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For a country that has a relatively high birth rate, there seems to be a bit of a problem.\u00a0 Nobody seems to know much about babies.\u00a0 Seriously, I kid you not.\u00a0 Aside from that there is an annoying lack of trust in mothers.\u00a0 Apparently we are the last person on earth to know what’s best for our child, and the nurse\/midwife\/doctor that sets eyes on them for 5 seconds know more than we do.\u00a0 I now understand why so many olim have said to me “never ever <\/em>listen to Tipat Chalav, they talk the biggest amount of B*lox”.<\/p>\n

Here\u00a0is a small selection\u00a0of the daft things I have heard from medical “Professionals” [and Rabbis] over the last couple of weeks:<\/p>\n

1) Your baby needs to be wearing a babygrow [i,e, \u00a0long sleeves] all the time.<\/strong>\u00a0 Me: “But its 30 degrees outside, and we don’t\u00a0generally use the air conditioning”.\u00a0 Tipat Chalav Nurse: “He cannot regulate his body temperature.” Me:\u00a0 “Feel him! He is warm!”\u00a0 Tipat Chalav Nurse: “He is under 3 kilo so he needs to be covered.”\u00a0 (Oh for goodness sake. Surely I know if my own baby is cold??!)<\/p>\n

2) “You need to supplement your baby with formula as he is weak and a bit jaundiced.”<\/strong> Me: “He clearly\u00a0isn’t<\/em> that weak as he is eating non-stop.\u00a0 And jaundice is normal in breastfed babies.”\u00a0 Midwife:\u00a0 “If you ever want to get out of this hospital, you need to give him formula.\u00a0 “Me: BUT HE IS EATING! WHY MESS WITH THE PROCESS???”<\/p>\n

3)\u00a0 You need to give your baby Vitamin D drops every day.\u00a0 <\/strong>Me: “But he is a summer baby??! My first was born in JANUARY in ENGLAND and he managed, why do you imagine a baby born in September in a hot country to a mother who does not wear a burka would have a problem manufacturing Vitamin D???” Tipat Chalav Nurse: “Here in Israel, this is what we do.”\u00a0 Me: Sigh.<\/p>\n

4) You\u00a0have to fast on Yom Kippur as your baby is over 1 week old\u00a0and you are not considered a Cholah (sick person).\u00a0 <\/strong>Me:\u00a0 “Thats fabulous.\u00a0 But the rabbis seem to be a little misinformed about how babies feed, as week 2 is growth spurt time and a nursing mother in a hot country\u00a0needs to drink ALL DAY.”\u00a0 Rabbi: “Well you need to stay in bed and rest and let your husband take care of your toddler.”\u00a0 Me: “And how exactly is that going to help with my\u00a0liquid requirements??!” Rabbi: “If you do decide to drink then it’s a tiny sip every 6 minutes.”\u00a0 Me: “I remember learning that in school, and I also remember thinking ‘does anyone actually do that?’ and besides, that wont be anywhere near enough fluid in hot weather.\u00a0 Trust me.\u00a0 And I have one more question.\u00a0 Where were all the women when these halachot were being enacted???”\u00a0 (Answer: probably at home feeding their babies).\u00a0<\/p>\n

Anyway, as it turned out,\u00a0several of my religious friends\u00a0later informed\u00a0me that according to their\u00a0tradition its completely forbidden to fast when nursing a tiny baby…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For a country that has a relatively high birth rate, there seems to be a bit of a problem.\u00a0 Nobody seems to know much about babies.\u00a0 Seriously, I kid you not.\u00a0 Aside from that there is an annoying lack of trust in mothers.\u00a0 Apparently we are the last person on earth to know what’s best … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8889,"featured_media":382,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,188],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aliyah","category-pregnancy-and-birth"],"yoast_head":"\nDoes anyone in this country know anything about babies???! - Diary of an Aliyah-nik<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mehmehs.com\/aliyah\/does-anyone-in-this-country-know-anything-about-babies\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Does anyone in this country know anything about babies???! 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