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Onegai:
I don't know about Abuja (Tojued is the resident abuja mama) but in Lagos I'll ask my sis. She seems to know those kind of stuff.

Lol tojued is doing ghost mode, waiting for some sabi mama to suggest a tested agency in Abuja.

If I knew a good agency, my baby won't be in daycare right now. The one I tried out did not work at all, the Nanny lasted exactly two weeks.

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dosht:
Good morning mamas
My LO has rashes when he was three weeks old though he has been using coconut oil since birth. I took him to a paed she prescribed skineal and vitamin c and stop usage after five days. Thruth be told I didn't use the skineal. so I stopped el rubbing anything on his skin. after some days all the rashes cleared off. Fast forward to the day before yesterday I started using the coconut oil back and the rashes has started appearing again. Any home remedy for that?

secondly he has blocked nose and he couldn't suck properly. He would suck for seconds and pull his mouth away. Is the vitamin c OK for him PR istl there any home remedy for that?
He is two months old

Errrmmm... I would say your boy's skin doesn't like coconut oil.

silvyonys:
Thank you for the response. He has rashes and always sweats. He is just a month old. Can I miss coconut oil with Johnsons lotion. I will appreciate it if you teach me how to make coconut oil

i would advice you to avoid anything 'oyinbo' since he's having rashes. I can testify for palm kernel oil. Most mommies here will testify for pure ori. Coconut oil is also super. Please go natural for now. Some mommies even use only water to wash their babies, to avoid stories that touch.

summary of what i'm saying is stop using Johnson's lotion lol.

as for the sweat, coconut oil has a cooling effect, so that should help.

sorry i can't help with the coconut oil, i'm very lucky my mom makes for me.

Lutherap:
Let me see if I can help here I am an first time dad! That comes here to peep and spy for info I've learnt a lot.

Ok how many MLS of the nan1do you make for her?
How frequent do you feed her? ( Maybe she is still hungry)
Excessive crying could also be a sign of colic.

What was her birth weight? Is the 3.2kg an increase or decrease or standstill?

My solution feed her 90-120 Mls of formula every 2 hours as she's exclusively formula fed right?

Burp her well during and after each feed.

Do tummy time by placing her on her tummy but keep an eye always.

Bicycle her legs with her laying on her back.

Massage with warm water.

"Sabi" mamas will come and concur or make corrections! Plus add to the above."

you're a sabi daddy na. on point.

Good morning everyone.

Jennykoko3009:
Thanks mama dexterush and coldfeet. Bt he stoped taking his formular and water, he's stricting feedin on breast. Shud i go back giving him water as bfor?

For ebf your baby does not need water. Breast milk is already eighty percent water.

silvyonys:
Fellow mothers pls help me out, a friend asked me to use vegaf cream mixed with white capsule on my baby's skin. Am scared because I don't know if it has side effects. She said it smoothie the skin and help it's complexion too.

If there's any problem with your baby's skin, post here and sabi mamas will do their best to proffer solution.

Please don't rub white capsule or unnecessary medication on your baby's skin. We've even started avoiding medicated soap that is washed off, talk less of home made medicated cream.

MamaOO:
I swear I didn't know the price. I got it for free from my insurance company. Afraid catch me when you said 150K ni, cos I had no idea how much it is

It's dollar magic. I bought mine 150 euros but that was 35k then and I was even complaining. 150 dollars is 75k.

God Will see us through.

talltosyne:
I just 've to come here this morning to rant. My bAby that readily open his mouth at the sight of a spoon full with food has refused to eat except he's forced. Once he sight his food now, he 'll just be crying and screaming that the whole neighbours will just be asking what is happening. Even the dad is tired of this new attitude. He's 6 months 2 weeks old. D cereal he accepts now is nutribom oat, and it is with force before he can finish 100ml. All d home made food he accepts before, he doesn't want them again. He doesn't accept spoon, he doesn't want the teat of avent and Tommie tippe that I bought. He accepts only this excel baby bank bottles. What do I do. Honestly am tired. He doesn't accept his formula too. So much pureed foods in my freezer.

