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OP is stylishly advertising himself that he works in Oil and Gas and is a clean-looking fellow. So that when he is ready to start chopping and cleaning mouth, NL babes will quickly fall #ExecutiveAdvertising.

But the rest of the place is a slum.

rezzy:
See my almost 7 months old son, he has started behaving like his brother. His brother removed the bottom drawer and used it has drum, while he is trying to remove his

Your little boy has lovely hair

barag:
Lol farm ke? I bought it from d market ni o. shebi dt wat is called effirin in Yoruba.
don't have a farm o but I want to start a container farm I remember someone here mentioned something like that on another thread, was it you?

@ onegai yes I heard so but iv not tried it, but stadora's own is not just made from corn o its a combo of sorghum, Miller n co used for baby pap.
she said she had to throw it away Cos her baby kept purgingsa. I was just wondering if she could use it for other purposes.

Container Gardening is on this thread
https://www.nairaland.com/2894705/hibiscus-flower-society-calling-all/14

Stadora, please where did you get Sorghum leaves from? It is used in a delicacy in Ghanaian food and gives a deep red colour to the food. Someone I know is looking for it.

ozycy:
You mean you have nchanwu in your farm?
I planted some but they ain't doing so well and it's really taking so much time to grow. How did you plant yours.

Anybody know where I can get lettuce seeds to plant? Even carrot seeds and anything plantable . I uprooted some flowers I planted and used the space as garden. My ugu leaf and tomatoes are growing very fast now.
Cc Onegai, you kuku sabi everything, only you sabi all these spices and locations in Lagos. Oya give me answers to my questions I know say you go sabi am.
Cc everybody.

How will I know?? Besides you were growing tomatoes and not sharing in the times of Tomato Crisis, let's talk about that Carrot is the top of the carrot, the green part, to plant it. I think lettuce is the same. I grew spring onions from the roots of it.

If I had space to do a herb garden eh...Barag you use corn flour to thicken sauces.

barag:
lol @u have space to grow stuff.

I already use garlic, ginger n recently got bay leaves. i have nchawu at home pls how do I use it apart from in soups or pottage.
tnx ma'am

As a garnish. Sprinkle it raw when you are done cooking. Someone even made a drink of watermelon, ginger, basil and small sprite and it was nice. It's safe to eat raw.

Pretimum:
Onegai, please where in Ilupeju is the market?

Honestly I don't know the address off head, but it is easy to find. Google "Indian Bazaar Ilupeju" and just put on your Google Maps, very easy directions. It's off Town Planning Way, I think. But the road is not tarred but cars can pass easily.

fabmum:
Wow all ds spices... @Onegai can I sent u a pm pls?

Okay

Besea:
Really nice tips.
Onegai, you posted something about a DIY tutu sometime ago. Could you please repost here? Pleaseeeeeeeee

Tomorrow. I'm sewing something now (and by hand!). The tutu is a no-sew one but can be easily modified to be sewn.

[quote author=barag post=49544276][/quote]Not using Maggi will force you to learn how to taste food better. Like, my MiL says my soups taste like crayfish and onions (which she likes). You'll learn how to combine ingredients and understand what it does and be able to adapt recipes from other countries. You will understand how Garlic and Ginger taste and work (like Ginger and White pepper play up the taste of Red pepper and make food more spicy). I make Quaker oats with Pear or Apple,honey, milk, Nutmeg or Cinnamon for Baby E and myself. Most of the spices run from N400 to N700 per cup or pack and Chinese sauces are like N1600 per big bottle and N800 for small bottles of Oyster sauce. Ibadan will have a supermarket to get them, but you'll have to ask an Indian or Chinese person. Or if a mum here can be nice and help you with getting them from Ilupeju or SPAR and sending them to you in Ibadan via road transporters (though I'm a bit worried about some sauces in glass bottle but bubble wrap will secure them).

Look for Cumin, Coriander, Turmeric, Black Pepper, White Pepper, Garam Masala, Nutmeg, Cinnamon, Oyster Sauce, Dark soy Sauce, sweet chili Sauce, fish Sauce, sweet and sour sauce. You can buy cans of Coconut milk or make it yourself (it is hard work, I remember that from childhood). Fresh Parsley and Basil are nice and Igbo ladies sell Basil as Nchanwu in the market. There are shops that sell fresh herbs too (Shoprite does and some places in VI) but you can grow them if you have seeds (plus you're in Ibadan you have space to grow stuff).

