Indian Parents in USA-II
First week from the hospital is kind of bumpy but from then on it becomes a routine. For dads and moms it's a proud thing when ever they see their babies, yes this is our creation is what they feel. It's a good feeling except for the fact that, for dads, it's not a hi-fi electronic gismo gadget and for moms, it comes with lot of work, atleast for the first couple of years and for both of them it's a big big responsibility.
As I was telling, for dads, they tend to learn new things like changing dipers and all. They help their wives a lot with babies stuff. But for moms it's like heaven to give birth in US. The whole path is laid out for you and you just have to follow step by step, that's all it is to it. It's so easy to attend a baby here. In India, except for some super rich, nobody wants to use dipers even today. Not that they are not available and not that they cannot afford, they just don't want to. On top of it, elders feel the cloth dipers are much better, they say I did like this and so you do the same. Yeah spoil your clothes too with babies pee pees and boo boos. When it is so damn convenient then why not give a try? Yeah I understand the concerns about diper rash but there are other ways to avoid it too like probably applying baby oil around the place. I have seen many elders feeling as if moms are torturing their babies by putting a diper when they are in India. Didn't you face one of them when you visited? Here in US, there is nothing more to think about it. You have to put a diper because of the carpets in the apartments or else there is pee pees and boo boos all over the place.
Another big issue is about breast feeding. Every well educated woman knows that breast feeding is very important for a new born. But she also knows that after 6-8 months of breast feeding, the milk is no longer useful for the baby. But here also, your moms and aunts would say, Oh you have to feed till the baby is atleast one year old. It is already difficult enough that babies these are very very intelligent, more intelligent than you were when you were at that age. They don't want to switch to bottle that easily and if you feed them too long the transition will become all the more difficult. Now many of us would have faced or would have been facing this situation if we were in India. But here you have the freedom to do what you want to do. I always feel you need to put your knowledge to good use in your life or your education is a waste. The variety of formulas available here in the market is phenomenal. And the ease at which you can feed your baby when you are on the go is excellent. All you need is some hot water and little formula and your baby is happy and so are you. The baby foods are so good too. You get to know what your baby is eating, how much of fiber, what vitamins and minerals are going into that tummy. I mean what else is much easier than that? If you feel your baby is constipated, you just have to see which bottle is having more fiber and feed that, how cool is that?
As I was telling, for dads, they tend to learn new things like changing dipers and all. They help their wives a lot with babies stuff. But for moms it's like heaven to give birth in US. The whole path is laid out for you and you just have to follow step by step, that's all it is to it. It's so easy to attend a baby here. In India, except for some super rich, nobody wants to use dipers even today. Not that they are not available and not that they cannot afford, they just don't want to. On top of it, elders feel the cloth dipers are much better, they say I did like this and so you do the same. Yeah spoil your clothes too with babies pee pees and boo boos. When it is so damn convenient then why not give a try? Yeah I understand the concerns about diper rash but there are other ways to avoid it too like probably applying baby oil around the place. I have seen many elders feeling as if moms are torturing their babies by putting a diper when they are in India. Didn't you face one of them when you visited? Here in US, there is nothing more to think about it. You have to put a diper because of the carpets in the apartments or else there is pee pees and boo boos all over the place.
Another big issue is about breast feeding. Every well educated woman knows that breast feeding is very important for a new born. But she also knows that after 6-8 months of breast feeding, the milk is no longer useful for the baby. But here also, your moms and aunts would say, Oh you have to feed till the baby is atleast one year old. It is already difficult enough that babies these are very very intelligent, more intelligent than you were when you were at that age. They don't want to switch to bottle that easily and if you feed them too long the transition will become all the more difficult. Now many of us would have faced or would have been facing this situation if we were in India. But here you have the freedom to do what you want to do. I always feel you need to put your knowledge to good use in your life or your education is a waste. The variety of formulas available here in the market is phenomenal. And the ease at which you can feed your baby when you are on the go is excellent. All you need is some hot water and little formula and your baby is happy and so are you. The baby foods are so good too. You get to know what your baby is eating, how much of fiber, what vitamins and minerals are going into that tummy. I mean what else is much easier than that? If you feel your baby is constipated, you just have to see which bottle is having more fiber and feed that, how cool is that?
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