lullabi: hello All,
Please i desperately need your views on this. I have a 7 week old baby girl, i noticed that she had whitish dishcarge from her eyes and took her to the clinic, there the doc gave her some drugs--Ocefix 100mg/5ml 2.5ml, NISE Chlorpheniramine maleate syrup 2.5ml, and 3 tablets(hovid prednisolone or something. Am so worried that shes too tender to start taking drugs now. Am so so worried and scared.

You have taken the right step by visiting your doctor for direct examination and treatment.However,I am concerned about Chlorpheniramine maleate which is meant for pediatric patients 2 years and older.Cefixime should be administered for children above 6 months.Hmmmm.......

What age range was written (under Drug and administration)on the drug label?

However,I do not doubt the competence of your Doctor and also not in a position to determine the degree of the case.

Please can you check with another clinic?

Hello mummies in the house,hope our LOs are doing fine.

Please is it OK for 4months+ to start taking Ribena??Anyone with a useful information,thanks.

imurboss: Hello mummies in the house,hope our LOs are doing fine.

Please is it OK for 4months+ to start taking Ribena??Anyone with a useful information,thanks.

no 4 months is too young to take ribbena directly, instead you should drink the ribbena and breast feed the baby if u want, cos i diluted it and gave it to my baby when he was 7 months,and started stooling.

My baby is nine month old but no teeth what should i do(first child)

Rosebela: My baby is nine month old but no teeth what should i do(first child)

dont do anything, it wil cum out. meanwhile dats the best teeth so i heard.

Rosebela: My baby is nine month old but no teeth what should i do(first child)

What you should do?

Enjoy your life with no worry.But ensure your child get adequate nutrition and sleep well.

When the teeth start coming,it will come stronger and prepare for teething.

Is your child male or female?Milk teeth tend to emerge sooner in females than in males.

By 10-12 months,see your pediatrician.

Nice day!

Hello mummies and daddies, its been long since I posted here, been so so busy, my madam is quite a handful! My qualm now is that she suddenly refused her cereals and all forms of solids, so we're more or less back to b-feeding! This happened after she had a fever, what do I do, outside that, she's healthy, growing steadily for her age(8 months), how do I get her back on her usual cereals and other foods again?

New mom and ftm too. My daughter is a week old. I plan to read all the pages of this thread. In this one week google and baby books have been helpful in filtering all the advice I have been getting from friends who are "veteran" moms .

For example I am breastfeeding and my baby poops after every meal. A friend said it was not normal, so I got scared Nd introduced formula for one day until I was able to see a Dr the next day. My Dr said it was normal , since color and consistency was what Dr expected.

Now,that I am back to BF my mom thinks she is not eating enough she sucks for 10-15 mins and then falls asleep , she wakes up every 3 hours at night . But during the day she sleeps a lot. Is this normal
?, how do I know she is getting enough food and that she is falling asleep because she is full.

Camrygirl,congrats on the arrival of your little one, your baby sleeps after nursing for 10 minutes, goes to show you that she's content, as for the poo tthing, there's nothing to be worried about, she'll develop her own pattern, as for sleeping thru d day, don't worry, she'll soon adjust! Mine did too, early stages I barely got any sleep cos she was up most of the night, but now, to God be the glory,she sleeps thru the night though its sometimes I find it hard to get her to take naps during the day

@camrygmail imo i think ur baby is nt getting enuf bm, moreova babies fall asleep wen nursing. Ur dr is right abt the poop. my advice is, if u can express or pump den ur baby wil eat well n get full. i hav a neigbhour passing tru same n the baby is nt adding weight, she is jus gettin matured facially. so why not try the pumping or expressing n feed with bottle n see hw it goes.
congrats on ur new bundle of joy. give her a kiss for me.

camrygmail: New mom and ftm too. My daughter is a week old. I plan to read all the pages of this thread. In this one week google and baby books have been helpful in filtering all the advice I have been getting from friends who are "veteran" moms .