Cc onegal, alphahandmaiden, ozycy, tojued ........... and other sabi mama's should com to my rescue o

I no be sabi mama for this regard o! We're still bm/formula stage

baby8:
rofemiguwa
hello, i got the lansinoh froms mothersbond for 41k this week. he did not have the double electric kinyo.
i am following your footsteps in EBF.
am about to resume work and am also trying to leave at least 600ml at home.
have started storing them in the freezer.

my question is about thawing the milk,
1. how do u know when to bring it out for the baby to drink and how long does it takes to get warm?

It takes about 8 hours to thaw in the fridge, better to thaw in fridge than at room temp. I bring out tomorrows own in the evening when I get home. Leave in fridge till baby is ready to drink, then warm required quantity in warm water.

2. when i wash and sterilize my baby's bottles, there is still some water there, how do i air dry to remove all traces of water, so the breast milk will not mix with the water there.

I boil in hot water for this very reason. They dry very fast as all the water drips off, then I place upside down in a sieve and hang the sieve on a bowl or any other way air can get in from below.

3. i also want to be expressing in the office, can i express and keep in the fridge then bring it out and go home with it. it will not be cold again before i get home.

I do this, but I usually get home in less than an hour. Otherwise buy a good food warmer, will keep the milk cool till you get home. I bought mine 1,800 but have ended up not using it.

4. i store in lansinoh storage bags for now, but it can not be reused. might have to get your kind of bottles too. please post the link where you got it from.

Enter market or supermarket and buy the cheapest feeding bottles you see. Budget between 150 and 400 per bottle. I think I found a pack of four - 2 big and 2 small for like 1k, and in a supermarket for that matter. But when I boiled them the covers changed shaped lol. The bottle and nipple are still okay sha.

5. is there a specific timing you have to stop when using thebreast pump. is 30minutes okay or too much.

My friend can pump manually for an hour, manually I usually do 15-30 minutes, with my electric i never exceeded 30 minutes. But my reason for short sessions is laziness/unwillingness to stay still for long.

thanks

Uwc

eolowu1:
tanx for replying me on d price of breast pump, pls tell me d dos and donts of pumping breast milk, and hw do I sterilize d feeding bottles to avoid infection. if I express into his bottle and he couldn't finish it at a go, can I give it to him in d next feed? or I discard it, wot is d expiring/ validity hours of expressed breast milk if nt put in d freezer. tanx

Sterilise using Milton tablets, a steam sterilizer, or boil in a pot for five minutes.

Once food if he hasn't finished it one hour after he started.

Milk stays one week in the fridge, 4 hours outside fridge. Because of our hot weather and nepa I do 3 days for fridge, 2 hours outside fridge.

faari:
This gas thing is beginning to get to me.
1) She grunts and stretches anything she wants to pass gas, and now she'd fold her legs when she pees. I was told infacol or gripe water but we dey EBF and I'm worried about giving it to her. and someone else said nospamin

2) And she has this wheezing thing she does when she eats or sleeps. I complained but was told nothing in her throat, two days after the attached picture came put of my baby, twice. Thick mucus. And The wheezing I can still hear it but reduced though. I have been giving her vitc once daily, started three days ago.

3),What can I use oo. And one more thing, she doesn't suck that well. I'd even force her to suck after five minutes and she will begin to cry. Five minutes and she's done, will remove her mouth and off to sleep. What can I do? I am lactating enough and I even learnt to express the foremilk out a bit before I breastfeed so that the little she takes is d hindmilk. She sleeps and sleeps and sleeps. Feeds inky like five times in a day, maybe twice at night, even with abidec.

3) when she feeds these days, she poos while or right after feeding and it is green and a lil foamy. She hardly poos now and only when she feeds or just fed.

4) what can i use for diaper rash? Its this red patch on her vulva and butthole. Should i change hee diaper? We used huggies withe a ribbed effect and now we use one without. Someone recommeded Pampers premium.


She is 6 weeks old now.
Please help ooo.

Mitchyy contem2011 zaynie sugah and others

Green and frothy poo please go see a doctor ASAP. Kpele, it is well with her.

eolowu1:
gud evening my e-family.comtem hope u re feeling beta nw. pls does any1 here knows d amount of manual breast pump and electronic breast pump, and I read here dat d electronic one is better pls I wud also lyk to no y it is beta

I saw tommy tippee manual yesterday for 8k (kubwa, abuja).

Class captain onegai where are you? It have tay o.

mitchyy:
You don't have to cook this one. You just add formula/milk, add a little warm water, mix and feed your baby. That's all.

