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Pls welcome me back, e don tey oo. I have missed dis lovely family. My companion that year when i was a FTM. Now in my 3rd missionary journey, Really motherhood is not easy. To all FTMs its not as bad as it seems, old mamas like me, e still no easy, GTC Mama's baby dust to us all. Team Nov, EDD 15/11, XY.

Haleematm:
Hello mothers. How are we doing and our little ones. Pls I want to ask what d wrapper in d hospital list is used for. My hospital requested for four and i m wondering what dy are going to use d whole four for?

You will tie one during labour. They fold baby with one probably lay one on baby's bed and reserve one in case yours is stained. Went with two but used one cos I gave them flannel for my baby.

Ubiero:
Dear Mamas,

How long does it take for the navel to close completely after the umbilical cord falls off because my grandma said the hole should have closed by now.

Also, yesterday I noticed my baby was very fussy and uncomfortable. I reasoned that it could be because he tried to stool but only a tiny speck of stool stained his pampers. So I asked my grandma to help me use the peppersoup spice and coconut oil to help him pass out the stool which he did. Later in the evening before his bathe, I saw he had passed out the same stain of stool and I asked her to repeat it seeing that he was uncomfortable. She did again and he passed out stool. Till now, he still has not passed out stool even though he has stained his pampers twice with the stain of stool.

He has been stooling with ease. I don't know what could be the problem. I know sometimes most babies don't stool for a while. The problem is he actually wants to stool and makes the grunting noise when he tries but nothing comes out.

Please help me out.

Which peppersoup spice nd how does it work?

semilore12:
Hello mothers....I have this brand new medela pump in style advanced for sale. I bought one and got this as gift. I dont need two so willing to sell at a giveaway price. I also have new medela and abbot milk storage bottles all bought from US. Reach out if interested. Biko serious enquiries only abeg.

How much

phlakkeys:
God is indeed too faithful to fail.
Thank you Ma.

Aww my able cappo. Am so happy for u. Never forgot to remember you in my prayers. Kisses to L.O

iaatmgirl:
Afternoon house

Pls don't say my questions are plenty while me I don't answer questions. We are still gaining experience. Thank you to all the mamas that take time to answer questions here.

My 6 weeks old has had ela for about 3 weeks now. We've been applying one cream given to us at the hospital as they said mycoten was strong for new born. Mil decided we get the red flower to bath him to clear it out cos his hair is now going backwards, I didn't complain cos I've seen mamas make ref to it here.

Now my issue is, what was brought were herbs and not one flower. I didn't grow up taking herbs so not used to even seeing them. Pls i need the help of the mamas that know about herbs here to confirm that these are fine, else I pack it one corner. Someone picked it from the woman so I don't even have a means to contact the herb woman.pls is anyone familiar with them. The pictures are not loading but there are 4items; two sets of folded leaves(said one is the dried red flower), roots or stems or bark (the popular thing I see in agbo) and something else (attached).
Pls mamas comment on this and what other options do I have?

I can see booni nd uda in there but I don't know if it's ok for infants. Go look for the red leaf yourself

phlakkeys:
B.A .:- God has blessed me with a beautiful baby girl.

How did o miss dis. My able cappo bigggg congrats
God is faithful. So happy for u

imurboss:
@Giddyperson i'm sorry to take you back but i read where you stated you got your 12mths vaccination at 6k or so,pls is that a GH or which location is it because i enquired about it at our recent vaccination and i was told that everything i.e all the vaccination at 12mths would cost 14k though it's a private hosp. and i don't think GHs give all that.

@Lululuv, your son is such a cutie i couldn't take my eyes off the pic (sugar mummy tinz) .Happy belated birthday to him,he grow more in favour and God's abundance.

Thanks luv. I don't mind d Shuga mummy tins oo. @least I will be relieved of some stress abeg

blex444:
Happy Birthday fine boy
God bless your new age

Amen

ahnie:
Happy whoopsie birthday to master chiagoziem wishing you all the good things of life,may the lord continually uphold your path.

Amennn, thanks ma

jazzyjazz:
He's so cute
Happy birthday to him
May his days be long, fruitful and fulfilled

Amen nd thanks

nneejima:
happy birthday son, on this day I pray that almighty God ll continue to bless & protect you, may I continue to be a source of joy to ur parents.

Thanks teamie

Naomi14:
Happy birthday Ethan!

Thanks

Liftedhands:
Happy birthday Gozie! Such a cutie

Thanks mam

Naomi14:
Happy birthday Ethan!