For example I am breastfeeding and my baby poops after every meal. A friend said it was not normal, so I got scared Nd introduced formula for one day until I was able to see a Dr the next day. My Dr said it was normal , since color and consistency was what Dr expected.

Now,that I am back to BF my mom thinks she is not eating enough she sucks for 10-15 mins and then falls asleep , she wakes up every 3 hours at night . But during the day she sleeps a lot. Is this normal
?, how do I know she is getting enough food and that she is falling asleep because she is full.

Congrats camry great news may God bless u and ur little girl. Pls do always filter info u receive from people so called veteran mums eating and pooping is very normal its called gastrocolic reflex and newborns have them. as for feeding and sleeping its also normal to increase her sucking time u can change her from on breast to another, tickle her feet or change her diaper which would wake her up to eat more. Breast feed every 2 to 3hours or on demand if demand is more. Eat and rehydrate your self very well and she would get enuf for her to grow well. I deally babies loose weight after birth and pick up the weight as they feed well. She is very good giving u 3 hours night sleep mine gave me less than 1 hour at night and slept well during the day. I was given a book in d hosp called heading home with your newborn(from birth to reality) written by two pediatricians do search if u can get it. It is very detailed.
Enjoy breast feeding my dear hope no nipple cracks? You can pump and feed so she doesn't get too used to only nipple as some people complain that their babies refuse to suck bottle when they get used to direct feeding. I just started pumping n bottle feeding for my 2 and half month old daughter as I would soon resume work and she is taking it well
Congrats once again

Labela, jules and dudugirl, am grateful for ur reply.

After writing the post I contacted a lactation consultant and she asked me how many wet / poop diapers my baby has per day. Based on my answers she thinks my baby is getting enough food.

Anyway last night I pumped and stored 3 ounces in 2 bottles ( since she wakes up 2wice between midnight and daybreak) she finished both bottles and pooped and wet her diaper well . I guess I had nothing to worry about abi.. her weight will be checked at her next Dr appt. In a week

Thanks again ladies for responding to this ftm . And for your congratulatory messages

camrygmail: Labela, jules and dudugirl, am grateful for ur reply.

After writing the post I contacted a lactation consultant and she asked me how many wet / poop diapers my baby has per day. Based on my answers she thinks my baby is getting enough food.

Anyway last night I pumped and stored 3 ounces in 2 bottles ( since she wakes up 2wice between midnight and daybreak) she finished both bottles and pooped and wet her diaper well . I guess I had nothing to worry about abi.. her weight will be checked at her next Dr appt. In a week

Thanks again ladies for responding to this ftm . And for your congratulatory messages

u r wlc n happy to knw dat everyfin is cool.

Hello pls help,i did exclusive for my baby for good six month after the six month i introduce formular but she refuse to eat now she is nine month old still she can‘t finish two spoon of cerelac what should i do? Or what kind of food should i introduce that will give her weight and make her look healthy.

Rosebela we are in the same boat. Mine will be 11months in a week time and still doesn't finish 2spoons of cerelac.just keep trying.give her something to eat like every one hour.give her fruits,fish,biscuits, adult meals and still give her infant cereal
My sister sent some organic baby food from uk and my baby seems to like it altho she finishes a jar trice. Its so funny they have to send foods from uk but everyone is worried about her eating habit. Don't give up. Let me know how it goes.

Julesbloom: i tried blendin irish potatoe then added milk n it was awesome, my baby loves it cox its yummy. other mums can try it too.

Please,at which month can one try this?Thanks.

@Pikinmama,thanks.

solosamste: JoyMary07, U can be putting Moringa powder into your baby's food. it will help greatly in preventing malnutrition and replacement of needed body nutrients.

