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Abeg ooo. How do u kpekus after delivery. Am always tired after the day's wahala. My lo won't sleep frm 8pm till 3am. In the morning hubby is active for action me and am always tired after keeping awake. Wetin I go do? I just pity d man

Congrats giddyperson

DrAda:
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hello Dr

Wonderful mothers I hail ooo. May the Lord grant u all safe landing.Giddyperson....April never yet, more patience cos baby is trying to finish her makeup bf showing up

olamitie:
are you sure she was weighed correctly when she was born, adding just 200g is too poor



Abeg want to ask did any mom have a baby that was born with very little hair? did the hair grow after? my dd was born with very little hair, the back is more than the front hair, im thinking i should just cut it so it will grow evenly or do i just leave it for now

she was ... We went to MCC and she was weighed yesterday 2.8kg, we were asked to come on Tuesday to see a pediatrician.

olamitie:
are you sure she was weighed correctly when she was born, adding just 200g is too poor



Abeg want to ask did any mom have a baby that was born with very little hair? did the hair grow after? my dd was born with very little hair, the back is more than the front hair, im thinking i should just cut it so it will grow evenly or do i just leave it for now

I think so....200g is really small

Liftedhands:
2kg added to 2.5 should be 4.5kg! Unless you meant she added just 200gram which I doubt for a formula fed baby at 6 weeks old.

Keep giving her frequent feeds she will bulk up eventually, note not all babies are built to be fat and chubby.


Check to be sure her mouth covers your areola and not just the nipple when she sucks and position her appropriately.

If your nipple is inverted may also make latch difficult.

Mouth thrush and tongue tie is another reason.

yea 200g error

Good evening mamas, pls your sister needs your undiluted advice. Anyone gone through this bf? My DD was born at 35wks weighed 2.5kg.....She loves food but latching is our greatest challenge, she sucks a lil and gets tired, we continue like that for almost 3hrs and after all the wahala...She is still hungry, then I end up expressing breastmilk and then add formula later on. Am lactating very very well and I wake her every 2hrs to eat 100-120ml. Now, the matter is we went for 6wks immunization and annoyingly she only added 2kg so she is now 2.7kg. We use SMA gold as formula with cup and spoon. Now am advised to top up her intake using feeder..Did that today and my wonderful lady still didn't change, rather she couldn't eat well, had to give her expressed breastmilk and formula as she was too hungry
Abeg help me.

roseval:
Liftedhands that the poo o,
Cc all mama's

could be of help https://www.babycenter.com/0_baby-poop-a-complete-guide_10319333.bc

aghaibiam:
Been so wakawaka about lately.On Thursday I went for my biometric capturing after renewing my drivers license online,I got to the vio office by 9:00am and was told the officer to give me the exams won't be around till 9.I waited and the frsc officer asked me if I knew all my road signs as the vio official is a very strict man.I nodded and kept praying with faith while studing a manual I have on my phone.
By 10:15 the man came in,dusted table ,chair,everywhere,i just carry side eye dey watch him.After his cleaning rituals he faced me and asked me my mission.I told him na exam i com write.Dem tell me say the exam hard but I go try my best.Hmm the man asked me which side I overtake from at a round about.I tell am say me I no dey overtake any motor say I dey drive slow slow.He said which speed do u use when overtaking at highway,i tell am say I no no d speed but as per say na manual I dey drive ,i go put am for gear 3/4 else the car no go pick.
Hmmm he opened his book in my front and was asking me to identify signs,i dey answer till he reach d one wey i no sabi i come burst into tears.He say madam wetin ? I tell am say d only thing wey dey my mind na wether any canteen dey wey i fit see pounded yam chop say hunger dey worry me ! Hahaha see laugh for office,i come ask am weather i fit see anything chew for the office,na so d man sign my paper,i enter go capture.
Part2 later.

couldn't stop laughing, u are a drama queen. U too much madam

Trendytessy:
mamas pls clarify a ftm. My doctor just checks and give me routine drugs every antenatal.., no classes or teachings at all wen I asked d nurse she said she'll let me know wen they start. Is that how it's done?? The matter tire me o
#teamaugustforSafedelivery

that's how most private hospitals do. they don't organize classes.

