I was browsing my mommy blogger friend Topaz Mommy's blog and came across another mommy blogger, The Painter's Wife. First, I super commend her for being so active in breastfeeding her baby. Something I wish I did for a long time to my baby girl. Anyways, she has this blog entry about Old Wives' Tale (pamahiin) about babies that are so hilarious but true!
Let me repost it here.
We’ve all heard these warnings before. From pregnancy to birth, I’ve heard so many old wives’ tales (tama lang old, kasi always “may edad” ang nagsasabi sa kin) about pregnancy and children that I’ve come up with a “sabi-sabi” poker face in order to maintain respect to these well-meaning people. Here’s a handful:
1. “Hamog”
If you expose your baby to “hamog”, they will get sick. And “hamog” appears at dusk and you shouldn’t bring out the baby by then. I don’t believe in “hamog”, neither does my pedia and neither should you. I do believe in fresh air and if the only tolerable conditions to bring out my infant is at 5pm, the onset of “hamog”, I don’t care. You can take your “hamog” to your albularyo and make it patawas.
2. Colic is kabag.
No, it’s not.
3. If you eat raw eggs just before you deliver, your “entrada” will be madulas and the baby will come out easier.
This one was shared by a neighbor and cracked me up. I don’t think she’s ever heard of salmonella and would feed me raw chicken while I was pregnant.
4. Drinking cold water will make your milk supply dry up.
And here I am drinking a tall glass of iced water with porno-star proportion breasts because of my overabundance of milk.
5. You should feed your baby from both breasts at each session because one breast is the “kanin” and one is “ulam”.
Someone call La Leche League! This is a scientific breakthrough!!!
6. Pinching your baby’s nose will make it “matangos”.
Stop mangling my baby with your hands and your colonial mentality, please.
7. Breastfeeding for more than 6 months will make the baby attached to you.
Better me than the yaya, the TV or a DS Lite, thank you.
8. You have to be super super careful with the baby’s pusod. And use a bigkis.
Dr. Elizza Senseng grabbed my hand and made me poke Basti’s umbilical stump to prove to me that it was a dead nerve. Using a bigkis does not protect it any more and neither does it prevent a baby from having a big tummy. Newborns are naturally frog-bellied. Deal with it, lolas.
9. If you’re pretty while pregnant, then you’re having a girl.
I had a boy, thanks. And, yes, I was pretty while pregnant.
Super funny no? =D
Follow her blog too ladies! You will learn a lot (while laughing on the side!)
www.painterswife.com
Happy reading!
Ngayon ko lang nakita to. Hehe. Thanks Fleur!
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