Introducing first foods to baby

Although common advice is to wait till 6 months before introducing food to infants, our Doc gave a go-ahead on non milk foods for Tweety when she turned 4 months. Have been quite excited to see her reactions on tastes beyond milk!

After reading up and gathering thoughts from elderlies, we decided to introduce non milk liquids first (fruit juices etc) and then slowly progress to semi solids depending on how she takes it. Another thing we decided is that we will try and give her as much fresh, home-made things as possible to keep artificial flavors, chemicals away from her tiny system. 

The first thing we gave her was freshly squeezed orange juice at room temperature. After making some strange gestures, she liked it and took another 9-10 spoons. Encouraged by her reaction, gave her apple juice couple of hours later which was also accepted well! It’s been more than a month now and she has been given many other forms of fruits, pulses, veggies. The food feeder came in handy to introduce her to lot of fruits which are difficult to squeeze into juice. Sharing a brief of our learning’s here.

Baby's First HairCut - Razor or Trimmer

First hair cut is a very important occasion for Indian parents. It is a ritual dictated by religious beliefs and old customs being followed for generations. Generally these customs or beliefs decide the timing and mode of hair cut, which is, Razor or Machine. Due to the soaring temperature and Tweety's affinity to sweating, we decided to go for her hair cut. 

However, based on elders' advice we went ahead with the razor option and unfortunately had to pay with a small cut on Tweety's scalp :( It was half way through the hair cut and thankfully Tweety didn't react. I, on the other hand, was almost on the verge of tears seeing red. I tried to compose myself and asked for the machine to be used thereafter and trust me on this, a machine gives almost as fine a cut as with razor. 

People say that first haircut with razor helps baby grow better hair both in quality and quantity. This is nothing but a myth. The quality, quantity, curliness or straightness of hair depends purely on genes and the follicles underneath the scalp. Shaving or trimming would not change anything. 

I did this research a bit late and had to pay for it in a bad way, but please be wise and learn from my mistake. No matter what elders or the priest may say about mandatory use of razor, I would request and advise you to use a machine for any hair cut done before the age of two years.

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