@ Laeroy , I am not a sabi mama (na visiting levels for now), but I am on the slim side and currently on a weight gain mission too. I hv been chopping up seriously since I decided to start eating big big portions of food. It does not really matter what u eat incase u dont hv money for those special fattening foods mama Zaynie mentioned. Just eat it in big quantity! Try to eat such that ur tummy becomes big n potrudes sef! When u cant eat again, PLS STOP n then when ur tummy goes down in a few hours, find food to eat again!
Just do this for like 2 days, U will see ur body filling out... I am a living testimony. My cheeks are fuller n my legs are less skinny now. Also see if u can get a liquid supplement called Wate On to help increase ur appetite n gv u fat/nutrients. And try to take afternun naps n sleep early at night.

Mamas' ,

Eku itoju omo de.

Please what's happens to immunization for babies as govt hospitals are on strike( I reside in Akure). DS's scheduled 9month immunization was for last week and we met the gates locked.

Do I go to private hospital for this immunization?

When is it too late to get this immunization?

CD: kaffy4bill, zaynie and soda sabi mamas.

Thanks for your prompt response

zaynie:



Is your 7 month old still exclusively breastfed?
You may want to introduce cereals.
Also eat right and increase your meals by 1 or 2.
Drink milk, yoghurt, malt and lots of water for your skin.
Eat eggs daily, veggies and fruits will make you look fresh even if you dont fatten up, eat starchy food like pounded yam, eba, fufu and amala.
Just eat sha......buh when you start to spread....don't say na Zaynie o!



IMO, even if you are skinny, as long as you look fresh, healthy and beautiful, people will admire you and even ask you for the magic to your weight loss.
They know you have a suckling child nah.


BabaGod.....make me sef talk say I don lose too much weight one day

Amennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn oooooooooooo! As in ehn lemme too complain of too much weight loss someday
Fvine please help laeroy with that cucumber weight gain drink I think you posted it some times back on the TTC thread? ( not sure if it's you).

Laeroy:
Sabi mamas....helpppppp am looosing weighttttt....wat I see now is a skeleton....I have a 7months old baby who's been breastfed and I do Laundry for a living, please how can I gain weight? my sister's wedding is in few weeks...I dont want to look haggard.....please help

I can relate to what u r saying. My advice is dt u shd get an assistant 2 do d laundry business or better still get save n get a washing machine n then pay a hustling boy to iron the clothes. U need to reduce d stress especially if God bless wth u wth an attention seeking n beautiful baby. Also try to eat vegetables, fruits n follow ur baby 2 sleep( force am even if d sleep no gree enter, jst close ur eyes). jst look fresh dts all! U don't knw Hw many ppl r envying ur slim figure Abi na stature...

Thanks @ Gaily04, vivigurl and kaffy4bill.

Hello Sabi mama's, I am a ftm, although I have followed the thread for a while and even commented once.

My dd is 10weeks old and is on exclusive bm, I will resuming back to work in 2 weeks. I have been trying to introduce my dd to formula (NAN)for the past 2 days but she has consistently refused, my mum says the teats (Tommie tippee)of the feeding bottle is hard that is why she is rejecting it.

Please I need advise on how best I can introduce formula to my dd before I resume, and if boiling the feeding bottle teats will make it soft as suggested by my mum. I am not so busty to even consider expressing for her because I have tried it in the past and nothing came out after using the pump for almost an hour.

Pls Sabi mama's come to ma rescu o!

Nickair:
Hello Sabi mama's, I am a ftm, although I have followed the thread for a while and even commented once.

My dd is 10weeks old and is on exclusive bm, I will resuming back to work in 2 weeks. I have been trying to introduce my dd to formula (NAN)for the past 2 days but she has consistently refused, my mum says the teats (Tommie tippee)of the feeding bottle is hard that is why she is rejecting it.

Please I need advise on how best I can introduce formula to my dd before I resume, and if boiling the feeding bottle teats will make it soft as suggested by my mum. I am not so busty to even consider expressing for her because I have tried it in the past and nothing came out after using the pump for almost an hour.

