enque:


I use the 2nd method in the pix. sit her on my lap and rub her back

thanks

As in ehnn! God dey sha.

nicoleswizzi:
Plz don't go.... What if Sumfin happened to ur baby.. God forbids.. Will dey be asking u to apologize?

Thanks mama

dependableGod:


Your baby will b fyn don't b scared. what she did was wrong but for peace sake forgive and forget just go to her so that peace can reign, ttc can b so so emotional, makes someone to pick and cry over every every even when it's meant for good purpose. So many advice will come from different people to a mother of a new baby, when I had my first baby that wasn't even up to a month someone said I should put small soup in his mouth, I said with fufu abi? she laughed so hard that she didn't say such again. So dear sis I'm sorry is short but goes a very long way! cheers!

Thanks ma. I did the ORS thing but we are at the hospital now under observation.

hunniesuzie:
My own reaction - I cannot advise you any good thing on this matter cos me I will not beg anybody, if they like let heaven fall down. Rubbish and nonsense. Especially now that baby is reacting to it. Me that they gave my almost 6 month old crackers sef I know what i said, talkless of a 5 week old baby? Everything in ice cream is inappropriate for her - milk, sugar, the preservatives...haba! I'm so upset on your behalf!

Sabi mamas say apologise for peace to reign in your home. Biko apologise with your mouth but let your face show wassup, nonsense. Also lesson learnt, if you want to go anywhere, carry your baby ff body. Chei I'm upset

Anyway, If you have ORS please administer that until your DH comes, or better still take a cab. Not trying to scare you but don't take chances abeg

Double Sigh! Thanks ma

Naomi14:
@spiceeamiee, like seriously ice-cream? No nau she should have known better despite she doesn't have a child yet. Shebi it's apology she wants? I think you should just go apologise for peace to reign. You don't know what she can do, forget you are her brother's wife. Remember, she has started telling lies about you already. You also know that, the heart of a man is desperately wicked.




Please just go apologise and hubby should go with you as your witness, before she go say you don talk another thing again.

Burntcoal:
yes ooo am I safe??

yeah! u r totally safe

No ma, you do not get to judge me on this. We were in a room full of people, all older than me including senior mama's a d the father of the child being fed the ice cream. If None of them saw nothing wrong in feeding a 9month old baby Ice cream, why should i I be the one to say anything? When you are married into a family as large as my hubby's especially being the youngest child's wife, you quickly learn that you don't put your nose/voice opinions about things that has no direct impact or hearing to you. As much as they quarrel, they can all gang up on you so fast it would make your head spin so I have learnt not to be overly involved with them which was why I do not say anything especially as the father of the child being fed was there and he did not see anything wrong with it.

talltosyne:
@spiceeamiee, u saw her giving a 9momths old baby ice cream, u didn't tell her that it's not ideal for the baby just because it was nt ur child. Am sure she never knew it was wrong. If u Ve politely tell, she won't give it to your baby.

Take it or leave it, your action was not too OK. People like are always emotional wth little things.
Pls go and apologize to let peace eign

Spiceeamiee
My sister I understand totally how you feel down to the "f". Don't worry ok, your baby will be fine. Some mamas here said prolly she didn't know but really ignorance is no excuse. Right from when my baby was in my belle, I started singing it like a song "don't give my baby anything in his mouth unless I okay it", so I'm known for that. Even though my son is almost 2years old, that rule still applies, sometimes I get tired of responding self but it really saved my life. Please for the sake of peace and also for your own emotional wellbeing, go and apologize but let her know that what she did was very very wrong (apart from it being cold and stuffs, you don't know the condition of where it was prepared, the materials used in preparing it too). Tell her how "her" baby reacted to the ice cream. Refuse to be emotionally blackmailed. Even adults sometimes react to ice cream(atleast I do) not to talk of a 5weeks old baby. Also like one mama said you should have voiced out even if its jokingly that giving that 9months old baby ice cream was wrong, I believe that incident might have been saved.
If your culture demands that you kneel down and beg her, please do, if not, abeg don't. Don't overdo it biko. Above all, let her know that what she did was wrong and let her also know that she spreading lies about you isn't good either.
Lastly, go with your hubby so that she won't twist what you said again. Marrying into a large family isn't easy, na diplomacy most times dey help me and thank God I have that and sooo much more. Hth .

eksbabe:
Hello ma'm pls why does she have to supervise her baby while she is laid on her tummy. My baby has been sleeping on his tummy since he was a week old or thereabout. Pls shed more light on this

My son can't sleep on any other position aside his tummy since he clocked 5weeks, so I make sure the blanket is thickly folded in his bed so he wouldn't drag it to cover his nose as that is the sole cause of the SIDS.
Besides if he can turn his head well so he can quickly adjust if he isn't getting enough air, he is gud to sleep on his tummy.

