes and he's crying, check to be sure it's not his diaper as crying doesn't necessarily mean hunger. Sometimes all a baby needs is a cuddle or just a change of sleep position.

There's nothing wrong with one poo a day. What matters the most is that he's not constipated. Always check the consistency of his poo and the colour as they are always telltale signs.

I think the rumbling shouldn't be a cause for concern. At this stage, his digestive system is gradually expanding. Just make sure you give him warm water often as it helps with bowel movements since he's being formula fed.

Regarding farting - make sure you burp him after each feed and also bottle feed him correctly. Check online on how to properly bottle feed a baby (that is holding the bottle, et al) to ensure he's not sucking air.

GodMercy2015:
Good evening mamas in the house, officially registering myself. May mama that ported to April. Baby boy is now 3months. Abeg mamas is anything called over weight in babies cause my lo now weighs 8.2kg at 3months. He is on formula and breast milk.

I think your baby is overweight and you might need to change his feeding routine. I totally agree with AlphaHandMaiden. Have you checked the growth chart to see what percentile he falls into?

My son's birth weight is close to yours (4.1kg), however, he weighed the 8kg mark at around 6months and yes, hubby and I are tall and I can't be described as skinny.

To start with, what formula is your baby on? As with all brands, some are better than others while some have higher sugar/calorie contents than others. For example, I have read comments here from mums that have condemned the Peak Milk brand of formula (peak 123) as being too sweet. Check the formula's tin for its contents and compare with other brands. Then decide whether or not to switch or stick to the same brand.

Secondly, since you are on combination feeding (breast milk and formula), you should reduce the number of bottles he gets a day. I think 4 bottles a day should be okay depending on your schedule (full time mum, working mum, etc). At his age, he should be feeding averagely 2-3hours.

The trick is this - try and breast feed him anytime you are with him. For example, if you are off to work at 8am and back home by 6pm, what you should feed him between 6.01pm and 7.59am is strictly breast milk. With this schedule, when he is not with you between 8am - 6pm, he should drink at most 4 bottles of formula especially if you are giving him the right quantity per feed and if he feeds an average 2-3 hours in addition to giving him just plain warm water at least once between these times. Basically, the period he is not with you, then he should be on formula.

Weekends should be strictly breast milk (except maybe when you are out and you are not keen on breastfeeding publicly).

I totally agree with Banky W.

They have some sort of partnership with British airways.

I bought a British airways ticket and ended up on an American Airlines flight. Very terrible airline with old aircrafts.

6 hours flight to newyork yet none of the seats had personal in-flight entertainment systems.

We all had to stretch our necks to watch the movi shown on a screen hanging from the 'ceiling' of the plane.

Shinin2011:
PLS HELP A FTM WITH TWINS

hello mamas in the house,
I just had my babies (beautiful girls) two weeks ago but I have inadequate flow of breast milk.

they are on formula currently. I need suggestions on how to aid the flow of breast milk pls.

I am so worried about their health and growth cos the formula makes it difficult for them to poo even after warm water is given to them.

P.S . I eat healthy and on multivitamins as well.

Congrats on the birth of your twins.

With formula, I always go a scoop less than what's stated on the tin. For example, if the tin states 7 scoops for 200ml, I use six scoops. This is what has worked for my son. No constipation at all.

I remember that Mama ekene - liftedhands has also stated on this thread that she uses the same method for her son. You can try this method and see if it works for you. The instructions on the tin "is only a guide" and there's room for mums to tweak it as they deem fit.

You can try taking lots of hot meals such as oats, semo and hot chocolate (milo, bournvita and the likes). Massaging your boobs with warm water and also getting your twins to suck often also helps with milk production.

AdaBiafra:
Gudmorning Mamas in the house, what can i give to my 10months old ds to make his bone strong. Whenever he manage to hold on to something and get up, his legs will be shaking. Need ur response urgently.

How long has he been able to stand? If it's only recently, it's normal for the legs to be a bit shaky and wobbly as he is still learning to find his balance and get used to the "feeling" that he can actually stand.

Sometimes it's also due to fear/confidence. Being able to stand with support is a major milestone and it takes a few attempts, falls and bumps for your baby to get used to standing supported or unsupported confidently.

That said, what is his feeding like? Is he still on milk? Formula or breast milk? I personally believe that babies should be on milk (breast milk or formula or preferably both) for the first 12 months of their life. This is because they need all the calcium they can get from milk. Calcium is vital in babies for strong bones as well as growth. For example, my son gets at least 100ml of formula at least four times a day. This is minus morning, evening and night time breast milk. He took his first walking steps unaided (although wobbly at the time) at 9 months.

If he's not drinking formula, do you add formula to his cereals? What is his source of calcium?

If you can get his feeding right and ensure he has a steady source of calcium, you do not need any drugs/multivitamin. With time (next few weeks), he will be able to stand confidently and also start taking his first few steps.

If however you are sure he has a steady source of calcium, then speak to your peadrictrian to prescribe a calcium supplement for you (which I really doubt they will).

olamitie:
Thanks for the welcome.... wana ask does staying away from sex the first three months really make a differences

Yes dear. It's makes a massive difference especially in cases where there's a history of miscarriage.

Try and stay off sex if you can.

If your husband insists, tell him it's your doctor's orders.