Nigerian food can be quite repetitive after a while so this helps.

pheesayor:
I'm in Lagos, Yaba to be precise. She was delivered at Nigerian Army Reference Hospital in Yaba through CS after mother was induced at exactly 40 weeks, fetal stress was discovered at 3cm dilation so there was emergency cs, baby was even placed under observation for 12 hours and was given oxygen for that period because she appeared blue at birth.
Billirubrin level is 12.47,heard normal level is 10,test was done at 4 days.
Well, I'll check the Lagos state mother and child care hospital just opened in Festac for possible treatment because Festac is where I will be for two weeks or more.

I appreciate your response

I know 2 private Mother abd Child hospitals in Festac but I don't know if they handle this. But check Emel hospital on 21rd, they have consultant paeditricians there and I don't think they are too expensive. If your wife can stay in Yaba, can they refer her to LUTH? I've never been to thr Mother and Child centre in Festac so I can't say much (I heard when doctors were interested in the place). Please keep us updated, I'm sure someone has contacts in Festac. Stay strong and prayers to your LO and wife.

Rhukie, I get my spices from Indian Bazaar and SPAR. Mostly Indian and Chinese sauces and spices. That eliminates the need for cooking with Maggi or MSG (the main source of spice in Indomie which worries medical people). Most are safe for babies, but always check beforehand. Baby E tonight is refusing her own food for my meal: Coconut Curry Shrimp. I'm not giving her the shrimp but just rice and the sauce. All those funky veggies you see in recipes are sold by a man there on Friday's rather than buying Broccoli for N1800 per head from Shoprite or SPAR. We haven't used Maggi this year so far and Baby E has actually never eaten Indomie (she tasted a strand because Himself gave her. He's VERY bad with Nutrition ). But don't be like me, baby is eating more veggies and fruits, but not getting a lot of carbs so she's not fat. I'm loading her with swallow and spaghetti to plump her up.

Try this: boil rice and sweet potato together in a pot. Grate a tiny bit of ginger, a pinch of salt and some curry and add Turmeric to it with Spring Onions. Mash the potatoes when everything is cooked. I also add a bit of meat stock to boil the rice and potato. My mum told me bone and meat stock is nice for babies. It's different ans a healthy meal for even you. You can shred boiled meat to the meal or chicken. It's a variant of an Indian dish for babies.

Efewestern:
where Do you reside in Delta ?.. I might recommend some books for you .. What school re your ward attending ?.. Most schools in warri teach Urhobo as one of there subject.. The earlier the better..

We live in Lagos.

Haduwa, that requires a doctor. I don't think we are qualified to prescribe Antimalaria drugs.

Rofemiguwa, take beer.









WHAT?!! IT WORKS!!!

even abroad it has some merit. It's the barley and hops that apparently help. Just dont breastfeed until 2 hours later and dump any you pump during that time. Or our baby will start singing and quoting Shakespeare and The Nigerian Constitution. I honestly don't know what else to take, just don't overeat. Because you will struggle to get that weight off.
But yeah, hit the Guinness baby!

Also, fennel and fenugreek. They are Indian spices. So if you can go to Indian Bazaar at Ilupeju, you should get them there. Also if you go on Friday's, a man sells assorted vegetables like Watercress, Leeks, Spinach and more. His name is Sulaimon.

mitchyy:
That was huge!!! I'm wondering why i haven't heard of this event all this while. Is it just kiddies books that are exhibited at the fair?

It is all types of books. I believe most emphasize on Nigerian and African books but maybe some bring other books. It's a good place to get books you may not think are sold here. It's an artsy sort of event So they have panels and talks and sometimes music.

mitchyy:
Really??

Wowwww! I need to be there. I'm a certified book lover. Will search for info on the date and location. I'm sure it will be a super-interesting experience. Yayyyy!

Thanks for the info!

Big authors come there. We once had JP Clark and Woke Soyinka to address the children at Lagos Book Fair. This year, Ake Arts and Book Festival is bringing in other big guys.

