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Zaynie,

A brilliant idea and I pray it stands the test of time. I believe we can execute it successfully.

1. Once it kicks off, rules of engagement can be modified as deemed fit to prevent abuse.

2. We may have to come up with a board of mamas that have a talent for organising and managing people effectively and efficiently.

3. We may have to coordinate in zones/states but have a means to render reports centrally

Posts suggestion:
chairmama
treasurer
financial secretary
welfare
legal



Name suggestion:

Mothers-lend-a-hand
Caring'n'Sharing mothers
We care and share hub

Topshop:
Hello Ma, what do you need. And are a wholesaler or is it for personal use. Please send me an email and I'll get back to you asap. topshopireland@gmail.com

Hi Topshop,
I'll rather you tell us your minimum orders that will guarantee wholesale /retail price.
Sending of mail na baba nla bureaucracy o. You have plenty prospective customers here already. Don't make things too cumbersome please.
Thank you.

zaynie:
Very illuminating.
I had to go to aliexpress to see and now I feel I need to renew my prices.
No wonder my stuff gets cleared even before they get here sotey fellow retailer dey buy wholesale from me


FYI my bodysuits are 3500#
My sleepsuits are 1500
My 2pc girls wear went for 3500#
And now I have this 3pc for boys but I guess I won't be selling it for #4500, MBA!


It's time to join the big leagues.
My mumu don do

Haaaa.....madam Zaynie... It is not good like that. So far you're making good money which is dependent on how much you are buying from your source...Biko don't make your wears expensive o when I have been eyeing your stock to come and buy things for my ds.
If you join big league, we sef go look for clearance sales. Chanbaby just announced one last night sef.

Christine77:
Good evening all, please my first time here and also a ftm. I have a son who is a month n some days old. I am doing both formula and breastfeeding. However I noticed that whenever I give him formula, his poo is always watery (yellow) in color with small egusi like things in it.
Is it his formula? Should I change it? This was not how it was in d beginning.

Please all the gurus in d house I await your response. Thank you.

Hi Christine77,

There's no need to change the formula. The poop with seed-like flecks are very normal.

You may wish to read this too
https://www.babycenter.com/0_baby-poop-a-complete-guide_10319333.bc

jazzyjazz:
There's a woman on instagram that sells Ali express items.
Funny thing is she blows up the price!
The knee crawling pad that I got for 600 on Ali express is what she packaged and sells for 7k! She puts 3 different colors in a pack and sells it for 7k!

Even if the knee pad went for 1k on Ali express, it's free shipping, it still won't be up to 7k
So you see how some people de use us make money

Cc

Giddyperson
Enque
Hunniesuzie
Naomi14

Can we blame her? Na business she dey do jor! When people like giddymama will not checkout cos of delivery wait time She's solving somebody's painpoint....that's why it's good to compare prices before throwing money around.
I thank God for Google search engine. Me I can search up to the 30th page sef...

Sansa143:
Evening dear mamas,how is u n urs?Hope we are all doing grt!
Sum few days ago,i complained about us not wanting to sit but here we are 2day making progress(though he still in his crawling mode) !

Action boy! don't mind your mummy with her complains. Keep showing her that her breastmilk is working wonders.

Sansa143, he will soon start using your nipple as support to stand up...wetin you go say for that one?

God bless him.

hunniesuzie:
Mine has foam and works well for falling but I may need to replace it soon, LO found a way to peel the mat and he tries to eat the peeled portion. I saw an unpeelable one but it's 16k (say who die nah) For now I just cut off the peeled portion so he doesn't swallow it

Note that once you put the mat, your baby may find his way to the "unmatted" part of the floor to practice his standing, these babies ehn...Me I try not to stress myself again

Thank you Hunniesuzie. I'll find better use for that 16k instead.
His grandma has suggested that I should go to all this foam sellers to buy the thickness I feel it's okay, give it to a tailor to sew cover on it for me.

Yesitsme:
how to I include all d nutrients i n her meals?

You will to begin different permutation and combinations with foods she likes. She seems to be one that will like varieties.

I attached a chart. hope it helps for the nutrients you're concerned about.

