iomoge2:


Do u have rug in ur house?
Heavy curtains?
Use AC? Fan? - you need to have them cleaned esp AC vent.
When does he cough more?

My girl can cough 4 Africa. Until i knew through d doctors that dust is the trigger... then cleaned. Removed rug. Painted... wash wash wash.... light curtain.

Then sh3 started again buy not like b4 and we realised every milestone/teeth is cough first...


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....

Another i do is 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.
Pele.

We have a centre rug
We have AC and fan but we don't use them because of him
He coughs more in the morning and evening. It's minimal in the afternoon
And we use very light curtains
He's actually teething now. One tooth is out and the second just sprouted
He's stooling too but I've been given ORS and zinc for that
I was using agnesia powder for him cos of rash (been using that powder since march). I stopped using the powder when he started coughing
I'll stop using perfumes too
I started using comfort fabric conditioner for his clothes last month. I've stopped using it too since the cough started

I'll give him the palm oil and sugar solution when he wakes up
Thanks so much

enque:

lol Maybe he isn't ready

he should be o,

queenhecate:


is it catarrh or cough that is worrying her?

She breathes like there's mucus stuck in her throat and coughs same way. Though nothing comes out of her nose yet. So I think it's cough with the catarrh waiting to happen.

roseval:
he should be o,

He is still 7months nah, why force it? my 1st didnt walk until about 18months...

iomoge2:


Its for cough o.

Just silver bird does d cattarh 4 me.
Put near her nostrils. Say a drop on bib or pillow let her breath it in. Then suck out d mucor.
Or do steam inhalation... then suck. It works faster.
You and baby should stay covered while hubby helps with the covering n moving or removing d hot water bucket....

Pele dear.
She will be fine.
Also ensure u wear her 3ce clothing...... keep her very warm.
Cover her head too....

Thanks a lot, we've just seen a paed but I'd be storing this post incase symptoms persist

ijeoma2728:


Sorry dear cappo ehear. To aid her breath well, get method crystal.
Drop some in a bucket of HOT water and let the steam saturate the room. You will have to close the door and windows.

We've been doing steam inhalation with eucalyptus oil nightly for about 4 days now, it actually relieves her and helps her sleep for about 5 hours after it's done but then the symptoms keep coming back.

Benignasweety:
He is still 7months nah, why force it? my 1st didnt walk until about 18months...

am talking abt crawling

Benignasweety:
He is still 7months nah, why force it? my 1st didnt walk until about 18months...

am talking abt crawling

roseval:
am talking abt crawling

my dd bum shuffled for 4 whole months before she eventually crawled at 10 months and started walking at 13 months,

meanwhile a friend's daughter born 1 month after, started standing at 7 months and was climbing stairs at 9 months!

If you see the two of them together now....... No difference!

every child is different and will develop WHEN they are ready. as long as he is otherwise healthy, and mental developement is good, there is no limpness or lack of control in the limbs, they will be fine!

You better make tea and enjoy this period that you will leave him in one position and go to the loo and find him in the same spot!!!!

Once these babies become mobile!!!! it is a game changer oh !

jaysmama:
I noticed a lot of mamas complaining about their kids having persistent cough. Please if your kid is given antibiotics the first time and it does not go do not administer again until a proper diagnosis is in place . My first son was always coughing right from when he was about 6 weeks old. His cough will be with vomiting and after a while you will notice him struggling to breath. We kept going to hospital and being given antibiotics and this episodes were going on like every 3 months. We eventually found out that he had issues with his airway and colds or catarh triggers his coughing and causes all the other issues. We had to get a nebulizer(it's like a steam inhaler) and now once he starts sniffing he uses his meds via the nebulizer . He has stopped taking antibiotics as that was the wrong treatment .

So true. Nebulizer works very well. Every pediatric unit is suppose to have it.

queensnow:
My ds had his 6wks immunisation today mamas pls can I massage his body with warm water?

Hell NOOOOOO!

dont bath him until d next day,pls mama.

iomoge2:

Can i see a pix of this mentol crystal?
How much
Where can i buy it?

I have searched and searched o. Maybe a pix will help this time.

I got mine from a pharmacy here(benin).
It's #400

ijeoma2728:


I got mine from a pharmacy here(benin).
It's #400

na wa o. i have this at home and i use it for myself only (very active). i didn't know u could use it for babies as well.

@giddyperson, ndo. how's giddybaby now? i hope the cough has subsided?

Giddyperson:

We've been doing steam inhalation with eucalyptus oil nightly for about 4 days now, it actually relieves her and helps her sleep for about 5 hours after it's done but then the symptoms keep coming back.