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Benignasweety:
My son can't sleep on any other position aside his tummy since he clocked 5weeks, so I make sure the blanket is thickly folded in his bed so he wouldn't drag it to cover his nose as that is the sole cause of the SIDS.
Besides if he can turn his head well so he can quickly adjust if he isn't getting enough air, he is gud to sleep on his tummy.

Ok, u raised a good point tho. Thanks

I feel so sad. my 15weeks old baby has lost weight due to purging. she has been drooling, always trying to put her hand in her mouth, bringing out excessive saliva wit rashes on her cheek. saw the doctor today and she maintains baby is too early to be teething. however my mum and others think these are signs of teething. doc says keep breastfeeding and keep her hydrated. Lo plays well. no fever. but still stools 4x in a day. n
o loss of appetite.
she feels so light in her hand .how I wish this purging can stop.

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Thank you to all mamas in the house.
I have been reading post on the thread since yesterday and I must say, you all have been doing a great job.
I have really learnt a lot .

My DS will be 6 weeks on Thursday. He is on EBF and OK have been expressing and feeding with bottles at night but 2 days ago, he stopped accepting from the bottle when I feed him.
This afternoon, I asked my niece to feed him and it was same rejection.

What other method can I use? I will be resuming work in 4 weeks time.

CC: Alphamaiden, jaysmama, giddyperson,ahnie,zaynie, akorkor and other mums I can't mention

jaysmama:

For mamas doing ebf, if you are planning to go back to work you need to start early. Once baby clocks 6 weeks start bottle feeding the baby breastmilk. Express the milk ,put in the bottle give the baby to someone else to feed and just step out of the house for the duration of the feeding. I was told that as long as the baby can smell you he or she will be reluctant to take the bottle from you or take it when you are nearby. So by the time you are ready to go back to work the baby is used to taking milk from bottles
Same also applies when starting solids, make the food but let someone else feed the baby while you stay out of sight until the feeding is completed. It's best to start slowly and one item at a time. If you are giving cereal mix with breastmilk and don't make it too thick so that the taste of the breastmilk is still predominant in the food. It will help the baby start off on solids and gradually you start to make the food thicker and then you can try other stuff too before you know it baby is eating solids.
This is what has worked for my boys and it applies to ebf babies as that is where I have experience.

ebonyjoke:
I feel so sad. my 15weeks old baby has lost weight due to purging. she has been drooling, always trying to put her hand in her mouth, bringing out excessive saliva wit rashes on her cheek. saw the doctor today and she maintains baby is too early to be teething. however my mum and others think these are signs of teething. doc says keep breastfeeding and keep her hydrated. Lo plays well. no fever. but still stools 4x in a day. n
o loss of appetite.
she feels so light in her hand .how I wish this purging can stop.

So sorry about this...but how did u conclude she's purging? Is the poop greenish or do the poop comes heavy ie in large quantity? well, my dd is same weeks as yours, she poops almost after every feeding though in small quantity and the poop is normal( I googled it)...since she plays well and no fever I will prefer u go with doc advice...breastfeed well and keep her hydrated..

I learnt of ors but I don't know if she's too young 4 that..

spiceeamiee:
Mamas good morning. My baby has been throwing up since every fees yesterday evening because someone fed her ice cream yesterday. Ice-fucking-cream! Who Does that? Who feeds a 5week old baby Ice cream? My 47years old Sister in law that you expect would know better. I'm literally shaking as I'm remembering this. Now my baby is throwing up at every feed. She throws up every thing she is fed and starts crying and then I have to feed her again and she throws up and starts crying. This is how it has been since last night. We would do n go to the hospital, just waiting for hubby to come and pick us up but she has managed to sleep and I'm wondering if anybody has any remedy for me.

