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“Diapers are bad for your baby’s pee-pee”
My Chinese cousin-in-law tells me I shouldn’t have my baby wear diapers.
01/12/2014
Ruth Silbermayr
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In October 2014, my husband and I are in Changchun, visiting my cousin-in-law’s place with our baby son. While we’re changing his diaper, my cousin-in-law’s wife watches us. Before we put on a clean diaper, she says, “Wait a while. Let his pee-pee get some air.”
She then asks me, “Do you always have him wear diapers?”
I reply, “I do.”
She says, “Why don’t you try split baby pants? We have some at home. I’ll get you one. Diapers are bad for his pee-pee. It might start to rot and fall off.”
Has anyone ever told you that diapers are bad for your baby?
This is part of the series ‘Conversations with Locals in China,’ where I share conversations with Chinese people on my blog.