MojAyo:
its well,bt she must try to give formula for d baby now,if the baby can't breastfeed,cos the baby is still vry young

ehiblessing:


Ve seen people giving pap to a month old baby 4 me its not a must to do exclusive, I dnt c anything wrong with giving pap to a two months old baby so as far d pap is light and is properly cooked,

bossladyMo:
i understand wot u are saying but we must understand dat nt evry1 can breastfeed exclusively till 6mths & evry1 is nt financially capable of buying formula evry 2wks 4 a child. Evry1 does according 2 her pocket.

bossladyMo:
And mothers feeding cereal to their less than 6 month old babies............haba!

Except otherwise advised by a doctor, you should not give your <6mth old baby cereal. I'm yet to come across any info that states you can and should give a <6mth old baby cereal, even if your doc does not preacribe it.

This act is bad. Breast milk and/or Formula is all they need till 6months. Pls pls pls!

bossladyMo:


Yea....so fill your child with nutrition-less pap....that's a perfect way to go. Sigh! She could as well be feeding the child water.

I can't believe someonr who cant afford formula, also cant exclusively breastfeed. Most times, a mother is able to do one of the 2.

bossladyMo:
And mothers feeding cereal to their less than 6 month old babies............haba
pls pls!

mimibe:


http://www.babycenter.com/0_introducing-solid-food_113.bc

Read

Nita2013:
U can try making ur own rice cereal and oat cereal (suitable from 4months) and give to her. It will save u cash and last longer. U can also add pap to her meal but introduce a new food weekly so as to watch out for any reactions.

When I started with d pack of Heinz rice, my son finished it in 3 feeds (he has large appetite though) but makin my own saved me aa whole lot of cash

MumZ:
tank u very much, I don't tink my laziness ll give me dat patience of making it myself made. I'm even tinking of skipping pap cos I dint find it easy during my sons time. My baby dsnt eat much. She is 5mths old n she only takes 9oz in a day, supplements wit breast milk. So I ll just try d cereal n c how it goes.

shndy:
I use purit/savlon in my baby's bath and Dettol in his laundry.
I rub his feet with mentholata before wearing socks (to ward off cold so they say).
And I rub agnesia powder (dusting powder) on his body.
Pls mothers am I doing the right things?

Kimoni:

lovinam:
Hahahaha why u no wan talk na.

Seriously mothers!!! Haba why in the woorld would you feed less than 6month old child PAP!! What's with mothers and pap I'm yet to wrap my head around it. My kids don't touch pap before 1yr. I totally dislike it. Let's not go with the "trend". Its clearly not advisable to feed pap to a small baby whose digestive system is not fully developed. A lot of mothers won't really tell you the side effects of this method but will come online and encourage u to join them in the "trend". Having babies aint a joke, you need to be ready all round. For, cereal, ebf etc.

Nita2013:
Hian! Pls dear there are ways to even pass info across. And kindly ask any doctor d nutritional content in corn, guinea corn, millet etc

Kimoni:


My sister, I just weak for some things wey I dey read o and mothers here seems to be in agreement...

One month old on pap??
Baby on pap, salt and oil??

Like seriously??

We need to understand that some side effects of what we do don't materialise immediately, so the argument that, "I am doing something which everybody says it's wrong but my baby is doing fine" does not hold, some things take months or even years to materialise.

Just like a smoker who tells you he has been smoking for years and he doesn't have cancer so smoking must be good...fa fa fa fowl

Back to the issue, true a few babies are ready for semi-solids at 4 months but there is still a lot of limitations to what they can really take and that's why only very few cereals starts from 4 months, most starts from 6 months.

Even when we are going to give pap, pls lets vary it with millet and guinea corn and not just maize pap. I will go with starting from 6 months except advised otherwise by an expert.

May God guide us all.

mimibe:


http://www.babycenter.com/0_introducing-solid-food_113.bc

Read

bossladyMo:


Can a 1month old do all the things listed there?

How many mothers who feed their babies cereal before 6months, go through this checklist, and their babies pass each one? How many?
I'm really passionate about the way babies/children are handled. They can't speak for themselves, and most mothers exploit that, and toss any bull crap down their throat! This is the internet, and it is an avenue to educate mothers on the right way to do things....not indulge them!

Kimoni:


ve cancer so smoking must be good...fa fa fa fowl

Back to the issue, true a few babies are ready for semi-solids at 4 months but there is still a lot of limitations to what they can really take and that's why only very few cereals starts from 4 months, most starts from 6 months.

May God guide us all.

Nita2013:
U clearly understand d highlighted but from what I deduced from bossladyMo's post, we should not give our babies anything other than breastmilk or formula until 6months without any exceptions.

Nita2013:
Wait oh madam, I guess u r getting it all wrong. Let me speak for myself. I don't kno what led to a mother feeding her baby pap at 2months but u never can tell. Then when I say pap, do u think. It's only pap that d baby 'll be eating? Yes babies need lotsssss of iron like u rightly said, what happens to d milk that is mixed with d pap? What happens to d other cereal that is mixed with milk? Is there no iron in d milk?

I call millet and guinea corn pap as well. And not only maize. I heard yorubas call it Ogi baba. I feed my baby pap twice a week so don't think when someone is sayin pap, it means stuff ur baby up with only pap.

Formulas r made for kids yes no doubt about that. What of d babies that reject breastmilk and formulas? What of d ones that are lactose intolerant

Kindly ask to verify someone's statement or post b4 concluding


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Nutritional content for ADULTS...not for babies. That's why formula is specially made for children to fit their unique nutritional needs. Children need lots and lots of iron.....does pap contain that?

bossladyMo:


I said otherwise prescribed by your doctor. There are many reasons a baby would seem like they are not getting filled up e.g badly healing navel, gas pains etc...which makes them stay so long at the brst. So your doctor than rule these other causes out, and advise you give cereal.

Nita2013:
U can't say otherwise adviced by a doctor, a mother should not give cereal b4 6months. I beg to differ.

We only give advice here. Every mother do what ur heart tells u. I won't comment on this again.