Trendytessy:
mamas pls clarify a ftm. My doctor just checks and give me routine drugs every antenatal.., no classes or teachings at all wen I asked d nurse she said she'll let me know wen they start. Is that how it's done?? The matter tire me o
#teamaugustforSafedelivery

that's how most private hospitals do.

keeki:
since nobody has given me a welcome speech,lemme kuku welcome mysef for mysef on mysef by mysef. lemme rant small. I have added so much weight since I got pregnant. my face is swollen and I can't help but keep eating. I dont eat junk ooh I eat good food yet my people keep complaining that I am eating too much and they know it's not my fault. if I fail to eat as at when due eh..... lo would just seat on lower abdomen to express how angry he is (they say na boy) and once I eat he would move up so it is actually him who likes food not me lol. now I have to start dieting and it is not funny At all. end of rant. July mama how is u pipu doing?

Pls eat as much as u can. I ate a lots as well and it helped me cos when my daughter came earlier her weight was more than OK for her age. pls eat

olamitie:
Congrats to the new moms
Why is the new born thread dry na, wat powder is good for newborn's face? For rashes and Dsnt darken? .is johnson product good?

we are advised not to use powder for new born due to the chemical make-up. Use coconut oil or any other natural oitment

Benignasweety:
Mine was last year. I had him february 21 as against march 15th. Am just trying as much as possible to avoid any issue with my present pregnancy. My late Son suckled well from birth and my bresstmilk flowed like tap from the 2nd day after birth but he suddenly death just the next day after his umbilical cord fell. He has Jaundice that was being taken care of with same medication I used for my 1st Son. He was okay till the afternoon of the day his umbilical cord fell, his tummy was paining him and it was making some strange rumbling sounds. My mom said it was colic so we managed him for that day but I noticed his appetite dropped. He wasnt sucking nor wld he want to feed from the ones I expressed in a cup to feed him. My boobs were getting engorged and I had to even express alot out in the bathroom. He died the next afternoon in pains cuz of the tummy. So my question is, was it the umbilical cord that fell on the 4th day that wasnt normal? was it the Jaundice that killed him cuz he got more yellow d day his umbilical fell? Was it because he wasnt full term or was it the Colic that actually took his life? As God wld have it, he died exactly the same time he was born. I would want answers please maamas, I need to be extra careful for this one cuz he is going to be my 1st child in my husband's house please I cant afford to lose him.

Hmmmm...my daughter's cord too fell on the 4th day as well. Nothing unusual, ur baby wasn't preterm mama. But never worry, the child that will stay will stay. Be piswhen this one is ready to come he/she would come. Keep hope alive and pray always with a positive mind. I too was scared about this baby due to the first death experience even while she was been born. Daily when I see her, I see God's hand in it. This one will stay mam.

Sansa143:
Sweat no dey gree me sleep,wetin vigilante go do me den

u will through the hurdle. By then u won't be sweating like u are now. Baby will keep u busy. My lo just starting sleeping now. Time for me to catch some sleep, she might wakeup again sef

Sansa143:
,dis heat haf tire me!I have lost count of how many times I don wake up to clean sweat,c as sweat d wet my pillow n my side of bed upon say fan dey on oh n boo is just enjoying sleep kwai witout a drop of sweat!I wake up like almost evry hour drenched in sweat!I haf tire !

sorry mama, it's what we go through for our LOs. it will be over soon, just keep bathing. Vigilante hasn't allowed m sleep since 1am.

Benignasweety:
Hello mummy Yesitsme, how is vigilante? plz I have a little question for you and I would appreciate you reply me.
plz ma, when was your actual due date before you ported? Did she spend time in the NICU after birth or you went home directly with her? My late son was born at 37weeks weighing 2.92kg but had jaundice, he was perfectly healthy and suckled very well, I really want to know how tinz went wrong, so I would knw how to carry myself and wldnt mind entering 42weeks sef if only my baby stays with me.

the Lord make u smile again. She came out at 35weeks February 24 her due date was March 27, she weighed 2.5kg. No NICU,
had her in the afternoon and we left the NXT morning. She couldn't suckle well even till now she is still learning. What actually happened and when?

AlphaHandMaiden:


I totally disagree with you.

