26.6.07

Differences in baby culture

Mama Ann says:

Everyday I will bring Ryo to the playground downstairs to play, we'll meet many mothers or caregivers and exchange pointers. I realised our baby cultures differ a lot, and apparently the majority of their babies are so easy to care for.

One biggest difference is their babies can sleep through the night without feeding since a few months old. That means the mothers can get to sleep throughout as well. Sob sob sob. Ryo still wakes up for 3 feedings and needs to pat him back to sleep, sometimes up to half an hour!!! I haven have a good night sleep since he was born.

Below is a few of the difference I have discovered so far.


Tianjin Spore
Milk Stops drinking milk from 2 years, all solids Continues drinking milk until the child himself refuse
Food Eats dumplings, soft rice, noodles, steam egg even at few mths Cereal or porridge from 6 months, eats larger harder food at later age
Crawl Only crawls on bed Crawls all over the place
Sleep No sarong, pillow nor pacifier. Able to sleep by himself and thru the night. Some sleep in sarong with pillow and pacifier.
Sun Sunbathe everyday for vit D to aid calcium absorption

Sun? wat sun?

We may be rich, we can provide better for our babies, but wat went wrong? How come their babies are so easy to care for? Do you have answers?

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