Yall be careful with what you give your babies. You need to talk to your doctor and get supervision. Moringa powder can cause a baby to poop a lot. If you cook it, it will loose most of those listed nutrients. to put it in a childs food you need to make sure it's picked ,dried and packed neatly in hygenic condition.A lot of these packaging companies dont aPply strict hygine when they pack stuff. I have bought morringa powder that had pepper in it(they prolly use the same machine to grind pepper and other spices they package and sell). Abeg if you are not sOo poor get age appropriate infant formular(BFing is best) buy bannana, apples irish or sweet potato, green peas, rice powder, cerelac etc.
Your baby does not need to be FAT. A healthy well balanced meal may not make a child fat but works internally to help boost immunity and establish proper growth not "FAT"

Mash banana add some cerelac lighten with cool boiled water and feed baby. Mash boiled irish potato mash in boiled egg yolk(6mos baby add egg yolk) add milk and feed baby.cook and Peel green peas(I remove peels cos it causes my baby to have purge) mash and feed baby. Peel, remove seed boil mash(I have a small blender I use only for my baby,s food as it makes it smooth my baby hates lumps in her food) and feed baby apples (not sour ones) with some milk. You can grind rice into smooth powder and cook like tuwo make it light though so baby can drink it when its ready and cool add formular(milk) or Br-east milk and feed baby.
It is not easy to feed a child balanced meal as mom has to be in the kitchen and take time to make the food but the reward is that baby gets to eat unique and nice meals. Some kids just don't like to eat. I had to give my baby multivite syrup to make her eat. When all fails I just give her what ever food she favoured and after a while I try all over again to introduce new menu.

imurboss:


Please,at which month can one try this?Thanks.

Four months. If all is well with baby.

R

camrygmail: New mom and ftm too. My daughter is a week old. I plan to read all the pages of this thread. In this one week google and baby books have been helpful in filtering all the advice I have been getting from friends who are "veteran" moms .

For example I am breastfeeding and my baby poops after every meal. A friend said it was not normal, so I got scared Nd introduced formula for one day until I was able to see a Dr the next day. My Dr said it was normal , since color and consistency was what Dr expected.

Now,that I am back to BF my mom thinks she is not eating enough she sucks for 10-15 mins and then falls asleep , she wakes up every 3 hours at night . But during the day she sleeps a lot. Is this normal
?, how do I know she is getting enough food and that she is falling asleep because she is full.

Baby needs to eat every 3hrs. Its tempting to let them sleep long anytime they decide to give you a break and sleep for long. But please don't fall for the temptation. Wake the baby up every 3 hrs and feed her. Do this untill 3 mos and after that feel free to let her sleep through the night if she decides to. A newborn bre ast fed baby poops durring or after every meal. It is very normal and expected. A bottle fed baby should also poop like that but because formula is not moms milk it may cause constipation. It is not uncommon for baby to go 2 days without pooping but if it goes beyound that go see your pedi.
When I had my son, he would sleep for long durring the day and keep vigil at night. My mom started timming him she would wake him up every 3hrs and play with him for like 2hrs not leting him sleep too soon so when he slept he slept deeply and well. He feed well at night and from 3mos he started sleeping for 6 - 8hrs straight. pheeewww, Who says its easy to be a new mom we all just look boyound the stress and see the future with our grown up bundles of joy. That is what keeps us going. Knowing that it will not be like this for ever.

^^^ 100% agree with your last statements. What keeps me going most of the time esp when I'm up all night for days is knowing its only for this period of time. May we reap their rewards in bounties and never have the cause to shed tears over them by God's grace.

.

imurboss:


Please,at which month can one try this?Thanks.

from 4 months but i offered it to my baby @ 5.5 months

Thanks hannydarl for ur response , she is less than two.weeks.old.

How old was ur baby when your mum started to put ur baby on a schedule.?

My Dr advices to feed on demand for the first.few.weeks. since.most babies her age need to sleep/grow.