She is not here slagging off her mum, but she has an expectation which her mum is not meeting. Its only fair to ask others to see if she is being unrealistic with her expectations.

Yes we cant replace our family because we frankly are stuck to them no matter how annoying they may be. But as adults in yoir own home, you have a choice not to keep accepting crap from someone all because we are related by blood.

Just because as a woman one has a child, does not make one maternal. Once you can accept that you wont get offended by their actions and will be able to make logical decisions.

It is not about comparing mums and mils and it is not about one person choosing their son over you. If you have that mindset, it means your heart is still biased and closed to your in laws because they are not your blood. That is the wrongest approach to have in my opinion.

Both my mum or MIL will take a bullet for either my hubby or myself. And i dont treat MIL any different than i would treat my mum. And i am trated as a daughter to MIL and hubby as a son to my mum, not as an outsider.

Infact there are some things my MIL did to assist me that were my mum alive, i honestly dont think my mum would go that far.
If i believe my mil will do something better than my mum, i will go to her first and not have any sentiments that my mum should do it better purely because she is my blood and it doesnt mean i love my mum any less for saying my MIL is better at xyz task. And its the same vice versa. There are things my mum was better at and my hubby its it no issues. It doesnt make his mum a bad person or him a bad son for itting to a clear fact.

For instance, my mum traveled ALOT! Both for conferences and holidays.
If my baby were to have arrived suddenly , i cannot count on my mom to drop everything and come in a heartbeat because she has other commitments that she may not be able to leave except its a life and death situation. My MIL in the other hand is more flexible and has no such commitments and will drop everything she is doing and trek sef to meet you if she feels its faster. Does it mean that one person loves me better... no!


Everyone has their talents and defects... no person is perfect. If yestisme mum is not making her life easy, there is nothing wrong in her complaining about it and even considerig asking her to leave if it helps the general family wellbeing.

If it was her MIL she came here to complain about, from your comments you are likely the type of person to charge and say she should find away to send her away. That one's own mum is always better etc etc.
So why the double standards now because its is her mum, suddenly she is an ungrateful daughter who perhaps did not form a mother-daughter bond when growing up.

Her only benefit is that it is her own mum so she can raise the issue with and complain very well to her mum without the risk that it raises an in-law issue.

Thanks for this u spoke exactly what I wanted to communicate. the part u talked abt ur MIL leaving all she is doing to come take care of your baby was same with me. I lost my first baby during delivery last yr, my mum said she was sick and my MIL came the NXT day to take care of me. This baby came as a preemie and it took my mum a week bf she came infact my hubby had began making plans to have his mum around,he felt my mum didn't take the situation serious as I had to bath baby sometimes except for church member who came around sometimes. It was later I got to find out she delayed her coming cos my younger sister having her husband people come around for marriage list of which I knew nothing about (am the firstborn) So u c, my MIL is one in a million, she can take a bullet for me. It's well

frm all the comments,I guess she is wired differently and everyone isn't the same. I have to flow with the way things are, hubby has to endure while doing some stuffs. Thanks everyone.

[quote author=jesufifunmi post=54836935] Hi, I am sorry you have to go through this. However, i don't think it puts you in a good light if you are writing all these about your MOTHER on the internet. She birthed you and you guys have known each other since forever. The best you can do is talk it out with her. She's your mom for crying out loud. I believe there are other areas where she may or might have been a good mum to you in the past. We are not all the same.

I just feel you should have a talk with her and express your dissatisfactions about how she's tending for you during this crucial time rather than coming here to paint her bad. We can't replace our mums; they're our mums forever. Honestly, i don't appreciate the fact that you even went to the lenght of comparing your mum to you mil. You think if God forbid, something happens and they ask your mil to choose between you and her son's life, she'd choose yours?