Pls Sabi mama's come to ma rescu o!

Tommie Tippie does feel hard to me and my mum also made the suggestion of boiling it to soften the teats but it didn't work. Dr Brown's is much softer however I don't know if the one they have in Nigeria is the same company as that of the U.S. How about brands like Mothercare and Chicco?

Today we did our birthday shoot pictures! When the photographer showed me to review, I took one look at my fat face and decided on the spot that as from tomorrow, I was eating only air and water henceforth. I have gymed tire. I think I need Man-O'War.

hello supermoms
Please I am a tad indecisive on which cereal to settle for (even though I know it hugely depends on the one baby likes)
so please I would want those who have used the ones I will mention to give me their reviews about it. as it will help me in making my decision
1. Gerber oatmeal and banana cereals.
2. Cerelac (my mum-in-law was telling me its sugary and she doesn't really recommend it )
3. nutrend (my husband took this as a baby and has been campaigning for it )
4. I saw nutribom today at the supermarket. is it cool?
Your reviews will help a great deal. thank you

sassyangel1:



I can relate to what u r saying. My advice is dt u shd get an assistant 2 do d laundry business or better still get save n get a washing machine n then pay a hustling boy to iron the clothes. U need to reduce d stress especially if God bless wth u wth an attention seeking n beautiful baby. Also try to eat vegetables, fruits n follow ur baby 2 sleep( force am even if d sleep no gree enter, jst close ur eyes). jst look fresh dts all! U don't knw Hw many ppl r envying ur slim figure Abi na stature...

TANX MA, BUT SINCERELY I WISH I COULD, WE ONLY AV LIGHT IN THE MIDNIGHT DATS WEN MY HUBBY AND I WAKE TO IRON CLOTHES AND AT THE SAME TIME CARING FOR MY BABY, IRONING BOYS IN THIS AREA ARE BEING PAID COMMISSION ,AND WE DON'T AV GENERATOR DAT WE CAN MK USE OF DURING D DAY, I MAKE USE OF A WASHING MACHINE SO I AV NO ISSUE WT DAT, ITS JUST D STRESS OF HAVING TO COMBINE STARCHING, SPRWADING, IRONING AND PACKAGING PLUS OTHER HOUSEHOLD CHORES IN ADDITION TO CARING FOR MY BABY DAT MAKES ME WORN OUT.

Loisemm:
@ Laeroy , I am not a sabi mama (na visiting levels for now), but I am on the slim side and currently on a weight gain mission too. I hv been chopping up seriously since I decided to start eating big big portions of food. It does not really matter what u eat incase u dont hv money for those special fattening foods mama Zaynie mentioned. Just eat it in big quantity! Try to eat such that ur tummy becomes big n potrudes sef! When u cant eat again, PLS STOP n then when ur tummy goes down in a few hours, find food to eat again!
Just do this for like 2 days, U will see ur body filling out... I am a living testimony. My cheeks are fuller n my legs are less skinny now. Also see if u can get a liquid supplement called Wate On to help increase ur appetite n gv u fat/nutrients. And try to take afternun naps n sleep early at night.

THANKS MA!!! APPRECIATE UR SUGGESTIONS......

SNR ZAYNIE......TANKS MAA'M...I APPRECIATE

Laeroy:

TANX MA, BUT SINCERELY I WISH I COULD, WE ONLY AV LIGHT IN THE MIDNIGHT DATS WEN MY HUBBY AND I WAKE TO IRON CLOTHES AND AT THE SAME TIME CARING FOR MY BABY, IRONING BOYS IN THIS AREA ARE BEING PAID COMMISSION ,AND WE DON'T AV GENERATOR DAT WE CAN MK USE OF DURING D DAY, I MAKE USE OF A WASHING MACHINE SO I AV NO ISSUE WT DAT, ITS JUST D STRESS OF HAVING TO COMBINE STARCHING, SPRWADING, IRONING AND PACKAGING PLUS OTHER HOUSEHOLD CHORES IN ADDITION TO CARING FOR MY BABY DAT MAKES ME WORN OUT.