Thanks ma'am

FloraEC:
Happy birthday Agoziem, may God favor you

Amen

One year today, God blessed me with dis dude. He Changed my status nd life completely, He is MY PRIDE & JOY.
Happy birthday My BLESSING Master Chiagoziem Ethan L.

Please who knows how to use these airfreshner?

portable4real:
@lululuv same with my ds also. but we do now is to get the big jar of Ribenna, put in fridge and add little to his water and we are good to go and a times God now direct him to ordinary but not every time things.

Will buy ribena 2moro nd try he refused to take d orange juice

ttomexy:
One of my baby was like that,what I do is early in the morning,I put little of the tea in a warm water for her and let her drink,as long as she taste that Milo/ Ovaltine in it, she will take it,try it.

He takes tea oo, has refused to take only milk nau. But wen i add smal ovaltin he will finish his bottle. Let me watch him, thanks for replying

xaves:
Since he takes tea and milk, then give him more frequently. You can also try home made fruit juice eg orange, watermelon etc
Well done mama.

Out to look for where to buy orange water melon, pray he takes it. Thanks

enkay2016:
how old is he

11months oo,

My son has refused to drink water, have tried different cups, sip, straw,bottle once he notices its water inside, that's it. But he takes milk and tea. He is constipated, strong poo and he has to force it b4 it drops. What do I do? What can i try?

enkay2016:
and this

Why don't you take him back to the hospital, for how long hav u giving the ampiclos, he will be fine

nneejima:
My teamie @ lululuv, my daughter gave my phone water to drink and since then the phone come dey get psycho. I called that number it wasn't going, I reached u na man pick it telling me that its a wrong number. Please contact me on 0......... .
Cc : lululuv

I Sabi miss mention
I also pm u. There could be a mistake in d first.

humbleme99:
Hello mamas

My baby is a month old. I noticed a strange behaviour from her when she was just 10days old. She would stretch and scream out aloud. I mean so loud. She would be bringing out saliva from her mouth. Her stomach makes lots of noise too. She does it mostly in the afternoons and nights every day. We took her to the hospital, but the doctor said he couldn't find anything wrong with her and that she isn't sick. I'm worried. Even my mum is confused as she hasn't seen such all through her experience as a mother. I don't know if anyone here has experienced such from their baby. Its kind of scary.

I guess it's colic and its normal till she is about 3months. Don't be scared

jazzyjazz:
Kelizosuy

If the doctor isn't giving you answers to your questions then simply take your child to another hospital!

My son was on admission since Tuesday and was discharged this evening! The diagnosis? Broncho pneumonia, acute tonsillitis, malaria and infection!

I suspected all was not well when he was coughing for days after I'd just treated him for cough

I went back and demanded for thorough tests to be done. After all it's my money!

Did you see a general doctor or a paediatrician?

When my son started showing symptoms, I saw a general doctor twice! He specifically told me that the cough and cold needed no treatment and sent us home with vitamin c. I went back 2 days later and this timehe gave something for the cold due to congestion of the nose.

Barely 2 weeks after that, he broke down completely!

This time I saw a paediatrician who diagnosed him and immediately admitted him as fluids were already in his lungs (I was already self medicating him at home with vitamin c and one cough syrup that he was giving before..... I will never try this again)


Bottom line, seek a second opinion! That picture you showed me on whatsapp needs to be addressed quickly. The fact that she's not eating too is a problem! Not to scare you but she may need to be admitted for proper care! Demand for tests! If it's an infection, demand to know what kind and ask what caused it! If it's malaria, ask how you can protect t her against getting I'll next time! You're her mother they can't deny you answers!


I wish her a speedy recovery.
All the best

How did they diagnose the broncho pneumonia, what test did they run on him. Dh's niece came to stay with me nd she was always having cough, the mum said she had pneumonia wen she was about 6months nd since den it's every week cough.I buy cough syrups every other week, Took her to d hospital serverally nd they said its untreated infection, a pead said is bronchial atshma, they will give drugs but give it 2weeks d cough is bak. I noticed my son will start coughing each time she had that episode, she had to go bak to her parents. I still fend for her, but I want to know the kind of tst I wld ask them do for her, and do I need to test my son too? He coughs once in a while whenever the weather changes

nneejima:
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Teamie, I didn't get that oo. Send me an sms on 0.8.0.2.99.78.77.6

nneejima:
Lols teamie, cos u are my personal person

Lol, how are you doing. how I go carry reach u

Nnetriplet:
Bs
First and foremost, this is more or less like a testimony cos it goes beyond a mere birth story......those who knows my story from d ttc thread will agree with me that it has been God all along, from conception to delivery.....ds belle show me shege...at a point I almost lost hope....all the signs and symptoms of "bellehood" I suffered it all....I lost a whooping 34kg....my mates dey carry belle dey fat me dey lean....through all these I never knew God was preparing me for a supernatural delivery.......