So sorry. Is she breathing fine?cos my son's breathing changed when he had cough and catarrh .His PED said he had bronchitis.
His was Nebulized,given antibotics and methol crystal.
By the fourth day he was fine.

Fyngal1:


na wa o. i have this at home and i use it for myself only (very active). i didn't know u could use it for babies as well.

@giddyperson, ndo. how's giddybaby now? i hope the cough has subsided?

Yes you can use it for babies.
Just let baby inhale the steam. The bucket should be ...lets say at the door post, while baby is in her car.

ijeoma2728:


Yes you can use it for babies.
Just let baby inhale the steam. The bucket should be ...lets say at the door post, while baby is in her car.

thank you mama

ijeoma2728:


St Philomena hospital @ Dawson road gives.
Mudic hospital at Akezua gives too.

pls, is the mmr vacine free? if not, do you have any idea how much it costs? especially @ st philomena?

ijeoma2728:



So true. Nebulizer works very well. Every pediatric unit is suppose to have it.

Please o how does the nebulizer work? I'm seriously considering buying it

Some children don't crawl at all. Just walk directly
Be patient with him

roseval:
he should be o,

ijeoma2728:


So sorry. Is she breathing fine?cos my son's breathing changed when he had cough and catarrh .His PED said he had bronchitis.
His was Nebulized,given antibotics and methol crystal.
By the fourth day he was fine.

Paed prescribed Zinnat just like Ahnie did yest she's knocked out now, has been sleeping since 1pm, just woke up wailing, ate and slept back.

Fyngal1:


na wa o. i have this at home and i use it for myself only (very active). i didn't know u could use it for babies as well.

@giddyperson, ndo. how's giddybaby now? i hope the cough has subsided?

It's still there but atleast it's no longer keeping her awake.

jazzyjazz:


Please o how does the nebulizer work? I'm seriously considering buying it

I dont think you should just buy a nebulizer, you have to be sure your baby needs it. Its better you see your doctor since the cough is persistent and antibiotics is not working and then you can both decide if you need to buy it and also because the doc will have to prescribe the medicine you will put in the nebulizer. Attached is a pics. It comes with instructions on how to use it

jaysmama:

I dont think you should just buy a nebulizer, you have to be sure your baby needs it. Its better you see your doctor since the cough is persistent and antibiotics is not working and then you can both decide if you need to buy it and also because the doc will have to prescribe the medicine you will put in the nebulizer. Attached is a pics. It comes with instructions on how to use it

Okay
Thanks dear.
Last time I took him to the hospital, they said to bring him back after 2 days for follow up. I'll ask the paediatrician about it.

Fyngal1:


pls, is the mmr vacine free? if not, do you have any idea how much it costs? especially @ st philomena?

It's not free, about 18k .its given twice.i'll try and verify. Are you a Benin momma

queenhecate:

sorry jare na my phone.
it is the one at odunenro market road before the market itself if you branch from odunsi.
ask any bike for the health centre

you live around the area?

yes around ladi lak went to the health centre in shomolu but dey don't have d rota vaccine yet. Thank u will check there on Friday

roseval:
am talking abt crawling

even at that ma...
U re rushing your child like he is in competition with someone, he is growing at his own pace unless you have other reasons to be worried at 7,,months but again, what do I know.
It's your child.

My wonderful mamas, i have some breathing space now to type. Just returned from the hospital and settled everyone in. Let me give a little background to my issue. Bear with me because it will be a long post.

I got a client on the mainland so i had to be making the long journey from Lekki to Egbeda everyday. I decided i didn't want creche anymore because i pick him up too late so i started leaving him with his nanny at home. My MIL and cousin were at home so i felt comfortable doing that. I changed nanny thrice until i got one that i thought was okay.

My MIL and cousin had to leave to other places but i continued leaving him with her because she seemed genuinely interested in him. My husband noticed that whenever you mention her name to carry Prince, he would be reluctant. I felt he was being overly dramatic. His nose was always running and he had an intermittent cough. I later noticed that he was now quite clingy and was such a light sleeper. He would wake up with a jump and start seriously crying until he notices we are still there and he would go back to sleep. He would wake later and not go back to sleep except with my boobs in his mouth and sleep like that throughout the night. I felt it was separation anxiety and sleep associations. Research showed he would outgrow it so i waited for the phase to pass.

At same time, i started noticing a few things about the nanny. I once caught her giving him spoilt milk i.e she didn't throw away the unused milk. She felt comfortable leaving him to sleep upstairs while she was downstairs. We get home quite late so i felt i was being overly critical. My husband was always upset about the matter and kept asking for us to change her but i thought she just needed brushing up and was otherwise very receptive to Prince, my baby.