Wow!!!! Seriously worn out!!!!! Mehnnnn, u gat 2 slow down so dt u don't break down n land in d hospital. Is it a joint business? If yes, ur hubby shd understd n help seriously or employ som1 cos taking of a child no b beans. Do not stress urself cos u wnt 2 prove super woman or u r a hardworking mother. U Berra b sane 4 ur child b4 depression sets it. The lord is ur muscle. This our country weh woman go dey hustle like man or pass man sef. It is well oooo... I Kent koma kill maself ooo ontop Hw much?

Laeroy:

TANX MA, BUT SINCERELY I WISH I COULD, WE ONLY AV LIGHT IN THE MIDNIGHT DATS WEN MY HUBBY AND I WAKE TO IRON CLOTHES AND AT THE SAME TIME CARING FOR MY BABY, IRONING BOYS IN THIS AREA ARE BEING PAID COMMISSION ,AND WE DON'T AV GENERATOR DAT WE CAN MK USE OF DURING D DAY, I MAKE USE OF A WASHING MACHINE SO I AV NO ISSUE WT DAT, ITS JUST D STRESS OF HAVING TO COMBINE STARCHING, SPRWADING, IRONING AND PACKAGING PLUS OTHER HOUSEHOLD CHORES IN ADDITION TO CARING FOR MY BABY DAT MAKES ME WORN OUT.

Why dont you try and get someone to help you with the house chores. In my opinion, apart from dishes and cooking. All the sweeping, dusting and mopping can be done once or twice a week. Also while the help is around doing the housework, if you have any starching/ spreading or packaging then they can help with that as well.
Get a good footmat by the entrance doors and everyone should kindly remove their shoes by the mat to reduce sand and dirt from outside

I assume you dont cook from scratch every day as well. If you dont already, Make a food timetable that you will try to follow most days this will give you a bit of structure so you can plan ahead and save time. If you make your main sauces, stews and soups during the weekend and pop into the freezer so on the day its to make the swallow/ rice or whatever and warm the soup.

I find being organised foodwise saves me a lot of stress and time during the week. I try to simplify my cooking by a great deal and i always have a "lazy-oven-food-day" about once every 2 weeks when i just grab pre-prepared food and whack in the oven, set my timer, cross my legs and usually in an hour or so dinner is served. - no standing over a fire, stirring and turning.....

Momtozee, I believe you have the answer to your question, read all the food labels you can, compare notes if you want then settle on trying a particular brand ,flavor or cereal with your baby, if she goes for it then voila!At the time I started my baby on Gerber rice cereal first I introduced it by adding some to enfamil formular it was very well taken, I tried feeling same Gerber rice with a bowl and spoon and it was a no no. So it was with nutrend cerelac and no I ended up wasting my hard earned cash. I tried again at 12months and cerelac passed, so just follow ya little lady's lead.

Nickair:


Please I need advise on how best I can introduce formula to my dd before I resume, and if boiling the feeding bottle teats will make it soft as suggested by my mum.
Pls Sabi mama's come to ma rescu o!

I am not a fan of Tommy Tippee. Can you look for other shapes of teat? Sometimes, it might be the teat shape and not the texture.

Also, you can try a different approach. Don't be around when your baby is being bottle fed. Leave it for your mum to do and don't give her breast no matter how hard she cries. If not, she will think that as long as she protests long enough, she will get what she wants. BM is sweeter than formula.

sassyangel1:


Pain is pain. Just because the baby can't talk u feel I can't compare it to menstraul pain. It's only in Nigeria we see pain as part of life. It's only in Nigeria one will do surgery n will feel pains after surgery. It's only in Nigeria a pregnant woman will need urgent help 2 deliver n some women will ignore the woman n start saying horrible stuffs 2 d about to deliver mom. Anyways, my baby is grown n I can proudly say I used gbomoro during d colic phase n teething phase n she's sooo beautiful n strong. Nothing's wrong wth her n nothing will b wrong wth her in Jesus Name! It's left 2 d mother 2 sit n watch her baby wriggling n still v strong mind cos it's a normal thing. Enough ranting...

gbomoro really helped me against colics.its the best!

ahnie:
gbomoro really helped me against colics.its the best!