Fratermathy, have you seen this YouTube channel CultureTree? It teaches Yoruba to kids. Can we have ours?

obitobe:
please house what is the price of each stages of vaccine

T BIRTH:
Hep B
Oral polio(OPV)
BCG

6 WEEKS:
OPV
Penta1
Rota Virus
Pneumococal(PCV)

10 WEEKS:
OPV
Penta 2
Rota Virus
PCV

14 WEEKS:
OPV
Penta 3
PCV

6 MONTHS:
Vit A

9 MONTHS:
Measles
Yellow fever

12-15 MONTHS:
MMR
Chicken pox + VitA

18 MONTHS:
OPV(Booster)

FROM 2YRS:
Typhoid fever
Meningitis(CSM)

You might want to state where your location is, so they can answer better.

Efewestern:
Getting a lesson teacher is okay.. why not take a native house help.. one that can speak Urhobo fluently.. Re u itsekiri ?.. am really sad about this... but my case is not that worse atleast i hear Urhobo (Uvwie, Agbon).

Helps are a tricky thing. We have spoken about the kids spending time with both grandparents but let us see. They after all, didn't teach their kids their language.

I'd love to see children's books in English, Ika, Itsekiri and Urhobo or Okpe. Dual. They have them for English and Spanish ans English and Yoruba and Igbo.

pheesayor:
Good day,

I have a four-day old daughter who might have this, will check when I get to the hospital later. Why I'm here is that doctors requested 4 tests and one shows presence of jaundice of up to 12.1 or so, the hospital's photolamps are all occupied so we were referred to another hospital. Everyone is saying we use unripe pawpaw soaked in water that it flushes out the jaundice, everyone around me I told even experienced mothers, I need advice please as going to another hospital will cost a fortune, I'm yet to settle their delivery bill as normal delivery caused fetal stress at 3cm dilation so she had to be operated.

I'm the father by the way, mother is still weak from CS

Thanks

What state are you? If in Lagos, can you go to Massey clinic or Island Maternity, Lagos Island? Have you tried the bigger GHs? Unripe pawpaw and sunlight only work for mild cases of Jaundice. Was your baby full term? Depending on some factors, it may be mild jaundice but what does the doctor say? If the doctors are saying baby needs phototherapy, it may be that the levels are rising. There are levels for different risk factors and different days of age (ie at 48 hours after birth etc).

Efewestern:
is ur husband Urhobo ? .. If yes tell him to teach u

He is worse. Barely speaks and doesn't care. I'm not Urhobo but I'm from Delta and my language is dying too. So I'm learning small Urhobo and my language to teach our kids. But I've already told him we are getting them lesson teachers in both languages from age 3 to 5.

Efewestern:
Fratermathy Our parents re d problem, They don't Teach Us our language, The only way u know am Urhobo is my name.. Can't speak It.. Lolz..

Same story everywhere. Even for those who grew up in Delta state. It's too bad. I speak the little I know to my 15 month old baby. I'm planning on joining my mother's socio-cultural group to learn my language, in a few years' time.

Fratermathy, please write Books for schoolchildren in urhobo and Okpe. I promise you I will not only support you with my little financial contribution, I will raise funds for getting them published. Write books and write a dictionary. Get others involved. Have someone organise classes for language and culture studies targeting the young ones. Just keep me in the loop.

Jennykoko3009:
Goodafternoon great mummys in d house, i am a bit confuse about my lo. The soft spot on his head tend to sink attimes, i will jus b scare bt bfor some few minutes it normalizes. Is this jus normal or is there a problm?. Pls help, dont read and pass oooo

I think it is normal for the fontanelle to do so. That part of his skull hasn't hardened.

Funfact: babies have very soft bones and if they slice off a bit of their finger, if you attach it back, it will grow back with no scar. I have proof...or does anyone want to do a Science experiment with their pin in

greatp80:
Thanks for the response. I appreciate. I guess from there. because he still goes to the daycare during the holiday.

l hate d stuff with passion.Am so scared of my little baby. Am far from home. None of my relatives stays here. I dey God hand.