I think most babies accept it. My friend's baby takes it regularly everyday and she is doing great. Its the nutrients in it i love.

I dunno if you can mix it with pap. Will have to ask her

doesn't need to be cooked? i'm interested. how do we discuss more?

Teegali:
Pls how many oz/mils of expressed breast milk should I feed at a time to DD,for the first time today I m able to express 120mils this morning.

welcome to the thread. different children feed differently, my boy takes 30 at a time, my friend's girl takes 180 at a time. you can start with 60-90 then reduce or increase based on your baby's cues.

MamaOO:
It's electric....double electric. Medela Pump-in-Style Advanced. I also have no idea why I'm able to produce and pump so much milk. Depending on how long since my last pump, I get between 8-17oz per session.

This morning, I pumped 16oz from both boobs, 7am in the morning. My last pump session was 11:55pm last night. I also try not to pump too much so that my body won't think it's a cue to make more. So I only pump 4-5 times a day and yesterday I got 56oz total from 5 pump sessions

Hmmmm I wish it was possible to borrow, sell or donate. You're indeed blessed, formula people will never see your money to chop.

missexiest:
Pls mamas kindly help cause am confused,d attached is the immunization schedule I was given at the hospital when I had my baby and now she will be 4 months in few days.i read here that theres no 4 months immunization but theres 14 weeks which I wasnt aware of.Can I still use this immunization schedule and are the vaccines indicated here d only ones shes meant to take or there are more that was not included here + pls which ones are free and which other one will I pay for apart from rotavirus.which days do they give immunization at fmc jabi.

Please read the links i put up on this page for immunization. The paed explained very well the different vaccines for different ages and the gap in between them.

I honestly don't understand your card, it's too different from mine.

Immunisation at fmc jabi is everyday, but I believe rotavirus is Tuesday and Thursdays. I took mine on a Thursday.

Stop worrying your head, when you get to FMC the nurses will help you interprete your card. So long as you're humble when asking lol.

Edit: I just noticed your card is the US one. I have absolutely no experience in this regard but you may have to take some catch up shots cos our Nigerian schedule is different.

barak4real:
Please, when is the ideal age to start giving babies water and what is the effect of bottle feeding a baby instead of spoon feeding them....


Is it okay for 1 month + 1week baby to be given water mixed with honey.... Although she is on EBF....
Please advise

Honey is dangerous for a child less than a year old abi even 15 months self.

Spoon feeding is okay and easier to maintain hygiene than bottle feeding.

WHO says no water before 6 months whether EBF or formula or mixed. Consult your dr on this if you live in an extremely hot area e.g sokoto.

As for ebf, breast milk is already 80 percent water.

Doynb:
Just seeing this,thank u ma'am..i have administered pcm and she's refused to be laid down since we got back except to be carried...motherhood!!

Kpele. i had it rough too at our 6 week immunization. In short that's how i found this thread, when we were battling temperature in the night and i started asking Mr. Google questions.

Haleematm:
Good eveng mothers. this is my first time here any protocol to be followed?
pls i v a question. my baby is ten weeks already but his first one month i was supplementing my breast milk with NAN 1 cos i wasnt lactating well. after d first mnth i made up my mind dt we are no longer supplementing nd settled with breast milk alone and today we r 10 weeks plus and i still think im not lactating well cos my bby always wants to b put to breast every mins every sec and whenever i press my breast it doesnt gush out like others would another issue is dt my nipple is damn red and painful probably cos of the force he uses to suck and d frequency of d feeding. pls i need help. has anybody experienced this? and plshow can i boost mu breast milk. still doing exclusive despite d pain on my nipple

You may want to do a search on this thread for ways to boost supply.

Also, how often is baby pooing? Are nappies soaked with pee? So long as a baby is peeing and pooing frequently, they are getting enough food.

How's his weight chart looking? If it's steadily rising then he's adding weight meaning he's getting enough food.

For sore nipples I recommend lanolin, a mommy here says it's sold in medplus pharmacy (lagos). Please ensure he's latching well.

To reduce frequency of feeding try to let him completely empty one breast before moving to the other. The last milk usually contains more fat than the first milk, so it fills them better.

