Product Review:

Baby water wipes are non allergenic wipes composing of 99.9% water and a little extract of grapefruit. It is wetter than normal wipes and contains no harsh chemicals or fragrance. Water is chiefly the major ingredient in this wipes, thus the name natural wipes is earned. The grapefruit extract is of little quantity and acts as a disinfectant and a powerful antibacterial agent.

The baby waterwipes are a suitable alternative to cotton wool and water for newborns. It is gentle, soft and pure for the baby’s delicate layer of skin and also for adults as well. It leaves no irritation or rashes. The water wipes  are convenient for all diaper change and general body cleaning of newborns.

Features:

99.9% highly treated Water- truly natural

1% Grapefruit extract- Very gentle on skin

No harsh Chemicals – Pure and Natural

Wetter- It is not like any other regular wipe

Ingredients:

Treated Water, Grapefruit seed extract

  

Reviews: 

Mrs Tope from Oshodi:

I have just started using Dr. Brown's baby water wipes for my 3 weeks old baby. I noticed the baby had little rashes while I was using the cotton wool and warm water solution. Immediately, I started using the baby waterwipes the rashes left.

Irene from Ikorodu:

I have been using Dr.Brown’s regular baby wipes, when I heard of the Baby waterwipes I knew it was going to be a better product. I was not disappointed after using it for my 9 months old baby boy.

Mrs.Deoye from Fadeyi:

At first I wasn’t sure if the wipes were safe, a trial convinced me.

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So, how do you use yours… ?

Monday is always a very busy day at work.  My head was still in the weekend, but the build up of work on my desk was telling me otherwise.  ‘I can get through today,’ I told myself as I jolted myself into my expected professionalism and slapped on a smile.  Break time was almost over and the wear and tear of climbing the office stairs was already telling on my work speed.  This woman was in need of a fix, and I needed one quick!

Luckily for me, I remembered I had something naughty but nice in my bag.  Just as I was about to take a bite from this piece of heaven something disastrous happened.  Tunde, the post boy, bumped his post trolley into my chair and whoosh my creamy stirred latte went all over my desk and … my dress!  OMG!!!!  Not my beloved Jasper Conran.  This was definitely not one of those awful but hilariously funny moments.  My heart was in my mouth, I was presenting to the boss today.  What could I do now with coffee all over my dress, forming what looked like a map of Antarctica?  Well, I did what any sane woman would do in the circumstances.  I jumped into action and reached for my trusty baby wipes.  Phew!  It was a close call, but as sure as eggs my baby wipes saved the day.  They helped me mop up all the coffee and scrub away all the stains on my dress, neatly, restoring its look completely.  Ah!  Panic over and breathe … where would I be without my baby wipes?  I quickly put away my snack and coffee cup.  I didn’t want to take any chances.  Weekend, what weekend? 

Later on the train home I got to thinking how funny it was that me, a single, childless, twenty-something had been saved that day by ‘baby wipes’ of all things. A product, whose natural usage was so far removed from my lifestyle and current stage of life.  So it got me thinking … how do we use baby wipes all over the world today and how did we ever live without them?

Aside from assisting with everything baby-related indeed, baby wipes have become the ultimate ‘do-everything product,’ cutting across every segment of the population.

Baby wipes can be used to remove make-up, to freshen up, to clean hands, to clean anything in fact ranging from those dusty hardly worn shoes to the bedroom fan.  It’s any surface, any time, anywhere product.  I’m sure people all over the world use them in many weird and wonderful ways.  I myself have tied them around my leg to stem nicks after shaving and my mum cleans the fridge with hers.  I also know of one beautician who puts a few drops of witch hazel on a baby wipe and then uses it to freshen up her face before going to bed.  Hmmm … I might try that one.  

So the question remains, how do you use yours?

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Potty Training- How Important Are Training Pants

POTTY TRAINING is a very important stage in an infant’s life as they transition from diapers to underwear. It is basically the training of a child to use the potty or toilet instead of soiling themselves in their diapers.  Another term for it is ‘TOILET TRAINING’.   For potty training to be successful the child, ultimately, must want to do it so they need constant motivation.

Cultural factors play a large part in what age is deemed appropriate to start potty training as a lot of research, especially in Africa, assert that a child is expected to be potty trained by ages three to four. Experts assert that it is easier for a child to first learn bowel control than bladder control. Obviously, it is eventually learnt but the process can be speeded up by patient nurturing. Research has proved and it is common knowledge that it usually takes boys longer to potty train compared to girls.

