Iwantpeace:
Hello mothers in the house .. I am a first time mom .my baby is 10 days old today. He has practically refused to suckle. If I put breast in his mouth he will shout and struggle to remove it . But if I express it inside feeding bottle he will take it without hassle . This is making me worried and am seeing some signs of postpartum depression in me. Each time he refuses my breast it breaks my heart and I will just sit down and be crying .. someone pls help me I DNT know what else to do

Joshua62:
Am back again oo

My 6months boy have been so cranky..and it's affecting us mentally.

I don't know if it is just teething or only cold or both...I hate to see him so uncomfortable.

- He has catarrh (runny)
- Coughs (anytime he does this, I can sense
mucus in his throat/chest area)
- Fever (37.4 Deg. Celcius, it drops when he
uses paracetamol)
- this morning now he has lost appetite..the last time he ate was around 4AM
- Cranky attitude

My wife does EBF

Drugs we use for him (was prescribed by the Dr yesterday)

PCM, Vamee C..this morning I had to go rush and buy Tixylix...

I am tired...what else can we do to relief him...seeing him in that state is making me feel bad.

Come to my rescue oooo.

Thanks to all mamas.

Iwantpeace:

Tnx mama .. how does the nipple shield works?

Iwantpeace:
Hello mothers in the house .. I am a first time mom .my baby is 10 days old today. He has practically refused to suckle. If I put breast in his mouth he will shout and struggle to remove it . But if I express it inside feeding bottle he will take it without hassle . This is making me worried and am seeing some signs of postpartum depression in me. Each time he refuses my breast it breaks my heart and I will just sit down and be crying .. someone pls help me I DNT know what else to do

YummySuits:


Don't give up mama. Your situation is the same as mine. My baby will be 8 weeks tomorrow. He refused to suckle directly so I had to express and feed. I also offered formula. I never gave up trying though.

My baby finally accepted on sunday. So we started our breastfeeding journey at 7 weeks!!! Keep putting him to breast for a while, if he starts to struggle real hard, you can let him be so he doesn't hate the move. Cheer up mama, everything will be fine.

Iwantpeace:

Thanks so much.. this really brighten me up .. I have been shedding tears since morning non stop. I have refused to eat.. my mum is not helping matters at all. She said it could be spiritual or maybe me n my husband are grudges against one another, or am owing someone.. that I should beg my son incase my son is angry with me.. a whole lot of things.. I m just confused

busybeei5:


Please cheer up ma'am, it will get better.

Iwantpeace:
Hello mothers in the house .. I am a first time mom .my baby is 10 days old today. He has practically refused to suckle. If I put breast in his mouth he will shout and struggle to remove it . But if I express it inside feeding bottle he will take it without hassle . This is making me worried and am seeing some signs of postpartum depression in me. Each time he refuses my breast it breaks my heart and I will just sit down and be crying .. someone pls help me I DNT know what else to do

iamhistreasure:


Hello mama please don't let it break you.I had same experience but now my baby suckles perfectly.just keep putting him to breast and check for tongue tie.Congratulations ma'am.

Iwantpeace:

Thanks so much.. this really brighten me up .. I have been shedding tears since morning non stop. I have refused to eat.. my mum is not helping matters at all. She said it could be spiritual or maybe me n my husband are grudges against one another, or am owing someone.. that I should beg my son incase my son is angry with me.. a whole lot of things.. I m just confused

Iwantpeace:

Thanks so much.. this really brighten me up .. I have been shedding tears since morning non stop. I have refused to eat.. my mum is not helping matters at all. She said it could be spiritual or maybe me n my husband are grudges against one another, or am owing someone.. that I should beg my son incase my son is angry with me.. a whole lot of things.. I m just confused

Omariah:
Mama Zaynie , there was a time you posted a picture of a back and butt shied for scooting babies. Please can you help with the picture again?
Thanks ma

herkeem:
Good day mums in the house. Please my 8 months old daughter has been coughing for the past three days. Sometimes she vomits when the cough gets tough. Please what can we use?

ItzladyP24:



Is there fever? Mine had same, i took her to hospital, her doctor examined and prescribed Tuxil-N for children (2.5ml) 3times a day (morning, afternoon and night and vitamin c syrup thrice daily (morning, afternoon and evening). I also steamed her using metholatum (bcoz it is not harsh like aboniki) and also applied on her chest, sides and feet.

