"It has a little taste, but not very strong," said Deng Qingling after stirring the soup evenly and taking a sip.
"Listen to me, you can't eat anything too spicy during the confinement period," said Liang Xueying.
Deng Qingling didn't say anything, just nodded and lowered her head to finish the soup.
She touched her chest and felt a little swollen, "Mom, I feel like I have milk."
"Really? Wait a minute, I'll get some hot water to wipe you first." After saying that, Liang Xueying went to the kitchen and brought a basin of hot water.
Liang Xueying soaked the towel, wrung out the water, handed it to her and said: "Wipe it before feeding."
"Yeah." Deng Qingling took the towel, turned around and wiped her body.
After wiping her body, she picked up the baby to feed her. When the baby sucked hard, Deng Qingling felt so much pain that she almost cried.
After sucking for a while, the baby finally got through. He squinted his eyes while drinking milk, sweating all over.
I really tried my best.
Deng Qingling wiped the baby's sweat, and then she heard her mother-in-law say to change one for him to suck, and to suck on both sides, otherwise his breasts would be uneven.
Deng Qingling blushed, pulled out the nipple, and stuffed the other side into the baby's mouth.
It's a bit embarrassing and shy to be breastfeeding while being watched by others. Even though we are all women and I have the same qualities as you, I still feel a little embarrassed.
When the baby stopped eating, Liang Xueying would hold the baby, burp him, and pat him to sleep.
Soon the baby fell asleep. Liang Xueying carefully put the baby on the bed and whispered, "Do you want me to sleep here tonight?"
Deng Qingling said: "Mom, no need, I can bring the baby here." She can bring the baby into the space at night.
"Okay, if you can't take it, call me. You take a rest, I'm going out." Liang Xueying said and walked out.
Deng Qingling watched her mother-in-law walk away, got out of bed, put on her shoes, closed the door, entered the space, filled a bowl of spiritual spring water and drank it. She instantly felt extremely comfortable all over her body, and her body instantly recovered to its best condition.
I sweated a lot after giving birth today. Although I have wiped myself off, I still feel uncomfortable all over and still want to take a shower.
I boiled some hot water in the space and took a hot bath. After the bath, I felt much more relaxed all over. I left the space because I was afraid that the baby would wake up.
Babies in the confinement period sleep most of the time, and are still asleep at this time.
Deng Qingling placed a pillow between her and the baby, fearing that she would accidentally crush him at night. She only slept peacefully after keeping a little distance between them.
About two hours
Deng Qingling was half asleep when she suddenly heard the baby crying.
It's so noisy! Whose baby is crying?
Baby crying? I think I've given birth? That's my baby crying!
She jumped up in fright, picked up the baby, and felt something wet on her hands. She lifted the blanket and saw that the baby had diarrhea.
I remembered that there were diapers and wet wipes in the space, so I quickly entered the space, found the things and came out.
I tore open the diaper, took out the wet wipes, and carefully wiped the baby. I saw the baby's meconium, which was dark green with a hint of black and a little sticky. I felt a little nauseous, so I wiped faster.
Put on diapers, put the diapers in the corner, pack up the garbage and put it back in the space, then feed the baby, coax the baby to sleep and go to sleep.
When it was dawn, the baby woke up and had some meconium. I cleaned him, changed his diaper, fed him and coaxed him to sleep. Then I put away the things that shouldn't be there and took a nap.
Liang Xueying got up early in the morning, first made confinement meals for her daughter-in-law, then cooked a pot of red eggs, and finally had time to cook breakfast for her son and daughter so that they could eat and go back to school.
The custom here is to distribute red eggs to relatives and friends when getting married or having a baby. The so-called red eggs are eggs dyed red to show congratulations and bring good luck.
Red eggs also symbolize "prosperity and good luck", representing people's good wishes and expectations for the future.
Nowadays, wedding banquets have to be low-key, but when there is a happy event in the family, you have to express it in some way.
After breakfast, Guo Youxing packed a basket of red eggs and went out. His in-laws asked Guo Muyang to take the red eggs with him. As for Liang Xueying's parents' home, he asked Guo Muyang to send a letter to inform them.
When there is a happy event in the family, of course you have to inform relatives and friends, and also tell them the time for the full moon banquet.
When Guo Muyang arrived at Deng's house, Deng Lu and Liang Haidi smiled brightly when they saw the red eggs in his hand.
"Aqing gave birth so soon?" Liang Haidi asked.
She remembered that her due date hadn't arrived yet! It was still more than ten days away!
"Boy or girl?" Liang Haidi asked.
It is best if the first child is a boy, so that it doesn’t matter whether the subsequent children are boys or girls.
"Yes, a son was born yesterday afternoon," said Guo Muyang.
"It's a son. I'm so glad you came to announce the good news."
Deng Lu and Liang Haidi were very happy.
"We are all family, so it's no big deal," said Guo Muyang.
Guo Muyang drank a glass of water and said he was going to call Jianping and left.
When Guo Jianping heard that his wife had given birth, he quickly asked for leave and went home.
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April 8th, water purification.
This day is the day for the baby to have water purification (water purification is the third day, also called the third day of bathing).
Jingshui did not invite any relatives or friends to a banquet that day, only Deng Qingling's family members came.
When you are in confinement here, your wife's family will send you a confinement chicken and homemade rice wine. If you give birth to a boy, they will send you a rooster, and if you give birth to a girl, they will send you a hen. One of the chickens will be kept as a waiting chicken and cannot be killed. When the other chickens are killed, half will be kept for your wife's family to take back, to show that there is give and take.
Only Liang Haidi and her husband, the eldest sister-in-law of the Deng family, and the third brother of the Deng family came. The third sister-in-law of the Deng family did not come because she was due to give birth in more than a month. As for the others, some went to work and some went to school.
Mother-in-law Liang Xueying and uncles Liang and Er were preparing meals in the kitchen, father-in-law Guo Youxing and uncle were entertaining relatives, and Deng Qingling was chatting with her mother and sister-in-law in the room.
Deng's father and the third brother of the Deng family were chatting with Guo Youxing and Uncle Guo in the main room.
Liang Haidi looked at her grandson nursing in her daughter's arms and asked, "Is your milk enough for the child? Is the child well behaved at night?"
Deng Qingling said: "It's enough to eat, and it's easy to carry. I wake up once or twice during the night, and then I go back to sleep after eating."
"That's good. As long as the child is easy to take care of, remember not to touch cold water during the confinement period. If you want to take a bath or wash your hair, ask your mother-in-law to boil mugwort water or ginger water when the weather is good that day," said Liang Haidi.
My daughter has loved cleanliness since she was young. When the weather is hot, she washes her hair almost every day. When the weather is cold, other people only take a bath once every few days, but she is diligent and takes a bath every other day.
"I understand," Deng Qingling responded.
"Baby, have you finished eating? Give me a hug after you finish eating," Liang Haidi asked.
"Okay," Deng Qingling said and put the baby in her arms.
"An Juju, my dear grandson, I'm Podai," Liang Haidi teased the baby in her arms. (Podai means grandmother, but the name varies from place to place.)
The baby opened his little mouth and blew out a bubble, he was so cute.
Everyone in the room burst into laughter when they saw how proud (and cute) he was.
After Mrs. Deng left, Liang Haidi stuffed ten yuan into Deng Qingling's hand.
"Hold it, don't let anyone see it," Liang Haidi whispered.
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