The use of TRAINING PANTS can aid the process of potty training in a positive manner.  They are designed to look like normal underwear yet they work the same way as a diaper. Designed to absorb wetness.  This paves the way for a natural transition from diapers to underwear.  Some training pants are designed with wetness indicators, an image that will smudge when it comes into contact with liquid.  This is a brilliant indicator for any parent to identify when their child is wet. Training pants absorb the mess like natural diapers so parents don’t have to worry about accidents, with strong leak protection side panels which gather and control leakages.

Many parents call training pants, “Big boy pants” or “Big girl pants.”  As the terminology suggests parents can use this product to encourage the independence and personal growth of their child.  The child can physically pull the pants up and down with ease and they also develop a sense of personal pride if and when they are rewarded by their parents for doing so.

Mothers believe that training pants are particularly useful at night because it takes several months for kids to control their bladders at night which means a lot of bed wetting, that often cannot be avoided. 

The pants are also useful during long naps or when on a journey. Often children become uncomfortable when they soil themselves wearing ordinary underwear and this is were training pants perform a necessary and useful function during this potty training stage.

Once potty training is underway its essential that the child always knows where the potty is and exactly what it is for.  The parent will have to get into the habit of asking the child if they need to use the potty at regular intervals.  This will then reinforce the habit of using it.  When the child successfully uses the potty it is really important to recognize and praise the child for doing so.  For many children, especially boys, potty training can be a long road.  

The parent has to consciously commit to train their child until it becomes an effortless task.  Training pants can successfully aid this process and be of benefit to both the parents and the child wearing them.

                                                                              

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Why Not Breast Milk?

From the look of things the lady would be a working class lady, in her early 30s. She sat quietly, her baby fast asleep on her back at the bank reception, staring occasionally at the bank teller. The rest of us were on a queue murmuring and gnashing out at each other after a hard day’s work. Somewhere along the line, the docile baby suddenly jolted awake, as usual this is ushered by a loud cry.

All efforts to pacify the child proved abortive, as the baby was bent on crying out all day long. The mother changed diapers, sang and tried all she could, but it seems there was nothing that would make the baby quiet. Obviously, something was imminently wrong, this crying continued until an elderly woman on the queue who had keenly observed the situation, shouted at the lady “this baby is hungry!”. By this time all eyes were on this woman for awhile, she was numb to the shouts asking her to breast-feed the baby in public. This generated a heated argument amongst in the bank reception which almost led to an outburst. After so many interventions, the woman reluctantly complied with the wishes of the child.

This particular scenario highlights the common trend among Nigerian women, especially the educated ones. Sequel to this article we highlighted the rate at which EBF (Exclusive Breast-Feeding) is dwindling among Nigeria and the world generally as less than 40% of women worldwide breast-feed. It is important to note that most women give reasons.

 Here are some of the things some women have to say Mrs. Aderonke (A journalist with a daily tabloid, young mother) “most women can’t afford to expose their breast to public glare”, she went further saying that “many people criticize women who breast-feed publicly”. over the years many woman have discarded the act of breast-feeding and adopted the well known Infant formulas. According to Mrs. Theresa (A banker and a young mother on Lagos Island) explained that part of the reasons she stop breastfeeding her baby early was that her breast began to sag, “even my husband didn’t want me to continue”.

 Some women also complained that Breast fed infants tend to cry a lot and get hungry quickly thus they can’t cope with the demand of breast feeding every 10 minutes. Dr. Ajayi Abimbola Deputy Director on Nutrition, Lagos State Ministry of Health in an article explained that, the breast milk is composed of 90% water, which is everything a child needs for growth, and the first substance that comes out of the breast when feeding the baby is water after which the ‘milk like substance’ both have very important roles in the process of breast feeding as the child is satisfied quickly owning to their minute stomach. Within 10 minutes they urinate, flushing out and cleaning their system with the water in the feed but the nutrient is retained. Thus, the child becomes hungry again which oftentimes leads to the crying.

EBF as we know is a singular method of reducing infant mortality. It’s beneficial to both Mother and Child, Newborns that are not breastfed exclusively for at least 6 months are more than three times at greater risk of Sepsis or other infections; 69% risk of respiratory infections  and diarrhea [1].

