ifyalways:
Biko na so baby photo shoot dey cost ni? So I have 3 babies with birthdays between this month to October and I was asked to be a sweet grandma and handle the photo shoot. I was very happy thinking "no be to enter studio ,take photo " ?

I was given numbers of photographers to call o. I rang the first one and was given a bill of 250K per child , for a second I thought my ear was paining me. Second one was 180K per child last . na so the thing be ?

Are they gonna re-create the babies? Did anyone pay such an amount and was it worth it?

ifyalways:
Biko na so baby photo shoot dey cost ni? So I have 3 babies with birthdays between this month to October and I was asked to be a sweet grandma and handle the photo shoot. I was very happy thinking "no be to enter studio ,take photo " ?

I was given numbers of photographers to call o. I rang the first one and was given a bill of 250K per child , for a second I thought my ear was paining me. Second one was 180K per child last . na so the thing be ?

Are they gonna re-create the babies? Did anyone pay such an amount and was it worth it?

Good morning ma,you can try and check out @Seggszphotography on IG. The guy is good and very affordable, he charged me 25k for pictures+1 frame+ mini photobook or album(I choose album so he can reduce the money to 20k ) and soft copies of the pictures.

I think most of the photographers charge so much because of their popularity. That's how one charged me 1million as if after the wedding its pictures I will be eating.

mamatwiny:


Thank you all. We started him on sma gold yesterday night while he was still on drip and he took it well, but that did not stop him from crying all through till 5:30 am.
The drip line did inconvenience him so he cried each time he wanted to move that hand. I put him breast to stop the cry but he gets tired most times.
My legs are swollen from sitting and trying to pacify him.

Good news is that colostrum started coming out this morning on the right breast while the left pores are now secreting drops of milk. I have taken much fluid this morning to be able to nurse him as soon as he wakes. Will also give him formula after drinking BM.

See pains wey jjc cause me. Anyway, we have been discharged.

We thank God.
Don't worry, you will soon become an expert nursing mother

iamsuskay:
mamas in the house please I don't understand d edd again just de change like weather... accounding to doctor at maternity d date is 4/12/2018, sonoghrapher said according to first scan results 16/11/2018, now second scan results is 27/12/2018 but my wife last menstrual period is 27/2/2018. from my sonoghrapher result d first and second is confusing
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please help ooh

Uncle the first scan is usually the most correct.
You should go to the pregnancy thread as that is where most pregnancy related issues are discussed.

ifyalways:
Biko na so baby photo shoot dey cost ni? So I have 3 babies with birthdays between this month to October and I was asked to be a sweet grandma and handle the photo shoot. I was very happy thinking "no be to enter studio ,take photo " ?

I was given numbers of photographers to call o. I rang the first one and was given a bill of 250K per child , for a second I thought my ear was paining me. Second one was 180K per child last . na so the thing be ?

Are they gonna re-create the babies? Did anyone pay such an amount and was it worth it?

I don't do photoshoots o. They are cute and mushy but mehn I have a scale of preference I have to follow.
I am a decorator myself, by the time I enter Iponri and find everything, call my photographer from way back, carry my pikin set well well....picture go shele.
Patapata 10-15k. I'll keep my props for later or dash my friends or siblings or use in my classroom sef.

When parents come to take birthday pictures in my class sef, you need to see how they ooooh and aaaaah at the decor.

But that my photographer friend now runs from me o , he must be tired of my Ijebu ways

Thank you ma. Will do just that. I am quite aware of the puree also just hoping I can get solid or mashed food in jars around here.

ifyalways:

Depends on hotel. Buy your bottled water , use room kettle (If provided ) and boil water for pap and formula. If there's no kettle, then get yourself one of those handy electric water boiler.

Solids?eat from hotel menu especially if it's a la carte or find a decent eatery or restaurant around. Make sure the food is served hot and fresh (to keep away germs) then blow cold for baby.

Purees? Lots of Gerber and Heinz packaged purees on the shelves of most supermarkets. Ready to eat. Check for the expiry dates.

Ilyfavoured:
Good morning mama's. Happy Sunday!!

Mama's that have travelled for days with babies 6 months upward, please how did you handle their food?
We will be travelling for a function and staying in the hotel and am trying to figure out how to make and feed LO. LO doesn't take cereal so it makes it difficult, formula is sometimes but does well with purees, solids and pap which will be difficult to prepare.


Secondly, where can o get jar food 7m+ in Lagos? Most store stocked up purees and porridge I need proper food.

Find out if the hotel have a fridge in the room. Or You may be able to ask them to put it in the hotel kitchen frigde, u may be lucky as people seem to be nicer to requests involving babies just pack it well in as good container that seals well and pop it into a good zip lock bag. Label it per day if you can so if you ask them for it, they can just bring you the "Tuesday: bag

If they have a fridge or agree to store it for you. you can make your own food from home, freeze in small single portion containers and travel with it in a freezer bag.
When you get to the hotel put everything in the fridge.