Meanwhile, make una help me judge this matter as I'm about to go off tangent and insult somebody not minding she is almost 20years older than me. My husband comes from a large family of 9children and he is the last born and you know how large families are. Although they same mother and father, kwanta dey plenty so I dey try stay on my lane but I'm very close to my husband's immediate elder sister who had her baby 's birthday yesterday so everyone was there. I was in the sitting room with my baby but tge party was downstairs so this my eldest SIL (let's call her A) comes up with their eldest brother's daughter who is 9months and she starts feeding her ice cream. I did not say anything but in my mind I felt it was wrong. About 30mins later, I wanted to go downstairs and take something so I have my bay to my husband's cousin. Less than 10mins ,I was back and I saw my baby smacking her lips with A trying to scoop more ice cream into her mouth. To say i was she'll shocked is an understatement. This is a 5weeks old baby for pete' s sake!! How are you feeding her ice cream? I quickly dashed and carried my baby from her and said (not to her face though but loud enough for her to hear) that she should never try that with my baby. I angrily left for a friend's house close by and did not return to the party until my husbAnd was ready to leave. Now SIL A married quite late and does not have a child. That is where I entered trouble. I was told she went downstairs where the party was and started crying that she carried my baby and I insulted her, that is it because she does not have a child? That I shunned her snd told her never to touch my child. Hubby called to know where I was and he came and I explained to him. He told me not to pick any of his siblings calls and we went home. Everyone started calling hubby telling him to put his wife in check, that how can I insult A who is almost 20yrs older than me? Hubby told them that she fed out baby Ice cream and they said and so what? God knows I did not say any of those things. I only said no one should ever in their life feed my baby if I'm not there. Now MIL and FIL are saying I must go to her house and kneel down and apologise. I have told my husbAnd I'm not going. Now baby is throwing up and feeling lethargic all cos someone that should have known better fed her something she should not eat and I'm being asked to apologise for being protective of my own child. I don't want to apologise but I'm being pressured to on all sides and its driving me nuts!

TTC or not is no excuse for ANYONE to feed a 5 weeks old baby ice cream. It is totally wrong on all levels. It's a totally stupid thing to do. Not only is the baby exposed to cold/cough from the cold ice cream, the baby is also exposed to diarrhoea, dysentery, cholera..... name it!! You did absolutely nothing wrong by expressing your displeasure.

She knows what she did is totally wrong hence the reason why she is making up all the stories. Say NO to any emotional blackmail from her. God forbid anything happens to your baby, does she know she will be labelled a witch and all sorts.

Only go to her and apologise when your baby is out of the hospital and given the all clear by the doctor.

When you apologise make it known to her that your baby fell ill and had to be hospitalised because of what she did. Do not even mince words about it.

I do not understand why people feed other people's children without obtaining consent from the child's parent. I cannot offer anything to a child without obtaining consent from the parent. I expect the same from other parents and that's exactly what other parents do to me. A child can have allergies or all sorts that's only known to the parents. People really need to learn.

Tnks dear!

XX01:


I learnt on this thread that disinfectant kills the good bacteria as well and makes babies not able to withstand many infections that they ordinarily should have have. I stopped my elder son who I used Savlon on from birth till he was almost 5. He had some reactions to it but is okay now. Didn't use it on my baby and he is okay. Even disinfectant soap abi na antibacteria soap should not be used.

E haf tire me !Now his new found obsession is foot in his mouth and bathingme n his dad wit spit!Chai,motherhood isn't easy but is fuun sha!

jazzyjazz:


Hehehe this was and still is Ilan. Lol
Just brace yourself very soon he won't even let you wear him clothes or bath him without him trying to come out of the bath
Ilan almost got out of his the other day and my jaw dropped
Dressing him up is almost imimpossible! It takes like 30mins to dress him up o. By the time I finish, my waist go de sing another song

Now he no want crawl o. He only loves to stand. Put him to sit, he will cry. Put him to stand he will laugh, giggle, shout, jump, and be hitting the chair or table in excitement, then he will start looking for what to destroy (my phone has become his victim)

The joys of motherhood

Sansa143:
E haf tire me !Now his new found obsession is foot in his mouth and bathingme n his dad wit spit!Chai,motherhood isn't easy but is fuun sha!

Hahaha ilan na pro for this one
I remember the day he spit inside my food I chop am like that lick mouth

So we are 3months+ already, I thought this should have regulate by now...From all indication I don't see that coming..Mayb until some maamas here provide good solution to my predicament (I pray).
The issue is anytime am breastfeeding lo from one side I will just feel one kind of sensation the next thing the other side will start leaking... I can't confidently breastfeed when am on an outing without looking for how I will try and use a bottle or towel to collect from the other side..I do see maamas breastfeeding confidently..They will just flip it out and feed lo..But me I have to arrange something to absorb if not once she put her mouth the next thing I will start having that sensation that leads to leaking... I don't know if its a problem am facing..

