aye88:
Hello everyone, pls there's this pimple like spot on my baby's hand. What can I use for her. Thanks

OmogeNG:


Ori can sometimes do more damage than good. My son reacted TERRIBLY to Ori. It worsened his already existing rash. You should look into stopping the ori for now.

MiracleMum:
@ Mamacajah Please drop your recipe for mashed potatoes or do you use the one you described earlier (recipe from a friend).
I have pasted one below that i intend to try out but i have issues with the boldened part. Dont know how it will be preserved after adding formula. Mama's that know better, please put me through. Thank you.

How to make Potato Puree:
Ingredients:
Potato - 1 medium size (fresh & white variety)
Formula Milk Powder - 1 scoop ( I use lactogen )
Water - 3 to 4 tblspn + for boiling potatoes

Method:
Take a firm, fresh, white potato. Peel it and cube them. Wash it well in cold water.

Add it to a sauce pan, cover it with clean water. Put it on stove and bring it to boil.

Simmer the flame and cook till the potatoes are tender. This will take around 15 mins.

Now drain it and put it in a bowl. Mash it up in a mortar or blender.

Now to make the puree creamy, make some formula milk. Dissolve some formula milk powder which you are using for your baby in some warm water. Pour this over the mashed potato and mash it more to make it creamy.

Transfer this to a bowl and feed your baby with a spoon.

mamacajah:

I use president or oldenberg..any foreign butter sold in the supermarkets is fine. Someone also taught me her method. Get carrots, sweet pea, fish (titus) and potatoes. Boil the carrots, peas and potatoes together. boil fish seperate, de-bone and mash. once boiled, put the potato mixture into a blender, add the mashed fish, a little water and blend. It produces a smooth nutrious pudding.
Keep in freezer. when you want to warm, dethraw the food, either use microwave or put a little president butter on the frying pan and add the food for warming. Tastes delicious.

I also followed the advice here, bought basmati rice, boiled it, grinded it into rice pudding.
Then I served it with either milk or my special stew sauce.
Stew sauce: buy tomatoes, onions, pepper (shonbo-non peppery), beef, chicken and fish.
Boiled all the meat and fish. debone and mash fish, meat. For the meat, I used my salad grater to grate the beef and chicken. Blend the tomatoes ingredients. Put on fire to boil with a little oil. when cooked, add the mashed meat/fish, including little salt to taste and mix. Voila -tomatoes sauce with mashed mixed meat.

Its not been easy trying all the recipes I get here becos I work all week, take her with me for office creche and can't stop at the market on the way home but I now a system of cooking her meals on Saturday for the week, freezing it and bring it out when I need it. Thank GOD for improved light situation.

shndy:

I only add formula to the one he's eating soon. If u r freezing u can always add formula prior to feeding

shndy:
Instead of white potato y not use sweet potato, it's more nutritious

MiracleMum:
@ Mamacajah Please drop your recipe for mashed potatoes or do you use the one you described earlier (recipe from a friend).
I have pasted one below that i intend to try out but i have issues with the boldened part. Dont know how it will be preserved after adding formula. Mama's that know better, please put me through. Thank you.

How to make Potato Puree:
Ingredients:
Potato - 1 medium size (fresh & white variety)
Formula Milk Powder - 1 scoop ( I use lactogen )
Water - 3 to 4 tblspn + for boiling potatoes

Method:
Take a firm, fresh, white potato. Peel it and cube them. Wash it well in cold water.

Add it to a sauce pan, cover it with clean water. Put it on stove and bring it to boil.

Simmer the flame and cook till the potatoes are tender. This will take around 15 mins.

Now drain it and put it in a bowl. Mash it up in a mortar or blender.

Now to make the puree creamy, make some formula milk. Dissolve some formula milk powder which you are using for your baby in some warm water. Pour this over the mashed potato and mash it more to make it creamy.

Transfer this to a bowl and feed your baby with a spoon.

