Brush??
There is a tradition in Shanghai that when a newborn reaches one month old, a hairdresser will come in and shave him/her and make a few brushes with the hair. Of course those brushes are too precious to be used for Chinese painting and calligraphy. People usually frame them for the memory of the newborn baby because they don't stay that little for very long.
I don't think there is a special hairdresser for babies here. Biajee and I are not confident enough to shave the baby's head either. Arnold is an American citizen. Maybe we can get away without sticking to this tradition.
Arnold likes the situp position so that he could have a better view of the surroundings. Biajee always wonders why Arnold cries so much. Well, he is new to this world and crying is his only way of communication. A rule of thumb is: Never try to give advice to a mother on how to raise her own baby unless she asks for it. I personally resent that quite a lot. We have motherly instinct. When it comes to our child, we know what to do. Ask your mother whether she followed a lot of instructions bringing you up or not. On top of that, each baby is different. Your characteristics are not the same as your father's when you're both babies. This is why we new moms don't need any specific instructions unless it's a doctor's diagnosis.
There are tons of books out there about how to raise babies. A lot of them are contradictory with each other. A good idea is to read several of them and get different opinions and then pick the most useful for your own baby. Those people who wrote the books are only writing about their own children. Obviously it's going to be different from our children. Things that are working on other babies are not always going to work on our kids. Some books suggest let the baby cry, but I strongly disagree, especially when the baby is less than 3 months old. They don't know a lot and they don't demand a lot. They want to be snuggled close to adults and that is OK.
Well, so much about Pei's Theory in Raising a Baby and it will only work for our little Arnold.
I don't think there is a special hairdresser for babies here. Biajee and I are not confident enough to shave the baby's head either. Arnold is an American citizen. Maybe we can get away without sticking to this tradition.
Arnold likes the situp position so that he could have a better view of the surroundings. Biajee always wonders why Arnold cries so much. Well, he is new to this world and crying is his only way of communication. A rule of thumb is: Never try to give advice to a mother on how to raise her own baby unless she asks for it. I personally resent that quite a lot. We have motherly instinct. When it comes to our child, we know what to do. Ask your mother whether she followed a lot of instructions bringing you up or not. On top of that, each baby is different. Your characteristics are not the same as your father's when you're both babies. This is why we new moms don't need any specific instructions unless it's a doctor's diagnosis.
There are tons of books out there about how to raise babies. A lot of them are contradictory with each other. A good idea is to read several of them and get different opinions and then pick the most useful for your own baby. Those people who wrote the books are only writing about their own children. Obviously it's going to be different from our children. Things that are working on other babies are not always going to work on our kids. Some books suggest let the baby cry, but I strongly disagree, especially when the baby is less than 3 months old. They don't know a lot and they don't demand a lot. They want to be snuggled close to adults and that is OK.
Well, so much about Pei's Theory in Raising a Baby and it will only work for our little Arnold.
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