I don't know of other mommies, but my breast milk does not gush out! At most there's a tiny continuous spray, but only when I've not fed him for long.

missexiest:
Good morning mamas,pls can any mum staying in abj recommend an affordable pediatrician in abj for my babys 4 months check up n pls which immunization is she meant to take at 4 months + cost cause my family doctor wants me to pay 28k for rotavirus n one other vaccine.

I believe Rota is 7,500 in FMC Jabi.

Doynb:
Apy sunday mamas,your reponses are needed for the following;
*is it possible to see AF 6weeks pp?
**what vaccines are to be collected at 6weeks?
***will a pediatrician be seen or just immunization?
****any other tips will be appreciated
Cc: captain Onegai, Alphahandmaiden, comtem2011, soonest and other sabi mamas
Thanks

*yes
** free or cheap: penta, opv, pcv. Optional and expensive: rota
*** You should see a gynae for six week check. You'll only see paed if you request to.
**** You need a thermometer and paracetamol syrup. Administer 15mg of syrup to every 1kg of child's weight if baby runs temperature. E.g if baby weighs 5kg, administer 0.75ml. This is only applicable to our local paracetamol e.g panda, emzor that have 100mg/1ml written on them.
Some people give paracetamol 15 minutes before or immediately after the shot, then every four hours after.

http://www.askthepaediatricians.com/2015/08/childhood-immunizations-questions-and.html?m=1

http://www.askthepaediatricians.com/2015/08/childhood-immunizations-and-qas-on.html?m=1

comtem2011:
Thanks for d pix ma, don't know if it can be found in stores/mart.

No it's just that one guy selling on olx. I think he's the importer.

Onegai:
I actually woke up very early this morning to call her. When she first started the thread, once I figured out her old moniker, I started reading. I'm upset for her, because I was once this girl: constantly making poor decisions and in my own case, I blamed God.

Respect ma'am. I doff my hat for both your investigative skills and your escape from the bad decision cycle

Onegai:
So this is an open question to everyone: which is better, if you had choices, for birth and antenatal:

private
General hospital
Federal hospital

I used to think GH was better, because you have consultants there and yes, they don't pamper you, but I'd rather a safe baby than be pampered. And I've heard too many tales of how a private hospital, seeing you in trouble, refers you at the last minute to a GH.

Private all the way. I can't stand their rude attitudes at Public hospitals. I also hate queues. I know private has shortcomings sha, but if i'm to go back and have my baby again, i'd go to private again.

Onegai:
Dexterush, since you're free today, go and see the thread in Family Section. The girl even posted on this thread last year and I think tried to join Pregnancy thread in August.

A new moniker opened a thread, saying she was pregnant, her toddler was starving, she was starving and too sick and had no money to go to antenatal, infact she just wanted to commit suicide. People started panicking and trying to attempt a rescue. Me, I suspected something and started checking her background. Sure enough, she had 2 old monikers.

Do you know this babe's mother sent her to SA to go to school, she got there and shacked up with some guy (whom may have been an illegal alien there) and he convinced her to start doing prostitution? She got pregnant for that one, people begged her mum to take her back to Nigeria, she got here, used her first moniker to be fighting her mum and blaming her for her predicament until everyone got angry and she retaliated with insults, instead of her to listen to their suggestions on how to care for herself and her son. She even wanted to return to the fellow. Meanwhile her mum provided her with nanny but she said she couldn't work because the nanny closes early and she's having morning sickness. (I sh.it you not). She didn't want to help her mum in her shop because "people will talk that she travelled and is back".

2nd moniker, new man. That one has remarried and lost 4 wives (yes, 4 wives!) and she shacked up. He bought her a tablet and put her in Beauty school (which she proceeded to quarrel with them and stop). All through these 2 years in Nigeria, this girl did not have a bank account and did not have the sense to get one, even as she had a small son. Then she got pregnant for man no2 and that one beat her and kicked her out. Instead of her to have looked for even a trade, she came to NL to try and do olosho work in her 1st month of pregnancy. Mum took her back but is angry.

She's now fighting her mother and instead of her to go and look for work, came to NL to threaten to kill herself if we didn't give her money. She thinks we all owe her something and our job is to provide freely. She didn't think to sell the tablet (she has a phone too) to raise small money for herself and her son and her new baby. She is still blaming her mother for her woes. It is everybody's fault but hers.