When you want to feed, defrost and then use hot water to warm up. As Akorkor said get a small travel kettle and a small bowl to pour the water into before you put thefood to warm up.

You can also take things like banana and avocado which can be easy to make on the go. You can mix this with a spoon or 2 of baby rice to bulk it up.

You can buy eggs at your location and boil in thr kettle and mash with the avocado or with some milk.

You can also take potatoes and boil in the kettle as well. Keep the skin on When boiling in the kettle

To use the kettle to boil food, add water with the potato or egg, boil it once, let it sit in the hot water for like 5 mins, remove about half the water, add more cold water and repeat a few more times. Eggs will take at least 2 boils to ensure it is hard boiled, for potatoes ensure it is a bit small. You will need to boil at least 3 or 4 times to cook thoroughly.

Or you can boil the potato from home with skin on. Put in the fridge and to warm up just pop it in the kettle and boil a couple of times.

Getting proper jar foods does help. You should be able to get in a good supermarket . Sorry I don't know which ones, I am sure other mamas will assist.

How this helps.

LadySarah:
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pls go to a pharmacy and ask for Nizoral shampoo.AFter washing,rub Olive oil or coconut oil on the head and leave it to dry then gently comb out the flakes.

Nb

it doesn't have flakes but red. I've used red flower but isn't working. it itches so much

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Mums please help.
what can i do to my nipples as its painful.my baby is 8weeks and i still get the pain in my nipples. I have monitored my baby latching and i always disengage and start again if not ok but i still have nipple pain in one breast or both sometimes . I usually express from the painful one to give sometime for healing while i bottle feed but the pain is still there. This morning i saw blood while expressing the left breast. I am really discouraged to continue EBF due to this as my baby eats alot. Please help a FTM

Ilyfavoured:
Thank you ma. Will do just that. I am quite aware of the puree also just hoping I can get solid or mashed food in jars around here.

Mama check out mashbabyfood on IG.

zaynie:



I don't do photoshoots o. They are cute and mushy but mehn I have a scale of preference I have to follow.
I am a decorator myself, by the time I enter Iponri and find everything, call my photographer from way back, carry my pikin set well well....picture go shele.
Patapata 10-15k. I'll keep my props for later or dash my friends or siblings or use in my classroom sef.

When parents come to take birthday pictures in my class sef, you need to see how they ooooh and aaaaah at the decor.

But that my photographer friend now runs from me o , he must be tired of my Ijebu ways

why won't he run na? After seeing his mates collecting 250k, you still want him to stay loyal to a 25k customer Kolewerk

mamas please helpoooo.
I started giving my baby formula (NAN 1) because my bm was not coming out. Have tried severally to stop the formula but she will always shout until I give her the formula after breastfeeding , sometimes 20-30 minutes after breastfeeding. Today's own was worst, I concluded that I won't give the formula today but at last I couldn't hold it because of her cry. meanwhile my bm is coming out well. she is just 3 weeks and 5 days.
please mamas is there something else I need to do?

divinemandate:
mamas please helpoooo.
I started giving my baby formula (NAN 1) because my bm was not coming out. Have tried severally to stop the formula but she will always shout until I give her the formula after breastfeeding , sometimes 20-30 minutes after breastfeeding. Today's own was worst, I concluded that I won't give the formula today but at last I couldn't hold it because of her cry. meanwhile my bm is coming out well. she is just 3 weeks and 5 days.
please mamas is there something else I need to do?

Express the breastmilk inside her feeding bottle and give her.

Mums please help.
what can i do to my nipples as its painful.my baby is 8weeks and i still get the pain in my nipples. I have monitored my baby latching and i always disengage and start again if not ok but i still have nipple pain in one breast or both sometimes cry. I usually express from the painful one to give sometime for healing while i bottle feed but the pain is still there. This morning i saw blood while expressing the left breast. I am really discouraged to continue EBF due to this as my baby eats alot. Please help a FTM

ifyalways:
Biko na so baby photo shoot dey cost ni? So I have 3 babies with birthdays between this month to October and I was asked to be a sweet grandma and handle the photo shoot. I was very happy thinking "no be to enter studio ,take photo " ?

I was given numbers of photographers to call o. I rang the first one and was given a bill of 250K per child , for a second I thought my ear was paining me. Second one was 180K per child last . na so the thing be ?

Are they gonna re-create the babies? Did anyone pay such an amount and was it worth it?

that's the quotation you would get. What I did was to get the props myself and went to a good studio around. I paid the normal charge for a session Not without begging them to be gentle on us since its a baby. Paid less than 10k.

In other news...my baby has finally cut his first tooth at 7months 2weeks
Hoping his appetite would be back in full force and d drooling wld stop

Maybe she's not full. Breastfeed for longer or express. What you think is coming out well may not be enough for her

divinemandate:
mamas please helpoooo.
I started giving my baby formula (NAN 1) because my bm was not coming out. Have tried severally to stop the formula but she will always shout until I give her the formula after breastfeeding , sometimes 20-30 minutes after breastfeeding. Today's own was worst, I concluded that I won't give the formula today but at last I couldn't hold it because of her cry. meanwhile my bm is coming out well. she is just 3 weeks and 5 days.
please mamas is there something else I need to do?