Ur solutions is highly welcomed.. tnx

This is normal and there's nothing to regulate. You need to use a breast pad to manage leaks. Otherwise light pressure on the non feeding boob with the tip of your finger will stop the flow. But pads are your best option. You can buy the washable ones as they are more cost effective. Mamas you see feeding confidently have a breastpad on that's why

myrygurl:
So we are 3months+ already, I thought this should have regulate by now...From all indication I don't see that coming..Mayb until some maamas here provide good solution to my predicament (I pray).
The issue is anytime am breastfeeding lo from one side I will just feel one kind of sensation the next thing the other side will start leaking... I can't confidently breastfeed when am on an outing without looking for how I will try and use a bottle or towel to collect from the other side..I do see maamas breastfeeding confidently..They will just flip it out and feed lo..But me I have to arrange something to absorb if not once she put her mouth the next thing I will start having that sensation that leads to leaking... I don't know if its a problem am facing..

Ur solutions is highly welcomed.. tnx

eksbabe:
Testimony Time

Thanks mamas for coming through

Testimony time!
Offering time

Well, I use breast pad when am out. when am at home, I use my arm to lift the other breast up to stop it from pouring out.

myrygurl:
So we are 3months+ already, I thought this should have regulate by now...From all indication I don't see that coming..Mayb until some maamas here provide good solution to my predicament (I pray).
The issue is anytime am breastfeeding lo from one side I will just feel one kind of sensation the next thing the other side will start leaking... I can't confidently breastfeed when am on an outing without looking for how I will try and use a bottle or towel to collect from the other side..I do see maamas breastfeeding confidently..They will just flip it out and feed lo..But me I have to arrange something to absorb if not once she put her mouth the next thing I will start having that sensation that leads to leaking... I don't know if its a problem am facing..

Ur solutions is highly welcomed.. tnx

Thank you mamas for your input to my predicament. I'm sorry if i did I not respond to you personally. I'm beyond ragged out but I appreciate the kind gestures. We went to the hospital this morning and she was admitted. She has been under observation and series of tests has been run which all thankfully came back clear. The number of times she throws up has reduced from every fees to maybe once in 3feeds. She had a slight temperature earlier on but she is back to normal now. My phone has been switched off as the whole of Obinze town in Owerri has been calling me so hubby asked me to switch it off so they can call him. He has told them that we are in the hospital because of this Ice cream issue and when baby is out of the hospital and certified Ok, then we can visit the issue of apology or no apology but for now, anybody that is not calling to ask about the baby's well-being should stay away

It's perfectly normal, my baby is 7+months n it Still happens to me...best solution is to get breastpad(disposable or reusable) n alwysss wear . ..I still wear mine evrydy even at night too sef else it's inside breastmilk I go sleep..

myrygurl:
So we are 3months+ already, I thought this should have regulate by now...From all indication I don't see that coming..Mayb until some maamas here provide good solution to my predicament (I pray).
The issue is anytime am breastfeeding lo from one side I will just feel one kind of sensation the next thing the other side will start leaking... I can't confidently breastfeed when am on an outing without looking for how I will try and use a bottle or towel to collect from the other side..I do see maamas breastfeeding confidently..They will just flip it out and feed lo..But me I have to arrange something to absorb if not once she put her mouth the next thing I will start having that sensation that leads to leaking... I don't know if its a problem am facing..

Ur solutions is highly welcomed.. tnx

joshipura:
pls i need help! my child is three months plus, she is exclusively breastfed but recently stopped feeding well therefore not adding weight. i want to introduce Friso gold rice to her but still confused on which formula milk to add for her to support breastmilk.

1. Check the tongue for peel....... When u notice the milk dont get whitish at some part of the mouth....... Give vitamin b2 or b12 or tongue pill is d common name for those two mentioned drugs.......
2. Nurse baby in a quiet place with less distraction
3. Express breast milk with breast pump and feed with bottle for larger quantity available to him with less ease
4. Feed baby promptly not after crying for long
5.feed and at same time make eye contact even touching him as if the both of you re communicatng
lasting
5. Check on your pediatrician if it persist

Burntcoal:
yes ooo am I safe??