Yesitsme:
Mums I need help. My 7months dd has refused to eat baby food...she use to love dawa, millet abs soyabean..now she no dey gree again, I tried Quaker oat, and tom brown na fight oo. She prefers to eat adult food, I had to boil ripe plantain mix it with fish and egg sauce she ate it. Whatelse do I try pls?? Am at a crossroad

You need not be at crossroads o...give the baby adult foods (whatever you eat) in soft forms....end of story

Benignasweety:
Can ribena serve as my sweetener when my baby starts eating cereals? Am not sure of all this apple puree, banana puree, no blender.

We would be 6months next month... How time flies!!I am not ready true true but I can do it tru Christ.

I don't know about using ribena as a sweetener. Personally I will prefer natural foods /fruits as sweetners.

You can get a potato masher if you don't have a blender. It works fine for my apple puree, rice pudding...you only need to get what you're mashing soft.

check the stores for a potato masher. you fit get one in your kitchen already sef.

Hello super mamas,

Please for mamas that have playmats- does it have foam that is sufficient enough to cushion the effect of falling?
I ask because all my ds wants to practice now is standing. Even when I put him on the normal mat to avoid falling from the bed. He attempts standing without support and sometimes end up falling down on his bum or hitting his head.

My hands are aching from carrying him upandan...

Giddyperson:
Thanks I'd try a little orange then, since orange worked, why do you still want to try water melon. I can't even say if my baby likes or hates water. If you take away the bottle, she'd cry. She would keep drinking a whole drum if you keep giving it to her, just that she would keep swishing it around her mouth and finally open her mouth to let it pour out. When you are done with that whole drama, only like half the bottle would be in her belly while the other half would be in her clothes- soaking through her bib. You must change cloth every time you give water.

I still want to try water melon (I believe it is milder) if drinking flavoured water is the surest way to get him taking water very well. Oranges (citrus fruits in general) are acidic in nature and I don't want his stomach to go and be turning.

spiceeamiee:
I clean with vinegar and a wash cloth. You can get vinegar from any pharmacy near you.

Do you do this every day?
I want to believe you do this once in a while spiceeamiee. I'm aware this method is used when a baby has thrush.

goodfortun:
Good morning mommas. I'm back again (in 9ce's voice) please when can one stArt backing baby with wrapper? Grandma wee soon return home and I need to be effective with chores when it's just bobo and I left.

Also this baby peeling issue, when does it stop and what can I do to clear the skin? Arms and legs. Eksbabe; what did you do in bobo's case?

Then baby started fussing in his sleep since last week; grunting and making all sort of noise while sleeping. He rarely sleeps quietly for 10 minutes straight; he's restless. Did anyone experience this.

Our mothers are soooo good with backing babies even from a week old. I will suggest you start backing your baby before grandma leaves so she can guide you with it.
Wearing your baby on the back looks easy when you see others do it but I must confess I had difficulties doing it by myself coupled with my DS that doesn't enjoy backing. He screams each time I back him but when grandma backs him....he stays gentle.

I've gotten better with it and I noticed it was the way I was positioning his legs that usually made him scream.

The skin peeling will go by itself. There's no need to worry at all. I only kept using coconut oil even up till now.

Baby grunting and being restless while sleeping is usually as a result of being gassy. If it is colic, his crying will get him an award. My DS experienced being gassy and won't stop grunting till he's able to pass out the gas. There were times he will let out the gas and will still cry...I guess the farting sound gets him startled.
overall, I waited it out for 4months before it stopped. Gripe water did nothing for us when we used it.

#sorryformylongepistle

Giddyperson:
Please is there any thing else apart from water that I can give baby daily to avoid constipation. I try to give her water but she just plays around with it and spits out most of it. Or Is there anything I can add to the water to give it a more encouraging taste. She's finally pooping now and it's hard and she's straining too much

I just started giving my DS water last week. He also spits it out or spoils his mouth when he tastes it but yesterday I squeezed half of a whole orange and added it to the water. He gulped the whole 60ml in a twinkling of an eye.
His poop was softer afterwards unlike the semi-hard one he poops when he takes apple puree.
He clocked 6 months yesterday. I plan on using water melon henceforth so we will be doing oranges once in a while.

timigreene:
She has a timetable that has assorted foods like Pap, oat meal, golden moore, toast bread. For breakfast.

Lunch: jollof & fried Rice, yam and egg, beans, spaghetti and many more.

Fruit at intervals..Apples

Dinner: semo, yam flour etc.....

