Japan: It’s nursing time on Twitter! · Global Voices
Scilla Alecci

This post is part of our special coverage Global Development 2011.
Fledgling mummies and daddies cannot give in when their baby cries or needs to be changed. Often they seek for advices and who is a better adviser than other parent fellows? These days parenthood 101 is taught and learnt on Twitter,  where they communicate with each other through hashtags like #ikuji (child rearing), #junew (read as junyuu, that means breast-feeding), #oyabaka (stupid parents) and many others.
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An expecting mother, @hana_tachibana, announced to her followers that she just found out the sex of her baby:
By Flickr user Yto, CC License.
お腹の子が女の子かも、と知って最初は動揺したけど（男だと思ってた）今は楽しみになってきた。一緒に甘いモンを食らったり、かわいいモンを愛でたりして遊べるんだな。私に似てサバサバした女子になることだろうが、女子の本質は同じだろう。　#mamajp #ninpu
Some twitting daddies use the hashtag “Mr. Papa Alliance” to keep track of their everyday life with their kids.
@maruo417 娘風呂入れ完了。妻にバトンタッチで寝かし付け。パパは洗濯なう。その後は風呂掃除(^-^ゞ #papasanrengou
@TAKA31882  お風呂入ってぽかぽか(*^_^*) 毎日会社では時間に追われてトイレにも行けず10分休憩もないようなもの1日で一番癒されるのは子供達の寝顔(*^_^*)夜ﾂｲする時間かな(^^)v #papasanrengou
Solidarity among daddies is strong on issues such as the admission to public school, which is hard to obtain thanks to a complex point system. @ikiteruuchiga87 replied “Congrats!” to @lackelto2004 who happily announced:
@lackelto2004 家に一番近い公立の保育園から、内定通知がっっっっ！子も親も朝の生活が変わるな…
By Flickr user Naoyafuji, CC License.
Also young mummies with babies who don't want to sleep or cry, share new lulling methods…
@mau1778 昨日寝かしつけ方法を皆様からアドバイスもらったので早速実践！ただいま旦那が着地成功なるか！？ってとこまできてます！ #akachan #junew #akc48
…or their anxieties.
@ajyu627 娘ちゃんとお風呂〜#junew〜寝かしつけ〜母ちゃんお風呂〜ご飯。 パパが出張でいない為初めて2人きりの生活だったけど、何とか無事にすごせました(*^^*) お風呂中ゎ泣いてないか心配で何度もドア開けちゃったけど^^;
@mau1778 旦那が寝かしつけなう。旦那のほうがうまいかも〜。スクワット&背中ポンポンでスヤスヤ〜。着地なるか！？ #junew #akachan #ikuji #ikumen
Others announce their achievements.
@tomokka_chan 寝た寝たｗ私も寝る。今夜こそ寝る！ #junew #akachan
This post is part of our special coverage Global Development 2011.