The health benefits for babies at a glance

1)      The first milk Mothers produce during the first few days of their babies delivery is called ‘Colostrum’ which contains antibodies that helps in enhancing  a strong immune system for the baby [2].

2)       Breast feeding is crucial in minimizing life threatening illnesses, as newborns that are not breast fed within the first hour of life are twice as likely to die in their first month of life, compared to those babies who were breastfed within their first hour [4]

3)      Breastfeeding could also protect against future occurrence of obesity, overweight, type1 diabetes. [5]

The health benefits for Mothers.

1)      When a mother breast feeds immediately after birth ‘oxytoxin’ is released into the body, this hormone helps in the contraction of the mothers uterus. Studies have revealed that a woman uterus during pregnancy is about 20 times its normal size, thus Breast feeding helps a Mother get her normal figure (complete book of pregnancy).

2)       Many studies have shown that women who breast feed are at a lower risk of developing breast cancer. Experts have touted that incidence of breast cancer in developing countries could be reduced by half if Mothers exclusively breast feed their  babies

3)      Many evidences have suggested that breast feeding can significantly reduce the risk of ovarian cancer.

                                                                                                       

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Why Breast Milk?

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National Demographic Health Survey (NDHS) [1] reports in Nigeria showed that in 2013 the rate of exclusive breast-feeding has dropped to 17%, this is one of the worst rates in the world by all standards, according to the report only 9% of nursing mothers in Abuja breast-fed their babies for the first 6 months as advised by doctors. 

Researchers in the US [2] have discovered that $13 million could be saved each year if 90% of mothers exclusively breast-feed their babies for the first 6 months of life. 


For every 1,000 babies not breast-fed, there will be an approximately 2,033 physician visits, 212 days in the hospital and 609 prescriptions by the physician. These figures would seemingly suggest that if breast feeding did take place exclusively for the first six months of a newborn’s life then families all over the world could make huge savings throughout the child’s lifetime. 

The question on our mind is what is so important about breast-feeding?  Since the beginning of time many authors and researchers have laid claim to the importance of exclusive breast-feeding and how it affects child and mother mortality. An expert paediatric Dr. Lanre Phillips referring to an article in an American Medical Journal [3] asserted that adults who were breastfed 6-9 months exclusively had higher IQs than those who were breastfed for two-three weeks less. Biologically, breast milk contains everything your baby needs, to grow and develop optimally; you don’t need to be an expert to know that breast-feeding is important for babies as there is simply no better food for new-borns.

A baby’s stomach at birth is about the size of an adult thumb, it can only take between 12-20mls of feed at a time. Babies require 600ml-1000ml breast milk daily, this figure helps the baby to gain weight and develop organs. Besides the fact that continuous breast-feeding helps with bonding, breast milk is completely and easily digested leaving little or no residue. Dr. Phillips clearly stated that a mother’s breast milk can protect and stimulate the development of a baby’s central nervous system. 

Breast milk contains a long chain of polyunsaturated acids, which is not present in infant formula of cow milk. Breast feeding should be encouraged in all societies; all over the world. It is meant to be natural and instinctive, as babies who are exclusively breast-fed for the first 6 months are 14 times likely to survive the first 6 months of their life than non-breast-fed babies (UNICEF) [4].

Breast-feeding your new-born could also reduce the risk of new-born deaths by 45% [5] as well as adding so many other benefits. Our babies need all they can get to survive, so it is instructive to know that breast-feeding is part of those needs and as a mother you must  give all you can.                                                     

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REFRENCES.

1)      Ezeaka, C. (2013). 17% Newborns Are Exclusively Breastfed In Nigeria: National Demographic Health Survey. www.mammallete.com/featured/17-newborn-exclusively-breatfed-nigeria-expert/

2)      Landau, E. (2013). CDC: Many moms start breastfeeding but drop off. CNN.com

3)      Mortensen, EL. et al. (2002). “The association between duration of breastfeeding and adult intelligence: 101 reasons to breastfeed your child. JAMA 287:2365-71. 

4)      World Health Organization.(2014). Breastfeeding Support: World Breastfeeding Week, 1-7 August 2014. Breastfeeding. Geneva: WHO. 

5)      Debes, A. K., Kohli, A., Walker, N., Edmond, K., & Mullany, L. C. (2013). Time to initiation of breastfeeding and neonatal mortality and morbidity: a systematic review. BMC Public Health, 13 (Suppl 3), S19.