Comments on: confinement taboos

By: shin

shin — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 03:11:08 +0000

oh dear great mike, what is confinement period? sry, abit blur.

By: tracybadtz

tracybadtz — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 19:01:46 +0000

mom used to tell me, that i wasn’t allowed to comment things like ‘eee, ur feet so small’ or ‘eeee, your eyes so big’ or ‘eeee, your nose so flat’ about babies…not sure why though.
maybe the baby will grow up with small feet/big eyes/flat nose..

By: michaelooi

michaelooi — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 16:45:23 +0000

I wonder how was it like when we were still cavemen… did we have so much difficult rules and regulations to follow during confinement?

I bet it was all centered on how not to get eaten by hyenas…

By: Sooi2

Sooi2 — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 15:59:03 +0000

how abt thou shalt not eat anything with dark soya sauce otherwise u turn black like the sauce oso?

By: .

Thu, 29 Jun 2006 14:02:07 +0000

I think the red date soup is to replace the hemoglobins lost during childbirth and after. Red dates full of iron maaa…

“women in confinement shall not sleep in the same room with the spouse”???
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Yeah, to avoid the wife getting knocked up again so soon. Look at Britney Spears.

By: domesticgoddess

domesticgoddess — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 12:03:29 +0000

the most ridiculous taboo I’ve heard is that women in confinement shall not sleep in the same room with the spouse…

By: Arkane

Arkane — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 11:51:54 +0000

How bout this one.

“A woman under confinement shalt not drinketh water but shalt replaceth the water with red date soup.”

Imagine, nothing but red dates for the entire month. Phew…lucky I ain’t a woman.

By: Hijackqueen

Hijackqueen — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 10:43:37 +0000

Confinement lady are advise to sit while drinking to prevent sudden leak of urine in future. That is when they suddenly burst into uncontrollable laughter or etc…

There are actually many many more taboos. hmm… let see. I’ll contribute on to you. During confinement, do not change your bedsheet or else baby will get cranky or naughty. Some say don’t let baby wear a pant. Just put a diaper on, enough. Anyway, they are wrapped up in their blanket all day long. Reason also so that baby will be kwai-kwai. Eh, you forgot all about the 30 days no bathing thing. yewwwwwwwww

By: michaelooi

michaelooi — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 10:00:20 +0000

arkane – Yeah, I know about this. This is more like traditional way of doings rather than a taboo. It’s based on popular belief that a female under confinement is like a programmable flash IC, you flash it with goodies, it’ll become good. You flash it with fuckies, she’ll be fucked up. Water causes colic, so, it has to be avoided. Something like that…

inevitable – Oh I’ve heard about it before. Bizarre isn’t it? They believe all that could cause physical disabilities in their babies, but they never managed to figure out that alcohol and cigarettes can pretty much pose similar risks…

By: inevitable

inevitable — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 09:45:36 +0000

I have one but it is during the pregnant period.

“No renovation in the house or any other places where the pregnant lady is or the future baby will have physical disabilities”