During the day, I have been waking her up by changing her diaper .at night she wakes every 3 hours

@Julesbloom,thanks maybe i'll give it a try.

imurboss: @Julesbloom,thanks maybe i'll give it a try.

u wlc.

hannydarl:

Yall be careful with what you give your babies. You need to talk to your doctor and get supervision. Moringa powder can cause a baby to poop a lot. If you cook it, it will loose most of those listed nutrients. to put it in a childs food you need to make sure it's picked ,dried and packed neatly in hygenic condition.A lot of these packaging companies dont aPply strict hygine when they pack stuff. I have bought morringa powder that had pepper in it(they prolly use the same machine to grind pepper and other spices they package and sell). Abeg if you are not sOo poor get age appropriate infant formular(BFing is best) buy bannana, apples irish or sweet potato, green peas, rice powder, cerelac etc.
Your baby does not need to be FAT. A healthy well balanced meal may not make a child fat but works internally to help boost immunity and establish proper growth not "FAT"

Mash banana add some cerelac lighten with cool boiled water and feed baby. Mash boiled irish potato mash in boiled egg yolk(6mos baby add egg yolk) add milk and feed baby.cook and Peel green peas(I remove peels cos it causes my baby to have purge) mash and feed baby. Peel, remove seed boil mash(I have a small blender I use only for my baby,s food as it makes it smooth my baby hates lumps in her food) and feed baby apples (not sour ones) with some milk. You can grind rice into smooth powder and cook like tuwo make it light though so baby can drink it when its ready and cool add formular(milk) or Br-east milk and feed baby.
It is not easy to feed a child balanced meal as mom has to be in the kitchen and take time to make the food but the reward is that baby gets to eat unique and nice meals. Some kids just don't like to eat. I had to give my baby multivite syrup to make her eat. When all fails I just give her what ever food she favoured and after a while I try all over again to introduce new menu.

. Thanks a̶̲̥̅̊ lot for ur advice, ‎​i wld love to have ur contact so tht u can teach M̶̲̥̅Ε̲̣̣̣̥ how to make all those homemade food u re suggesting for my baby. My baby is on cow and gate rice cereal for now and he take it very well but my fear is tht he takes too much rice since the food is rice cereal.. ‎​i wld really love to give him other types of food...

camrygmail: Thanks hannydarl for ur response , she is less than two.weeks.old.

How old was ur baby when your mum started to put ur baby on a schedule.?

My Dr advices to feed on demand for the first.few.weeks. since.most babies her age need to sleep/grow.

During the day, I have been waking her up by changing her diaper .at night she wakes every 3 hours

Yes! feed on demand but if baby sleeps for long then wake her every 3hrs to feed. My son loved food as a baby he ate and slept as expected then at 3wks would feed verry well and then hit the sack for 4-5hrs straight. That was when mom decided to wake him up after 3hrs and try to keep him awake for atleast 1hr or 2 durring the day and at night he will be too tired to keep vigil. Most babies that feed well esp, formula fed ones, sleep longer cos they fill up and don't feel hungry at night. My boy at 3mos will eat 120ml every 3hrs in the evening and when he sleeps, sleeps for 6hrs straight. He will even reject his food if I woke him up after 3hrs cos of sleep while my girl eats 60ml every 3hrs and will wake up screaming 3hrly all day and at night cos she wasn't filling up and she did that for 11mos entering 1 year cos she will not eat more than a few spoonful at a time. I think its by luck to get a quiet or needy baby.
At two weeks she is still very small. I hope she doesn't get colic like most babies at that age do hmmmMm if so, she will cry so hard for so long you will feel like crying or pulling out your hair.
Goodluck with the little angel. May God protect and preserve baby for you may she always bring big smiles to your face.

At birth - 3mos it is normal for baby to feed every 3hrs. some even do untill 6 mos but by then (6mos) they should have added 1 hour to their sleeping time at night. so, it will be every 4- 5hrs but if you are lucky they go for 6-8hrs straight at night.

joymary7: . Thanks a̶̲̥̅̊ lot for ur advice, ‎​i wld love to have ur contact so tht u can teach M̶̲̥̅Ε̲̣̣̣̥ how to make all those homemade food u re suggesting for my baby. My baby is on cow and gate rice cereal for now and he take it very well but my fear is tht he takes too much rice since the food is rice cereal.. ‎​i wld really love to give him other types of food...