She takes milk (peak 123 with bournvita @ midnight and during the day.

if your baby is feeding well on all this assorted foods yet is losing weight, the safest thing to do is to have her checked by a pediatrician.

hunniesuzie:
So Bobo has Malaria and infection. And we were given meds including Lonart 20/120. That's how they said I should give him 14 mls a day AT ONCE!!!! I asked like 4 times, babe who dispensed the drugs said it's correct. I checked the leaflet in the box, it says 5ml in the morning, 5 in the evening which makes more sense to me. Mamas who know pls advise. My baby is 7 months plus and 9.5kg

Thanks Giddyperson, finally left after raking at past 1, he's kuku scattering everywhere, my baby's habit of falling sick with no fever or loss of appetite sef is a bit disconcerting

Cc enque, soonest (read you're a pharmacist), zaynie, Akorkor, jazzyjazz, iomoge2 and all mamas online. Waiting for feedback before I give him edakun

when my DS was treated for malaria, his prescription was 5ml start- 5ml after 8 hrs and 5ml for 3days. We weren't given lonart but one of the arthemeter lufemantrine brands.

I will be surprised if your lo can take 14 ml of medicine at once sef except if he enjoys it before. He might spit it out so give him in bits.

The other time my DS had malaria, he was eating and playing very well. It was 3days consistent green poo that made me go to the hospital and when tested, it revealed malaria.

May God help us with taking care of them.

timigreene:
Hello sabi mothers in the house. Happy Sunday.

My daughter is 1year 1month. She has dropped weight due to the fact that she is teething coupled with she has been weaned.

Is there any supplement or formula I can use for her to hasten her recovery?

Cc: All mamas with experience.

Thanks.....

I'll rather you have her checked in the hospital. Teething is an on/off thing and shouldn't affect her weight in my opinion.
what foods have you been giving since you weaned her?

Giddyperson:
no you shouldn't have. I wanted Hunniesuzie to learn how to share.

My baby is rejecting nan too even tho she took it well when she was born. She doesn't even like it mixed with her food, I'm not going on the search for any milk cuz I'm still breastfeeding very often. But BIL told me to try sma gold

Lol...you sound like a school principal with you wanting to discipline hunniesuzie.

I may have to try the sma gold to augment his milk intake cos I'm resuming work which means he will only be able to take breastmilk in the morning before I leave for work and evenings when I return.

Newmercies:
good evening House

Please what do u i do?, my 5months old DS fell from my bed this morning, i was washing clothes outside when i heard him cry and when i rushed in, I met him on the floor (tiled floor) i wasn't there no know how he fell and which part of his body hit the floor, i am worried, pls what can i do?, My DH is very mad @ me bcs he has warned me severally to . use pillows to wedge him. I gave him Panda, pls is there any other thing i need to do?, .

pele...I can imagine how you feel for your DS. Please take him to the hospital if he keeps crying.
try to put him on a mat if you won't be by his side henceforth cos even with pillows you can't be sure what your baby is capable of doing.

hunniesuzie:
My crèche woman told me about a baby who rejected formula. She just buzzed all the other mummies to please add 1 scoop of their different milk to what they pack so she can test for the baby.
If you have friends and family that have small babies maybe you can try theirs

My baby never rejected nan. Lucky me

Thank you for your suggestion.
We are just preparing to start crèche and no small baby around us.
Na to pray for God's direction as I choose another type of milk for him.

Enque, thank you too.

I have helped Giddyperson complete the kisses and I add 2 extra. I gained from the pictures you shared.
I hope she won't look at me with side eye cos na she ask fine question.
Giddymama...cyberhugs

I wish all these manufacturers of baby milk will make small samples for us to be able to buy and test if our Lo's will like it before going ahead to buy larger quantities.

my DS is not accepting Nan milk. he is soooo turned off with mere perceiving the smell alone.He takes his oats and ogi without milk cheerfully.

Is that how I will just be buying milk until I find the one he likes?

sabi mamas how you take dey know which milk lo fit like.?

enque:
Zara
10 months

pretty pretty Zara.
Continue to grow in love and joy.
Super momma...welldone

Amhappy:
My 15month old is having this cough that goes and come. We have been to a ped twice,taken ampiclox and erythromycin. And the cough is back. She's not coughing up anything. I am now using honey and diluted lemon juice,warm water ,palm kernel oil etc. Tomorrow i will take her back to the doctor but i don't want another antibiotic. What else works for cough?