Hian! Oya go to Defcon 5: do yoi you have a maid or can Daddy be in charge of taking care of our little chicken pox patient and you isolate yourself and the baby? So your boy has to not be sleeping around the baby or you. Also not be playing. Then get bleach and be vigorous in cleaning every surface with a bleach solution. Is chicken pox a virus? We need Kaffy4bill on this to teach us hospital methods on keeping the place clean and uninfected.

mitchyy:
Okay great. Thanks sis

I'll do you a solid. Lagos Book fair holds around this period or the next few months. Most of the publishers will be there. However, they do not give discounts (I have asked and begged!! but you do get a chance to meet some of the authors). Also, Ake Arts and Book fair is happening in November in Abeokuta and it's a very nice program. Good place to get books from the publishers directly.

Nancyij, when it comes to supplements you should do according to how you feel like. Our doctor and my siblings don't approve of supplements in general for kids. And they are very experienced paeditricians and are also parents. But if you go to a pharmacy here, the pharmacist will definitely recommend it. So it's a toss up. I don't think babies should be swallowing multivitamins anyhow below the age of 6 months. Perhaps wait till 1 year. I'm not currently giving anything now, if I do it would be Cod liver oil (for the Omega-3). I won't stress over it but be more worried about eating better and healthy.

And also, if you ask a question and you don't get a reply the first time, ask again and mention some monikers. Because sometimes, comments get lost if there's a lot of activity going on. Don't assume anyone ignored you and don't give an attitude about it, okay: ) I've asked questions and it has gotten ignored even when nothing was going on, I assumed there were no answers and moved on.

greatp80:
Please mamas i need your input on this. My ds of 2yrs plus has chickenpox. I hv taken him to the medics and was prescribed Dr Aladdin's 7 keys herbal mixture, vit A, vit C, and an antibiotic can remember the name.
D rash was few yesterday but today, it was something else.I started the treatment last night. D rash is just all over him, never seen such before and so irritating.
Pls is there something else i need to do.
My fear, I have a little one dat is just 5 months and one week,yet to be immunize for it. How on earth am I going to protect her from contacting this monster. Just confused. Don't even know where my boy contacted this rubbish mtccheew

I thought Chicken pox season had passed. Or is it Measles?? Get Calamine lotion and is there anywhere he can stay, like with Grandma? For the time being until his infectious stage has passed. I think they pick it up in school

mitchyy:
Wow. And I was about to order for mine separately.

Any idea where to get brand new kid books on the island in Lagos?

By the way, we are done with our 10weeks immunization. LO didn't cry much unlike the 6weeks own. I'm praying he doesn't have high temperature too. Thanks everyone for your input yesterday.

Go to CSS Bookstore or order online from Kachifo books or Cassava Republic. They usually start from N1200 per book. There are some other stores but that's the general price range sha.

Doubledouble:
I understand where you are coming from...I felt very bad when the books were delivered and it wasn't brand new. I contacted and told him it was not acceptable to me and explained to him the books were meant to be part of kids birthday party bags. There is no way I can give used books as souvenirs! He promised to replace with his new set which according to him is new. He said there was a mixup with that consignment. I came on here and said there were issues with the physical quality...I believe rofemiguwa, then said the books were not new but okay and no one complained- thus, assumed it was okay.
I got another set and lo, it wasn't new! I wasn't happy at all about this but for peace sake, and since other mamas were ok with it, I let go. The books definitely could not serve their purpose. I definitely, won't be patronizing him again. This doesn't mean it can serve a good purpose for other people, it is just a matter of one man's meat....
I will say this, don't even try the singing books if you are after physical quality. I can't use it for mine, cos books end up in their mouths- and I just can't imagine such in theirs- my personal thing. The pop up books were okay.
I left the books in Lagos- no point on heavy bags. So can donate to whoever wants and is in lag. My sis in law lives in Maryland.

Sorry about this. Send them back to Kidco, all of them, in the exact same condition in the same box, same number of books and get a refund. This is why he should have made it clear that they were gently used and not say "new" and tell us that our definition of new is different from his definition of new. You clearly cannot use as gifts. I believe Kidco assumed we all knew they weren't brand new (from his price). Which was wrong, he should have made it clear. We can still use the books but at least going forward, we all know what we are paying for.

For books in their mouth, I'd suggest wiping them down with an antibacterial wipe before giving them. Because to my reason, if we lived abroad we would use the Public Library System and those books would go through a lot of hands before it gets to us. So that is what I would do. However, this is Nigeria, with very rare public libraries.

Maran1983, please pick his call and arrange for him to get his goods back.

Alrighty! Dispute sorted.

So, what are we doing today? How are our children?