Chapter 155
Jiang Zhinian lay in his arms, took out her phone and looked at it for a while, then held it up to show him: "Look, there are so many types of milk powder, stage one, stage two, and stage three. It says that different ages require different levels of milk powder, but the composition of breast milk does not change. Why does milk powder have to be divided into stages? Isn't it strange?"
This question bothered her for a long time when she was making a guide to milk powder. What would happen if the baby continued to eat the same milk powder?
"It's not a big deal, actually. You can think of it as stage one formula having the best ingredients, but it's also very expensive. Plus, to encourage breastfeeding, stage one formula isn't allowed to have any promotional discounts, so if you keep using stage one formula, it's a burden for many families."
Therefore, stage two and stage three milk powder came into being. Firstly, when the baby grows up, the ingredients of the milk powder no longer need to be as refined as those of stage one milk powder, and some additional satiety ingredients will be added, so the cost will naturally be reduced. Secondly, some discount activities can be carried out to reduce the financial burden on parents.
Simply put, this is an economic issue.
If your family is financially well-off, it is fine to feed your baby with stage one milk powder. However, after one year old, the baby can actually drink pure milk. If you are not sure, you can wait until the baby is two years old to drink pure milk. Milk powder is no longer a necessity at the older age, and you can directly transition from stage one milk powder to pure milk.
It makes things more convenient for parents and reduces the expenses on milk powder.
Jiang Zhinian nodded: "Then we will give the baby formula until he is one and a half years old, and then switch to pure milk."
She chose a compromise number that was consistent with Shi Ye's scientific theory and made her feel a little more acceptable.
"But it's not cheap to keep drinking milk powder."
Shi Ye calculated the monthly cost of milk powder for Jiang Zhinian without using paper or pen. Jiang Zhinian was shocked and asked, "Does the baby need to drink so much milk powder in a month?"
"Of course, that's their staple food, but after six months, they start adding complementary foods, so the need for dairy products decreases slightly."
Shi Ye roughly estimated a number for Jiang Zhinian, and her heart trembled when she heard it: "I just took a rough look at the childcare cost table you made before, and I didn't have a specific idea. When I broke it down to the monthly milk powder money, it suddenly... felt real."
"What does it feel like?"
"Money for milk powder...is not easy."
"And there's money for diapers. I've listed that as a big part of the bill on the form."
Jiang Zhinian suddenly seemed to remember something: "Oh, right, I forgot to tell you, didn't we win the prize last time we did the 4D scan? The hospital later told me that we didn't just win the box of diapers, they would cover all the diapers for the baby until he's two years old."
Some children can use the toilet independently by the age of 2, and except for occasional bedwetting at night, they basically no longer need diapers.
Shi Ye paused his index finger that was entangled in Jiang Zhinian's long hair and asked casually, "What did they call you to tell you?"
"Yes, don't worry. I called their official customer service number to confirm. They are not a scammer."
Shi Ye's heart sank - he had never left Jiang Zhinian's contact information to the hospital, and he even left his own name as the contact person for the lecture registration.
If it was really a normal jackpot, the hospital should have called him instead of getting Jiang Zhinian's contact information from somewhere and calling her specifically.
However, if you really want to say that there is some conspiracy or scam, it doesn't make sense. Giving away diapers for free... He couldn't figure out where the incision was.
Jiang Zhinian didn't know that Shi Ye didn't leave her phone number, so she naturally couldn't react to the problem. Shi Ye thought about it and temporarily concealed this unclear matter to avoid affecting the pregnant woman's mood and making her have wild thoughts.
He curled his lips and agreed, "That's great. It can save a lot of money..."
Jiang Zhinian happily nuzzled Shi Ye's arm and sighed, "I don't know why, but ever since I became pregnant with this child, everything in my life has become... luckier. These lucky wins, if it were in the past, I wouldn't even have dared to think about them."
"Maybe the baby is a koi."
"Shi Ye, what do you think our daughter's nickname will be in the future, Little Koi?" Jiang Zhinian steadied his voice, trying to make his tone sound everyday, ordinary, and insignificant.
Shi Ye's crow-feather eyelashes drooped slightly, and he didn't know what he was thinking. He said casually, "It's a bit strange..."
Every time he heard the sons and daughters of his senior colleagues in the hospital had nicknames like "Little Rice Cake", "Little Strawberry" and "Little Pumpkin", he felt very strange. Why were they all food?
"It's best not to be edible..." Koi is also fish and can be eaten.
Jiang Zhinian suddenly sat up excitedly, raised his hands high, and said happily with shining eyes: "I know, the baby is a daughter, it's a daughter, right!"
Shi Ye raised his eyes to look at her, as if he had just come to his senses. He forced a smile and said, "So you were waiting for me here."
Jiang Zhinian raised an eyebrow, looking playful. "You were absent-minded, so isn't it normal for me to trick you into revealing something?"
God knows how happy she was when she came up with this idea, and how nervous she was when implementing this plan. If Shi Ye found out, she might even be "ridiculed".
Shi Ye nodded: "That makes sense. Now I understand. What are your thoughts?"
Now it was Jiang Zhinian's turn to be stuck. In fact, she had not yet prepared what she would think if she asked. After all, she always felt that it would be difficult for her to get the answer she wanted from Shi Ye so easily.
Jiang Zhinian hummed a few times and realized that knowing the gender was meaningless to her. The clothes were already made, and they were all in colors that could be used by both men and women. The baby carriage was won in a lottery and was also in colors that could be used by both men and women. So, it seemed that there was nothing that needed to be prepared specifically based on gender.
If I had to say one thing, it would probably be...
"Name it! We can start choosing a name for our daughter now."
"It's too early." The baby was less than six months old. "If you start choosing a name now, you might get stuck in an endless process of proposing, debating, and rejecting the idea. In the end, you'll develop a fear of choosing."
"But now that I know the baby's gender, I should do something."
Shi Ye's fingers loosened Jiang Zhinian's long hair, then he opened his five fingers, dug into the thick black hair, and gently clasped the back of her head.
Whispering, doting: "Then don't think about anything else, just think about me..."
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