You can try Zaynie's cough recipe

Palm oil n Sugar
1 cube st luios sugar
And sizeable palm oil.
Crush the sugar in d palm oil in a small cup.
Give him a spoon(tsp) every 2 hours or as soon as the cough is coming.

iomoge2 also recommends in of her posts
Ori n a pinch of salt.
Melt ori n d pinch of salt in a metal spoon.
That is put d spoon over fire.
Then pour the melted oil n salt into a plastic spoon and blow till cool. U can use ur finger to checkbor ur tongue.... then give ur baby.
Let him swallow it.
Its relieve is instant. Give as often as needed.
Then find d root cause of the cough...
It could even be perfume...or powder.
Just watch closely.

Rooty:
Hi,,mother,,,,I'm a first timer,,,Pls help me out,,,, my baby is just 2weeks,,,,,i observed she had cattarh 6days ago due to cold weather,so i applied silver bird with baby oil on her head to inorder to make her warm,,,,in 3days subsequent, rashes having pores appeared on her head to her faces....she is presently feeling the pains,,and having sleepless night nd day.

Hi Rooty,

Please take your baby to the hospital so she can be checked. The rashes is likely a reaction to the use of silverbird eucalyptus oil on her head.
Essential oils are very potent so you must be careful with how you use them.
She will be fine.

Chanbaby:
Pls what is wrong with me feeding my baby cereal with plate and spoon. My mum wouldn't let me breath cos I don't feed my baby with feeding bottle. When I give him with spoon he eats up to 150ml of either pap or cereal in less than15mins but with bottle he barely eats 80ml in 30mins+. She sounds like am doing something very bad.

You are not doing anything bad. Bottle feeding is what they are used to.
This is exactly what I have been facing in the last few days. My mum keeps saying which kain ceremony be all dis with spoon feeding. she believes it's too early even at almost 6 months and it's not practical especially when one is going out.

voucher:
Thanks Enque,Hunniesuzie and feddy... but pls I'm not sure I know what ewedu is and can i add salt to his food?

The picture shows what ewedu looks like. The English name is (jute leaves) in case you are outside the shores of Nigeria. It is slimy like okro when blended and cooked.

Giddyperson:
Shes fine, back to her normal playful self. thanks for asking

It's so good to know giddybaby is now doing fine. E ku itoju as yoruba's will say.
Hope you've have found time to rest as well?
Kind regards to all.

spiceeamiee:
What pcm did you use? Panda? That did nothing for my baby when she had her 6weeks immunisation. She had strong fever for over 48hours and I was so scared until a nurse told me to buy Calpol. It's a stronger med specifically for post immunisation fever. It's quite pricey (about 3k)But it's well worth. You may not be able to get it in most pharmacy but check Health/Med plus. Hope your LO feel better soon

I second the use of Calpol infant suspension for post immunisation fever. It very very effective even for teething pains.
The difference in the relief it provides is very clear when compared with panda.
let me add that Calpol is just like the pcm I knew while growing up.
We bought ours for #2500 but I saw it for #1870 in another pharmacy. you may wish to compare prices before buying.

cc.bookholla

Giddyperson:
Use that instrument that's used to detect earthquake

As in...Giddymama abeg don't injure person o.
You sabi make person roll with laughter....good dose after a hectic day.

Lovely regards to giddybaby

enque:
We r still on the matter o...
Went to hospital on Monday and she was given ORS+zinc but she is still stooling.

Went bk ds evening to complain but the paediatrician had gone home....they wanted to admit us but I told them that I'd rather come back tomorrow morning to see the paediatrician. I'm tired of seeing regular DRs Biko.

How are you and your dd this morning?
Let them conduct stool and malaria tests to rule out cases of infection.. This will put your mind at rest because you will know what is really happening in her body system.

She will be fine.

Please give yourself the permission to enjoy this 'bored' moment very well joor.

Think of the firms that may need your services in Ibadan and strategise on how to get a placement there. Find out the job roles existing there and fine tune your cv to meet their requirements.

May God answer your request. Amen.

Moaba:
Hi JGracious,

I sincerely appreciate your suggestion. My problem is that I've been home for 4months now and that's the longest I've ever been without something. I'm either schooling or working so its been really hard for me. The other day, I had to make chinchin out of boredom. I'm out searching because I feel if I was working, my maternity leave will be for 3months.

I've tried LinkedIn but it seems all the jobs are in Lagos.Thanks for your response. I think I reached out because I was down.
I'll keep nursing my baby.