Pls how soon after child birth can one start drinking aju mbaise? Does it interfere with the healing of episiotomy?

Good evening mamas

Pls for those that use a manual breast pump is it painful?? And if not what brand did you buy??

Cos I bought one from the market and it really hurt....
Pls help no waka pass

Taamy:

it doesn't have flakes but red. I've used red flower but isn't working. it itches so much

I think you are dealing with Tinea capitis i.e lapalapa in Yoruba.
I don't know how effective Jatropha curcas i.e ewe lapalapa is.

Let me cc mama queensnow and other sabi Mamas that have treated it.

hunniesuzie:
Maybe she's not full. Breastfeed for longer or express. What you think is coming out well may not be enough for her

OK mama , thanks

JGracious:

Express the breastmilk inside her feeding bottle and give her.

thanks ma'am will try thanks mama will try expressing

MummyAudrey:
check ur mail ma

It is working well. Thanks.

Liftedhands,bia.Your needed.

mamatwiny:
Pls how soon after child birth can one start drinking aju mbaise? Does it interfere with the healing of episiotomy?

Thanks ma. Will find a way to, not on IG. *coversface*

rvpbae:


Mama check out mashbabyfood on IG.

Yes it did help. Thanks for the detailed explanations. You are a life saver.

AlphaHandMaiden:




Find out if the hotel have a fridge in the room. Or You may be able to ask them to put it in the hotel kitchen frigde, u may be lucky as people seem to be nicer to requests involving babies just pack it well in as good container that seals well and pop it into a good zip lock bag. Label it per day if you can so if you ask them for it, they can just bring you the "Tuesday: bag

If they have a fridge or agree to store it for you. you can make your own food from home, freeze in small single portion containers and travel with it in a freezer bag.
When you get to the hotel put everything in the fridge.

When you want to feed, defrost and then use hot water to warm up. As Akorkor said get a small travel kettle and a small bowl to pour the water into before you put thefood to warm up.

You can also take things like banana and avocado which can be easy to make on the go. You can mix this with a spoon or 2 of baby rice to bulk it up.

You can buy eggs at your location and boil in thr kettle and mash with the avocado or with some milk.

You can also take potatoes and boil in the kettle as well. Keep the skin on When boiling in the kettle

To use the kettle to boil food, add water with the potato or egg, boil it once, let it sit in the hot water for like 5 mins, remove about half the water, add more cold water and repeat a few more times. Eggs will take at least 2 boils to ensure it is hard boiled, for potatoes ensure it is a bit small. You will need to boil at least 3 or 4 times to cook thoroughly.

Or you can boil the potato from home with skin on. Put in the fridge and to warm up just pop it in the kettle and boil a couple of times.

Getting proper jar foods does help. You should be able to get in a good supermarket . Sorry I don't know which ones, I am sure other mamas will assist.

How this helps.

Thank you. Thanks for the response too. I will most definitely look into investing in a travel kettle. Came across a few never thought it could be useful.

[quote author=Akorkor post=70412204]

You can buy traveller kettle( kenwood product) very small, cute and stylish. Pricey though but it’s very useful. No neee to cal hotel room service . Get your dry pap and dissolve it into water when you get to the hotel. You may buy a bowl and just mix your pap with hot water in the hotel.

Then get all the necessary thing like milk and some jar food( not a fan though). Safe trip[/quote]

Gensta:
Mums please help.
what can i do to my nipples as its painful.my baby is 8weeks and i still get the pain in my nipples. I have monitored my baby latching and i always disengage and start again if not ok but i still have nipple pain in one breast or both sometimes cry. I usually express from the painful one to give sometime for healing while i bottle feed but the pain is still there. This morning i saw blood while expressing the left breast. I am really discouraged to continue EBF due to this as my baby eats alot. Please help a FTM

sorry about the pains. since you said you're sure she latches well, then you might need to get a lanolin based nipple cream. I have a brand new one for sale at a giveaway price. pls don't be discouraged to do EBF.. it'll get better.

Taamy:
pls can one use sebamed soap for baby less than 6 month that has ela on the head . it itches and the hair is falling off.

ela does not itch... is it spreading like big with dot dot kind of?

Sansa143:
Liftedh ands,bia.Your needed.

As early as possible after delivery.

It doesn't interfere with the healing, it's helpful though cos you won't strain and put pressure on the site when using the loo cos it helps you go freely.
Cc mamatwiny

lessonslearned:
Good evening mamas

Pls for those that use a manual breast pump is it painful?? And if not what brand did you buy??

Cos I bought one from the market and it really hurt....
Pls help no waka pass

I used Avent manual it wasn't painful at all, though I couldn't get enough milk with it cos it was tiring.