The bottomline of my story is that, your mom is your mom and there are better ways you could have handled this than this approach you are using. Except of course, I you guys never had a bond from the start as mother-daughter. [/quote she isn't bad and am not trying to make her look as such. I came here to rant cos I was just feeling sad and angry. I didn't grow up with her. U won't understand what am going through here. Yes she is my mum and I love her for that. She isn't someone u talk to and she listens. I only came here cos I see everyone here as a family in case someone has gone through same issue and can profer solution. U won't understand

maybe am expecting so much...it hasn't been easy since I had my daughter from one body pain to another. I still do my cooking, wash baby clothes even though I have my mum around. Even if she sees soaked cloth in bathroom I left due to tiredness she won't touch...it can be there for days. If not for my lil sis wth m I don't know how I would have coped. Although I still wakeup to monitor what she, my niece and hubby ( doesn't eat out and hardly eats other people's meals) will take to work and school. The kitchen can be as dirty as anything she won't touch anything. Na to sit down for parlour dey watch film. She is in her late 40s ABI she done old? She can stay a whole day without entering the kitchen except to take food when my lil sis is away ( school) Evening time she is served. I can't tell her do this do that, I feel she should know these things. Hubby came back one day in anger asking when she will leave( was as bad as that) cos my sis had exam the NXT day and it was getting late she needed to read but kitchen work won't let her. Hubby had to take over from her while my mum stayed in the parlour. If she feeds the baby expressed milk she won't wash the cup and spoon. Pls how do I deal with this. I wish my MIL was the one here, last yr she came I had no worries. Have been having body pain for days now.

Realdentist and hotmamma una own better. I just wish alot of things right now.

pls ooo what does your mum do when she comes for omugwo?

nicoleswizzi:

Plz ma what is d cause of protein in urine?...is it when one eats too much protein bcs since last week I av been craving akara and bread...so I mk akara like evry morning since den o...till this week...

no....if u don't take enough water

olamitie:
madam u neva born ,how is the waddling ministry

abeg is there any remedy for this tummy pain babies have? My baby dsnt sleep well at night and keeps wriggling,i use spirit to clean her navel and my MIL uses hotwater compress but still same O,make una helep Me O*losing my mind*

modern medicine says give nothing but we give mine anything bitter....bitter leaf, scent leave but for my daughter,it's bitter cola cut in small piece and put in her water and she drinks.

Liftedhands:
I'd suggest you get Pre-Nan instead of the sma as the pre Nan is made with preemies nutritional and digestive system in mind.

You should also do more expressing of breasts milk cos she is losing g precious weight sucking! feed her including the formula with a spoon or Syringe.

Give her more frequent feeds like every one and half hour cos she needs to build body fat fast.

Take warm baths, drinks lots of fluid and rest plenty to stimulate milk flow, uda pepper soup did it for me.

Put her to suck every now and then but don't let her stay on the breast for long for now till you are sure she is getting enough milk and not just doing exercise

Additionally limit her exposure to people if she hasn't gotten her bcg shots till she is up to 2.5 kg and gets it.

Don't give her baths yet just clean her body with a warm wet cloth.

the sma was prescribed by the midwive who took her delivery. She weighed 2.5kg at birth and I always put her to suck every two hours of which she doesn't do while sleeping so I give her milk with cup and spoon. We used syringe initially after expressing the breast milk but now her demand is high,we moved to cup and spoon. I take uda everyday. She got her bcg four days after birth. Thanks

nicoleswizzi:
Its bumpy Tuesday.. Pheww! OK this is us at 35wks and 5days...don't knw what's appearing on my belle...

massive

Pls Mamas I need ur advice. My LO is 2weeks born as a preterm at 35weeks. She finds it hard sucking although I read it's one of the challenges of having them early. Breast milk is never enough for her or I assume she doesn't get enough as she can't suck very hard but she is coming now. I had to resort to water and glucose as she was dehydrated for 3days after birth. Later we had to get her SMA gold to augment. Pls has anyone had such a challenge? How did u deal with it and how can I increase my milk supply?

Pls Mamas I need ur advice. My LO is 2weeks born as a preterm at 35weeks. She finds it hard sucking although I read it's one of the challenges of having them early. Breast milk is never enough for her or I assume she doesn't get enough as she can't suck very hard but she is coming now. I had to resort to water and glucose as she was dehydrated for 3days after birth. Later we had to get her SMA gold to augment. Pls has anyone had such a challenge? How did u deal with it and how can I increase my milk supply?

pls Mamas how long does babies experience stomach ache. Mine won't sleep and what can I use to reduce the pain?

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