Baby food is easy to make. At 8mos on baby can eat from family table just watch out for salt, peper and most importantly ALLERGIES .


4 months - baby still depend on milk for growth and survival but you can start introducing solids.
Wash peel remove core and cook apple till soft. Then mash or blend using water the apple was cooked in or lighten with cool boiled water( use very clean blender if blending after cooking or blend before cooking if you can't guarantee hygine) add formula and feed baby
Grind rice to powder and cook( like akanmu) or cook the rice first and then grind adding cool boiled water to reach the thickness baby can handle then add formula.

Wash peel and mash bananas add cerelac and cool boiled water to get consistency baby can handle or else just add milk and some wate and feed baby.

And of course the uSsual akamu.
For cerels I give my kids cereals that need milk to be sure they get their milk everytime they eat. Some cereals will say" just add water" I do buy them but its to increase foods such as mashed banana and apples if I want to feed fruit. For regular cereal only meals I use Nestium from nestle cos it helps make sure my baby still gets her 180ml milk with her feeds.

6-8mos milk is still important at this stage but baby can add mashed sweet potato, boil egg and feed the baby the yolk in her mashed sweet potato or irish potato, and basically any meal the family gets as long as salt and pepper is not too much.
At 8mos you can give chicken puree with other cooked meals, even fish and goat meat(better than beef) can be soft cooked pureed and added to other pureed foods like carrots, green peas potato and maybe ripe plantain if your child likes it. In addition to the 4mos baby menu.

9mos-1yr baby still needs to drink milk but now has a wider varriety he can eat
You can peel beans cook with irish potato pinch of salt, crayfish and some onion, carrots. grind into puree and feed baby.
Eba, amala etc etc if baby likes feed her. Yam, rice,and any food you eat except food cooked with akaun,honey,raw eggs,raw fish, artificial color etc.

Most babies are choosey you have to pick the best food baby likes and try to combine to get the best nutrition if you are not determined you probably will not be able to maintain the routine cos if there is constant light one can make enough for 3days and freeze but thanks to our government we have to do it everyday.

My kids eat soup from 9mos. I cook white of cthanks thicken(b (b reast) with carrots some liver(small quantity) some tomato and rice when its cooked I blend all and feed them I alternate chicken with beans or egg yolk and rice with Irish potato. I cook this every morning so she has it as second meal for the day.

This is how I fEed my baby from 9 mos

She wakes up at seven and eats at 7:30 or 8 am
1st meal cereal in a bowl of 180ml milk(at 1yr I started giving her Nido for growing infants)

2nd meal (4hrs after 1st) she eats her chicken potato puree or potatato with mashed egg yolk or with beans. She hates cooked rice.

3rd meal mashed banana or apples with cerelac
2hrs later she drinks 180ml of milk

3rd and last meal for the day is nestium cereal as usual with 180ml milk.

At 9mos I feed her with 6o or 90ml of milk before I go to bed(ussualy around 11 pm) so she doesn't wake me up to feed. But if I sleep soon after she does I just take in water and her formular to the room so I can prepare her meal without wasting time cos the more I delay the more awake she gets making it hard for her to fall asleep again. With my son I skipped this part cos he always fed well before going to bed. Except when he is sick.

At 1yr old her last meal for the day is her last except when I know she slept early and skipped her meal or ate very little then I take in formula and water to prep her a drink if she wakes up hungry.
She is not fat or big but tall and normal.

@hannydarl thanks alot, i learnt so many pls at what age do u wean ur kids and what method is d best. I have a 7months old baby and expecting(6wks) should i stop breastfeeding her.

I've been following this this wonderful thread for a while, a wealth of info here, I'm five months pregnant and a first timer, can't wait to hold my LO and join officially. Best of luck to all the mums and dads in the house, may God continue to give you the strength to take care of these LOs.