OmogeNG:


So you are on the group too...nice. Happy everyone found it and joined.

aye88:
Hello everyone, pls there's this pimple like spot on my baby's hand. What can I use for her. Thanks

bims87:


That's called Alefo in Yoruba language. People say it's mostly fat babies or babies that have tendencies to be fat that often have it(Old wives' tale). My baby had it and when I took him to the hospital(during resident Doc's strike) ,the matron that attended to me said it's nothing and asked me to apply a topical cream (Clotriderm)that I was given on his hands and if it doesn't get better in 2 days I should bring him back to the hospital. It cleared up within 2 days. He had it again like a month later on his palm and at the back of his hands too and I still applied the cream and it cleared up.

aye88:


God bless you for this

FexCathy:
Pls my mamas, what fruits are to safe to use to make natural juices and smoothies for my 6 month old son?

shndy:

Apple, pear, plum, avocado, banana.
For apple,pear and plum, peel, remove seed , cut into small pieces and steam (little water in a pan and reduce heat) till soft. U can mash or puree.
Banana and avocado doesn't need to be cooked. Just peel banana, cut and mash/puree.
*Slice avocado from side to side, remove d seed and scoop out d flesh, mash/puree

FexCathy:

Pls mamas in the group should help post the link. We would rily appreciate it.

FexCathy:

Pls mamas in the group should help post the link. We would rily appreciate it.

OmogeNG:


Search for Ask the Paediatricians on Facebook.

Shawbabe:
Didn't even know this thread exists and I was stuck in the Travel birth thread asking questions.

My baby is 5 months, is it safe to start giving her soups, fruits, mashed potatoes and fish?

temmy2103:

Can I give him watermelon juice

MiracleMum:
@ Mamacajah Please drop your recipe for mashed potatoes or do you use the one you described earlier (recipe from a friend).
I have pasted one below that i intend to try out but i have issues with the boldened part. Dont know how it will be preserved after adding formula. Mama's that know better, please put me through. Thank you.

How to make Potato Puree:
Ingredients:
Potato - 1 medium size (fresh & white variety)
Formula Milk Powder - 1 scoop ( I use lactogen )
Water - 3 to 4 tblspn + for boiling potatoes

Method:
Take a firm, fresh, white potato. Peel it and cube them. Wash it well in cold water.

Add it to a sauce pan, cover it with clean water. Put it on stove and bring it to boil.

Simmer the flame and cook till the potatoes are tender. This will take around 15 mins.

Now drain it and put it in a bowl. Mash it up in a mortar or blender.

Now to make the puree creamy, make some formula milk. Dissolve some formula milk powder which you are using for your baby in some warm water. Pour this over the mashed potato and mash it more to make it creamy.

Transfer this to a bowl and feed your baby with a spoon.

shndy:

Depends on the age of ur baby. SM give at 6mths sm at 8mths.

shndy:

Apple, pear, plum, avocado, banana.
For apple,pear and plum, peel, remove seed , cut into small pieces and steam (little water in a pan and reduce heat) till soft. U can mash or puree.
Banana and avocado doesn't need to be cooked. Just peel banana, cut and mash/puree.
*Slice avocado from side to side, remove d seed and scoop out d flesh, mash/puree

MiracleMum:


I made the banana puree yesterday and fed my daughter. she collected it but vomitted everything almost immediately. Chai, i felt like slapping her. She's not been eating for some weeks, holds food in her mouth like forever and when she finally swallows it - she will refuse to open her mouth for another feed. the thing don tire me

MiracleMum:


I made the banana puree yesterday and fed my daughter. she collected it but vomitted everything almost immediately. Chai, i felt like slapping her. She's not been eating for some weeks, holds food in her mouth like forever and when she finally swallows it - she will refuse to open her mouth for another feed. the thing don tire me

shndy:

No slap am o a beg, lol. Was it thick? Don't feel frustrated sis, those sweeties' cn be funny. U can try again with just little feed, den u cn gradually increase it.
About not eating, my baby does dt too at times but he eats well at the creche, ppl said it's cos he knows he's with his mother

Nita2013:
D group is closed that's y they r not seeing it