That is sign of teething ooooo

@giddyperson, can I use d bleach for the floor tiles as I don't like the way I met the tiles where we stay...I washed my wall tiles with iron sponge,,,hard sponge and scouring powder...I also rinse with another soft sponge...

mama that asked about savlon on baby please discontinue it use... it will do more harm than good. in addition to swallowing risk other mamas has mentioned.. it will start killing the normal microflora the skin needs for defense by the immune system, posing the baby to risk of infection... Infact antibacterial soap and all are discouraged....

to mama that said a nurse told her to lay baby down on tummy as early as that,,, I doubt if the person is a nurse for real or doesn't know what she is saying...
the thing my eyes eyaff see for private hospital and hiring of diff people to wear white n be dia nurse ehn, I pity people... it is just a pity for my profession cos this so called Doctors are spoiling it d more all in the name of cheap labor and cutting cost....
Beware and if possible request for ur nurse license....

Good evening mamas, how are your LO doing. Please make una help me touch light this mata. My 23 months old hasn't started talking o. He is my first and presently the only. He only says baba for his dad, maa for me, si for six, kiss,and see. He babbles alot also He likes to watch tv a lot which am trying to reduce. He has started school as well. We have gone to have his earing checked and it came out clean, the paediatrician also did an evaluation for Autism. He said he doesn't have it. However he sometimes wouldn't respond to his name when called especially while watching tv. He doesn't always point at things. He loves being around kids, adults have to stay for a while b4 he warms up to you. He is good around familiar faces. He has no issue with eye contact. I have been trying to teach him body parts, he won't respond when I say touch your nose or eyes but he will put my hand his head when I say head. He likes to play ball and climb anything available. He doesn't always sit calmly either, he is always opening this touching that, scattering. he won't get the ball when I say fetch your ball or get your shoes. He understands very little command like come here, sit down, take food, stop it, wave bye, kiss mummy. The doctor said to make him say things before giving him. Like do you want water or milk he will only point at what he wants and if you dont give he just walks away or starts crying. He loves been read to and scrabbling. He is also strong willed, he knows what I mean by kiss mummy but sometime when I say kiss mummy he wil just look at me like what is she talking about. There was a day he was pulling my hands and holding his book which means he wants me to read, I told him say read, he kept on pulling and I kept saying say read, he got tired and left me and kept flipping over pages, I then wanted to read to him he pushed me away. He knows what things are used for, Mama please help how do I get him to start talk. Am sick with worry all kids in his class are talking and potty training with him is difficult. My MIL said not to worry his dad didn't talk till age 2 and till date his dad isn't much of a talker and am not either. In fact his Ped.mention of that factor as well. I have seen two other doctors who think to wait till he is 2 1\2. He never had issues with reaching milestones except for communicating. cc:Zaynie, helovesme,UmmTwins2, AlphaHandMaiden, Onegai, and all the sabi mummys please help.

coolniks:
Good evening mamas, how are your LO doing. Please make una help me touch light this mata. My 23 months old hasn't started talking o. He is my first and presently the only. He only says baba for his dad, maa for me, si for six, kiss,and see. He babbles alot also He likes to watch tv a lot which am trying to reduce. He has started school as well. We have gone to have his earing checked and it came out clean, the paediatrician also did an evaluation for Autism. .

Mama relax since the doctor has evaluated him and said he is fine. My sisters 2nd kid didn't talk till he was 3 yrs old she was worried just like you but that boy is 11 yrs old now and when he starts talking you will run and he is also top 10 in his scool in terms of academics. Kids develop at different paces just keep conversing with him like normal.

hernyhorla:
Thank you to all mamas in the house.
I have been reading post on the thread since yesterday and I must say, you all have been doing a great job.
I have really learnt a lot .

My DS will be 6 weeks on Thursday. He is on EBF and OK have been expressing and feeding with bottles at night but 2 days ago, he stopped accepting from the bottle when I feed him.
This afternoon, I asked my niece to feed him and it was same rejection.

What other method can I use? I will be resuming work in 4 weeks time.

CC: Alphamaiden, jaysmama, giddyperson,ahnie,zaynie, akorkor and other mums I can't mention

Sorry for the late response. The key is persistence you keep trying . At 6 weeks your baby's awareness is increasing and baby is probably just realising there is a difference between br***t and bottle hence the rejection. Where you sitting there when your niece was feeding him? Just hearing your voice or smelling you can cause the rejection as well. My 7 month old who is still breastfeeding does the same, if I get back from work while he is being fed cereal or whatever once he sees me or hears my voice that is the end of the cereal. 4 weeks is still enough time, don't worry it will get better