On the 17th of December, 2017....I had just finished making dinner for my dh and daughter...so I settled down to devour the "slapping" udala I bought....now normally l can whitstand pain to a large extent....around 10pm I started feeling funny....I was like could this be it...one mind told me to go and wake up hubby d other one told me to wait and be sure first bf waking d man, I obeyed the second.... by 12, the contractions was about 10mins apart....I went in to say my midnight prayers...I. couldnt concentrate...something told me wake up ds man and go to d hospital...then I remembered how dt Dr. Inserted his five fingers to burst my waterbag during my first pregnancy, d pain and sh!t omo I respected myself....I will go to d hospital I told myself but not now let d labour progress a bit.......thats how I kept vigil through out d night no sleep plus continuous labour....around 5 am...one strong one hit me as I went to urinate....suddenly I felt one strong urge to push.....but I just held myself.....by then the contractions was like 5mins apart....I went to heat up some water to take my bath...around 6 hubby woke up and I told I want to go to the hospital.....by then the urge to urinate was so strong....I ran to the toilet,nothing came out....the next I saw was me holding hubby's shoulder tightly crying...the poor man was like what is happening? Are u alright....it was even him that told me am urinating on my body...only for him to smell it and discover it was not urine, omo na my water break........I placed my hand down there, and could touch my baby's head.....he ordered me to lie down so that he will call our neighbours'wives....one came and instead of helping out was busy shouting Jesus! Jesus! ....the other one ran to call a nurse who lived nearby....I checked again by then d Baby's head was coming out....I braced myself and pushed with all my strength...the baby's head came out...I pushed again..the shoulder came out, I used my right hand to gently draw the baby out, it came out in one gulp, cord and all....the nurse came shortly to cut d cord and to birth the placenta......that was how I gave birth to my son in my bedroom at 6.45am....... one of the ladies cleaned him up with olive oil.

We later went to the hospital....he weighed 3.2kg.

Even if God decides not to do anything for me again through out my life (God forbid)....I feel he has done more than enough for me.....who would imagine little chicken-hearted me, that cry cry that would cry, whenever ppl stylishly hinted on her barreness, that fat yellow igbo woman wey no get pikin, see me now, from mama babe, I don become mama bomboy....to top it off I delivered him myself...God has finished doing everything for me nah..


Ehm! "Coughs".....make una no go copy me go try born for house oooo, there is a reason hospitals are there for....in as much as I delivered at home...it was not intentional and NOT my original plan....make nobody copy me ooo.

These got me praising God, he is awesome

nneejima:
Any team July 2017 in the building yet . I have come to book space.
Cc lululuv.

Na only me you remember ba? You are welcome

Onegai:
Lululuv, kimoyo, I have seen that pus-filled eruptions on babies and we just got ours cleared up too (5 days medication). It looks like acne not a boil, right? It has a medical term (carbuncle or furuncle). Is your baby covered in rashes that won't go away? You shouldn't be using a cream on it. I will advise you to take your child to a Dermatologist. That is who helped with ours because the Paediatricians tend to prescribe an anti-bacterial ointment (won't work as it's not topical and you need to treat from the inside).

Dermatologists are at:

General Hospital, Lagos Island (most major GHs have a Skin Clinic)
Healing Stripes, Oniru
Emel Hospital, Festac
Lekki phase 1 (I know 2 there but can't remember the name of the clinic. There used to be one at Childcare Hospital but I think he's left, but go and ask their paed, he should have a contact for him)

You can keep going to a paed but they're not gonna treat it right. You need a Derm. Not a pharmacist (someone ignored me and went to a pharm who proceeded to really fvck up her child's own). Hth.

Yes, like blisters, I don't think we have no dermatologist here Govt hospitals are on strike, and the pead we met today prescribed antibiotics after I told him we just finished one and I don't want to give him again.

hunniesuzie, they said is not measles nd I just got that para, we use neurofen b4 nau