My MIL returned on Monday and complained that the nanny took almost 15 minutes before opening the door and she saw him with catarrh streaming from his nose that he didn't look okay.

Part 1

Biko, my baby is about to start crèche what type of bag can I buy to make her food warm and to put her milk. @enque. I have flask already but am just imagine something in my brain. Help me out Biko

Part 2

Same Monday, i got home late as usual and my neighbour, a pastor, met me and told me that his conscience was pricking him. That my baby was always crying. That it had escalated in the last 1 month. That from his house he can hear the baby clearly and he would hear my nanny shouting at him that he was always crying and would leave him to cry. He had tried to caution her but she snubbed him rudely. But that particular Monday, the cry was just excessive and he couldn't bear it. We live in an estate with low walls and Mondays are his day off. He came to the kitchen door to see what was happening and saw my nanny washing outside. He asked if she couldn't hear the baby and she snubbed him again. Next thing he saw my baby had crawled to the kitchen door and was trying to climb down the stairs still screaming. He had to shout and call her attention to the baby. She stood up, picked up the baby and took him outside in the slight rain and put him on the clothes she was washing and kept on washing.

I was so angry! I called the girl (23 years old o) and asked her if any of it was true. I raked for her, my MIL raked for her and started telling me somethings she sw that day that she returned that she corrected. She noticed that his bum was very red and was coughing badly. Turns out that he had been stooling and she would not change his diaper. Usually she shows me his used diapers and fills in a record chart i have of when he was changed, fed, amount of milk, any adult food, what time, etc. Don't know how i didn't notice that the information was always the same every day except the adult food eaten which varies according to my timetable. I thought my bobo had learnt how to stay on a schedule, didn't know this girl was writing fake stories. He had been stooling that day and she didn't note it. He had a fever and was generally unwell. She was stashing his diapers somewhere (why? i don't know). Was recycling his sterilising solution, was just rinsing his bottles and not washing them. I wanted to faint that evening.

Do you know that this girl didn't say a single word she was just looking at us. No expression, not a word of apology. I told her that she should pack her things since she would leave first light in the morning, this witch had the temerity to ask for her salary balance. It was like i should go mad. My husband returned and he wanted to get his belt to beat her that she should leave the house immediately. This girl packed her things and a lot of my sons things and left through the backyard. We had to call the estate to stop her from leaving. This was by 11pm. When she came back, she was complaining that we lied on her head that she didn't take my baby into the rain even though she agreed that he crawled to the kitchen door and was were we usually keep the dog. Can you imagine the boldness? She said she wasn't coming into the house since we were lying on her.

jazzyjazz:


Okay
Thanks dear.
Last time I took him to the hospital, they said to bring him back after 2 days for follow up. I'll ask the paediatrician about it.

You are welcome

Conclusion

My first son woke up in all the commotion and came downstairs. Didn't know he had been listening for a while and then told us that she closed the door on his hand that evening because grand mum shouted at her and showed us his fingers. It was just the grace of God that i did not beat that girl that day. He also told us that she used to give Prince medicine so that he would stop coughing. (why? why? Why? without letting me know). Don't know why he hadn't spoken until that day, maybe she used to threaten him, who knows?

There are so many things that happened that day that if i go into it, I won't finish this story. She left that night. I took my baby to the hospital and they had to hospitalize him because he had pneumonia. He has been receiving treatment since. He is getting better and has been discharged.

What evil did i do to this girl? She eats same food i eat, she has her own room, i bought clothes for her, work is not plenty in the house na. I don't expect her to mop and clean every day except weekends because i know she is taking care of a baby. I have never raised my hand on her. What did i do to deserve all these? I can't even continue again because i am now overcome with tears.

Akorkor:
Biko, my baby is about to start crèche what type of bag can I buy to make her food warm and to put her milk. @enque. I have flask already but am just imagine something in my brain. Help me out Biko

i dont quite get this...
u mean bag or flask??

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What evil did i do to this girl? She eats same food i eat, she has her own room, i bought clothes for her, work is not plenty in the house na. I don't expect her to mop and clean every day except weekends because i know she is taking care of a baby. I have never raised my hand on her. What did i do to deserve all these? I can't even continue again because i am now overcome with tears.
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Thank God your son is okay. Don't bother yourself about what you did or didn't do. A lot of helps are like that no matter how nice you are they will still misbehave. The one that I had when I had my first kid even let my son fall off the sofa and hit his head on the floor despite being warned not to put him on the sofa. You may need to go back to the creche arrangement.