Question
Can I give baby muthi wenyoni?
10 February 2023. Related: All topics, Children.
Hi, I am HIV positive, my son is 6 weeks old and he tested HIV negative at birth. He is also on nevirapine. I was given co-trimaxazole at my 6 weeks visit at the clinic. Can I start giving him muthi wenyoni and gripe water? Also I wanna stop breast feeding and start giving him co-trimaxazole is it safe to do so?
Answer
Hi, how are you doing?
Congratulations on having a baby. As baby is older than 1 month it is safe to give them muthi wenyoni and gripe water.
Yes you can stop breastfeeding. Will you be starting to formula feed instead. It is okay to give baby co-trimoxazole regardless of how they are being fed.
Josh.
Hi Zowie, congratulations on your new baby – and it is up to you whether or not you want to tell your mum about HIV – and at the moment you probably have many other things to worry about. The information that i-Base gives is that newborn babies do not need anything other than milk for the first six months.
This includes no water, gripe water or anything else to help digestion. There is also no evidence to show these things help.
This is your baby and even if your mum thinks she is doing the right thing you can say your clinic said this.
Please also talk to your clinic who should give the saem info.
My mom doesn’t know my status and she’s been giving my newborn who’s on nevirapine gripe water and muthi wenyoni can this affect my baby’s health
Hello Tumelo and thanks for getting in touch.
Congratulations on your baby – you must be very happy.
I am afraid the guidelines are different in every country and every child has different needs.
Please speak to your doctor before giving your baby anything other than milk or the ARVs your doctor prescribed.
Hi I’m positive can give my newborn muthiwenyoni s taken neverapin is 6weeks is not problem
Hello Gee and many thanks for getting in touch.
Please discuss this with your doctor as I am not experienced or trained in this area.
Usually children are advised to stop breastfeeding at the age of 6 months.
Hello, i’m a breastfeeding mother to my 2 year-old toddler and i need advice on how to make him stop as this has affected his appetite.