Please take her to hospital.
Thanks very much ma'am, I discussed with a pediatrician he asked me to buy me Zithromax 10mg. Once again thanks

Nkemosarodion65:

Gudmorning to our beautiful mummies in the house..happy sunday.
Pls advise me ,can I cut my 7months old boy hair. Xanks

zaynie:


Hello mama.
Do you know it's exact name? I can't seem to remember

ItzladyP24:


Haaa, biko leave it till 1year, I cut my daughter's hair when she was six months bcoz It looked funny as in no hair for back and sides, na only front hair dey, when I took her for immunization, both doctor and nurses gave me federal warning. They said the hair protects the head from cold. So mummy if you don't want to receive your own federal warning don't cut till 1 year.

ItzladyP24:


Haaa, biko leave it till 1year, I cut my daughter's hair when she was six months bcoz It looked funny as in no hair for back and sides, na only front hair dey, when I took her for immunization, both doctor and nurses gave me federal warning. They said the hair protects the head from cold. So mummy if you don't want to receive your own federal warning don't cut till 1 year.

amSteph:
Hahaha... hello mommaz. How are you all? Been a minute!

How’s our LOs doing? Hope all is under control. Stay strong o.

Am struggling with cutting DD hair. Shes close to 14months now, hair grew well all round. I wanted to skip the whole 1yr barb thingy since hers is full. However, her edges seems to be cutting suddenly and am forced to consider cutting. I’ve used ori and coconut oil for her hair with occasional aloe Vera steaming.

I don’t know if someone knows good growth creams that can restore her edges or I should just close eyes and shave it off clean?

Did any mom here skip the 1year barb? Did u wish you hadn’t? Or the hair went on to be just fine? Thanks.

Update: DS isn’t still talking much. No mommy, daddy or nothing constant. Am trying to be patient but I dunno. Maybe I’ll consider Speech therapy by beginning of next month.

Does anyone know a good speech therapist that produce results within a short time frame? An honest one too. Moms that have gone the speech therapy route for delayed speech, how was the journey? Thanks.

Tinudesi:


Am a ftm with a baby of three months but this speech issue i think it's too early to visit a speech therapy he is just 14 months give him till 18 months first I think children differs my thought though I stand to be corrected wetin I know self

amSteph:
Hahaha... hello mommaz. How are you all? Been a minute!

How’s our LOs doing? Hope all is under control. Stay strong o.

Am struggling with cutting DD hair. Shes close to 14months now, hair grew well all round. I wanted to skip the whole 1yr barb thingy since hers is full. However, her edges seems to be cutting suddenly and am forced to consider cutting. I’ve used ori and coconut oil for her hair with occasional aloe Vera steaming.

I don’t know if someone knows good growth creams that can restore her edges or I should just close eyes and shave it off clean?

Did any mom here skip the 1year barb? Did u wish you hadn’t? Or the hair went on to be just fine? Thanks.

Update: DS isn’t still talking much. No mommy, daddy or nothing constant. Am trying to be patient but I dunno. Maybe I’ll consider Speech therapy by beginning of next month.

Does anyone know a good speech therapist that produce results within a short time frame? An honest one too. Moms that have gone the speech therapy route for delayed speech, how was the journey? Thanks.

Tinudesi:


Am a ftm with a baby of three months but this speech issue i think it's too early to visit a speech therapy he is just 14 months give him till 18 months first I think children differs my thought though I stand to be corrected wetin I know self

sugah:

My friends wife didn't cut her daughters hairs at 1year cos they both came with a full head of hair and the hair is still full and healthy looking.


On your DS and speech therapy, if there indeed is a problem, early intervention is necessary. These formative years is when they learn speech and add on with academics and everyother thing afterwards...don't let a speech delay requiring therapy linger for too long so it doesn't affect academics.

But he needs to be assessed by a speech and language pathologist to ascertain the need for intervention and what intervention is required.
(...some non verbal kids start talking after certain foods are eliminated from their diet.)

On how long therapy will take, it depends on how early you start and the home support he gets from you parents too.
A resource you can try in the interim is Gemiini.org.

Depending on your location, I have the contact of a licensed speech and language pathologist to help with the assessment.