GBAM!!!! I rest my case... All stand!!! Most of our doctors n nurses will tell us some stuffs during immunization but pratise d opposite in their various homes. I caught a nurse giving her new born Eva water 2 drink while she's usually d one dt will scream even d deaf will hear her dt EXCLUSIVE BREASTFEEDING WTHOUT WATER IS THE BEST! I made up my mind dt I must give my baby water to drink while exclusively breastfeeding her. U need 2 see my baby's skin sooo glowing n looking plumpy wen I took her 4 immunization. The matron asked me if she was on formula, I said no dt she's on breast milk n water only. She gave me d thumbs up finger. Imagine u as an adult, u r very thirsty n u get a bottle of coke or ice cream or even drink yoghurt, will it quench ur thirst? Then, som1 will tell me dt my breast milk contains water dt will quench my baby's thirst. I'm nt anti-critical exclusive ooo. I jst want 2 mk common sense( in Ben Bruce voice)

sassyangel1:



GBAM!!!! I rest my case... All stand!!! Most of our doctors n nurses will tell us some stuffs during immunization but pratise d opposite in their various homes. I caught a nurse giving her new born Eva water 2 drink while she's usually d one dt will scream even d deaf will hear her dt EXCLUSIVE BREASTFEEDING WTHOUT WATER IS THE BEST! I made up my mind dt I must give my baby water to drink while exclusively breastfeeding her. U need 2 see my baby's skin sooo glowing n looking plumpy wen I took her 4 immunization. The matron asked me if she was on formula, I said no dt she's on breast milk n water only. She gave me d thumbs up finger. Imagine u as an adult, u r very thirsty n u get a bottle of coke or ice cream or even drink yoghurt, will it quench ur thirst? Then, som1 will tell me dt my breast milk contains water dt will quench my baby's thirst. I'm nt anti-critical exclusive ooo. I jst want 2 mk common sense( in Ben Bruce voice)

My mother's meeting-lady had a grandchild in the U.S. the girl listened to a lot of people who encouraged her to give her EBF baby water and she gave her baby a lot of water. When the child was admitted for Water Toxicity, she cried her eyes out and worse, Child Protection Services removed the child from the parents and kept the baby in foster care until they could hire a lawyer and prove that they were fit to be parents. All the people who advised water, nothing happened to their babies.

To all the mothers reading this, because it worked for my child without no side effects doesn't mean it will work for your child. I know people who gave their babies honey and their children are perfectly fine. But a mother came here and stated that her baby died from Botulism Posioning from honey. Which is why doctors forbid Honey. They don't want you to be that one bad case.

My siblings are Consultant Paeditricians and lecturers and practice. My mum has her own age-old wisdom but she still runs it by then first before she tells me. My mum believes in Gripe water and I have my newborn the organic version then decided to stop. Each child is different. I was given the go-ahead to allow my baby drink follow-up milk at 10 months (because she drank no formula) because they knew I would be anal about feeding her nutritiously (i gave her calcium-rich foods as substitutes). They judged my case according to me and what they knew of me and my child. When my baby was badly constipated, they asked me "I HOPE YOU ARE NOT GIVING HER ANY DRUGS?" Because another sibling is a pharmacist (worked here and in thr UK, plenty experience) and they didnt want her to prescribe for me. We sorted it out sans drugs.

Does everyone has such luxury? Isn't it safer to play by the rules?

The reason I don't like answering here and the reason my siblings refused to come help on this thread, is because they cannot see the mother and child. So they cannot intuitively understand them kind of person they are dealing with. Which is why we say a lot here "take your Baby to the hospital", the baby's doctor sees you and the child and can judge what is best.