Abeg I dey hail una here and please, please I must discipline all my children. Kai!

Onegai how you take find out all this info self?

soonest:
Give it time, it will eventually clear. Mine evened out 8months post partum so just be patient.

7 weeks still too early. it will clear, please be patient @britneystacy

VEE992:
Nahhh...corn is cereal will rather soften it. Was thinking there is another reason

Actually my sister can swear by corn for making breastmilk flow. But an aunt of mine has observed that it makes her bloated.

rofemiguwa:
I love that hello song.hehehehe
Hello! Hello! Hello! Hello!
Hello onegai! Hello baby E!
Hello all beautiful mamas
Hello all beutiful babies
Hello hello hello hello
Hehehehehehe.

Please kip waving joor

Lol the page has refused to finish

VEE992:
Abeg O...can't I eat pear n corn?. I gave birth on Saturday and I am craving corn and pear but my mum is singing stories to my ear...I am not understanding again o

You can eat corn if you're sure it won't make your poop strong. I don't think you want strong poop passing that place for now.

iomoge2:
I got current info on bonds from trade unit of a bank.
Will post.
I cant read and decode myself. -pregnancy brain.
Anyone who does please break it down.

Cc
Onegai helovesme soonest alphahandmaiden mitchy enkaydewdrop and every mama...


[b]Good Day,

FGN Bonds are debt instruments issued by the Federal Government of Nigeria as a vehicle to raise funds for capital projects. The FGN bond market is divided into primary and secondary market. The secondary trades daily with maturities ranging from 2yrs-20yrs bonds.


The standard trading volume for FGN Bond at the secondary market is N100mn. Clients who want to invest less than this amount can access the market via the monthly primary market auction conducted by the Debt Management Office (DMO) on behalf of the Federal Government. At the last auction on the 14th September 2016, there was a re-opening of the 5yr- Jul 2021(new-issue), 10yr- 2026 and 20yr FGN 2036, stop rates was at 15.143%, 15.5357% and 15.5974% for the bonds. There will be another auction in October 7th

At the auction, the (DMO) determines volumes sold and the rate its sells to all investors so we only give an indication on the outcome of the auction and this is based on our experience and market trends. It’s important to note that bonds are quoted in yields terms i.e. (effective interest rate) which is different from discount rate quoted on Treasury bills. Minimum subscription for bond auction is N100, 000.00.


If you bid at the auction at a rate lower than the stop rate, you will be sold to at the stop rate. Please note that unlike Treasury bills you cannot pre-liquidate and interest is not upfront. There is always and accrued interest and premium paid if you are buying from the market, a bond that was reopened.


Bonds is Ideal for investors with long term investment horizon as it offers a stable (coupon payment) cash flow every 6 months and the principal investment is also recouped at end of investment period. Most of the FGN bonds in issue are premium bonds unlike treasury bills that are purely discount instrument so the client will pay more to acquire the security.


Treasury will advise if the bid was successful. The customer is expected to make funds available on the auction day.


All FGN bonds are held on a custodianship bases at a fee on behalf of the client by our approved custodian (Diamond Pension Fund Custodian). If you are interested in participating in next month’s auction, kindly send an instruction through your branch some days before the auction for easy collation and processing.[/b]

So that is how i went to Fidelity Bank today, they told me they don't do bonds, only treasury bills, and minimum investment amount is N1 million. I now went to FCMB and they said bonds are minimun N10 million investment.

Mbok, abeg, where can I get bonds for N100,000? i just came here and saw this Diamond PFA sha. Does anyone have any other recommendations?

barak4real:
Please just want to clarify if iits okay ...my dd of 4weeks didnt accept cereal at birth cos i had cs and the full tin of COW AND GATE cereal has been at home since,i was reading through the content and i saw that it shd be discarded 4 weeks after opening ,so i decide to help her make proper use of it as i cant waste 2500 in this buhari economy...i have been using it as my milk for now.hope it has no effect on my diet sha...





Help a ftm

Hahaha I don't think your tummy needs all the probiotics etc in baby food.

Reminds me of my colleague who decided to eat wife's frisomum to prevent waste... He ended up in hospital for stomach ache. Was so serious they almost did an appendectomy on him, fortunately he remembered that the ache came on days he drank tea in the mornings (using frisomum of course).