This post is part of our special coverage Global Development 2011 [1].
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 [2](child rearing), #junew [3] (read as junyuu, that means breast-feeding), #oyabaka [4] (stupid parents) and many others.
An expecting mother, @hana_tachibana [6], announced to her followers that she just found out the sex of her baby:
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 [7] 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 [8] 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 [9] replied “Congrats!” to @lackelto2004 [10] who happily announced:
@lackelto2004 [11] 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…
Also young mummies with babies who don't want to sleep or cry, share new lulling methods…
@mau1778 [13] 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 [14]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 [15] 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 [1].