Please, every parent here should henceforth make the decision to give their child whatever they want.

@ Onegai, well said

Onegai, arguing with that particular mother is useless.
She who has ears, let them hear.


Sassyangel1, abeg carry go! NurrinDoU .

Una wey get liver......
Una wey no get liver


What's my name? IyaMoyo et Atinuke!
I know my pikins and my pikins know me

Abeg please who knows the answer to a baby who thinks dressing-up time is playtime and will be jumping across the bed away from you, screaming happily, then she now pees on your pillow.

Who the #@+!! knows how to cure this, before I start beating someone??

All these things sef can fit confuse a new mum

goldenruby:
All these things sef can fit confuse a new mum

goldenruby:
All these things sef can fit confuse a new mum

Trust your instincts. I have said no to a lot of things and they turned out to be the right answer. I have said yes I a lot of things and they turned out to be the right answer. At the end of the day, I and every mother here will not sit down with you and cry if anything happens. There was a mum I read her here asking about medicine, I asked my siblings to give me advise to pass onto her because she had gone twice to the hospital and not gotten good answers.

The reason I ask people to search for old answers on this thread is so one can read what other people's doctors told them and make an informed decision based on several years of past and present posters, and not just listen to whoever is loudest on the thread at that particular time.

Even Babycentre that they quote here, has different countries: on Babycentre.co.uk they are fine with giving cheese and eggs from 6 months. On Babycentre.com, they follow U.S. guidelines and give all EBF infants Vitamin D because their parents' diet is not rich in meats to pass enough through breastmilk (we in Naija eat meat with every meal so I stopped once I got back). Babycentre India gives food suggestions with spices. So the best answer for a Nigerian child is usually from a Nigerian doctor (who knows what Red Acalypha is, and understands that Agbo of today is not made the same careful way as Agbo of the past).

Like Zaynie said, my pikin knows me and I know her.

@ onegai, I love dt sentence " trust ur instinct". God has blessed humans esp women dt. Secondly, everything in this life is moderation . If it's excessive, it becomes a big problem. God bless our los.

Enough of the argument lovely mamas, u wanna give water fine, agbo fine, pls let's move forward....tnx this is me formerly known as mummy2be

Happy Father's Day to all d vigilante fathers, that wake up at night to assist wifee, and to all d vigilante mama's may we all eat the fruit of our labour..... Beedam where have u been My padi? Nursekaffy,lovinam how body now and other mama's how's u all doing

MadameU:
Momtozee, I believe you have the answer to your question, read all the food labels you can, compare notes if you want then settle on trying a particular brand ,flavor or cereal with your baby, if she goes for it then voila!At the time I started my baby on Gerber rice cereal first I introduced it by adding some to enfamil formular it was very well taken, I tried feeling same Gerber rice with a bowl and spoon and it was a no no. So it was with nutrend cerelac and no I ended up wasting my hard earned cash. I tried again at 12months and cerelac passed, so just follow ya little lady's lead.

Alright ma'am.
Thanks

cutestmummy:
Happy Father's Day to all d vigilante fathers, that wake up at night to assist wifee, and to all d vigilante mama's may we all eat the fruit of our labour..... Beedam where have u been My padi? Nursekaffy,lovinam how body now and other mama's how's u all doing

I have been fine. Just that things get as e be these days. Thanks for checking on me. Hope you are good?

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Happy father's day. Pls join me appreciate God as we dedicate my lo to Almighty God.

Onegai:
Abeg please who knows the answer to a baby who thinks dressing-up time is playtime and will be jumping across the bed away from you, screaming happily, then she now pees on your pillow.

Who the #@+!! knows how to cure this, before I start beating someone??

you just dey start o!
mine is 26months now and we still run around to cream up and dress
but no wewe sha we don pass that potty training stage! thank God
is only in winter or when he is cold he stay put in a place
my trick this days is to get his daddy to do the running with him and do the dressing i no get power!