【看娃】周嫂

绫子

（周嫂）

【看娃】周嫂

绫子 12/30/24 周一

一到家，先换衣服，洗手洗脸。以防把飞机上的病菌病毒带进家里，影响婴儿健康。一见到月嫂周嫂，她就热情地扑上来要给我一个大大的拥抱。我忙说“等我先换了衣服，再说，不要把飞机病菌染给你。”

周嫂，58。淄博人。 身材娇小，发型俏丽。要不是日夜操劳， 略显疲惫，说45，也可以相信。因为我和我儿媳都是山东人。 家里立刻简直成了烟台，荣城，淄博老乡大聚会。 加上周嫂的父母辈是部队出身，跟着部队走南闯北，早早就到了西北。她其实是在湖北出生，在河南陕西宁夏长大。在汉中西安生活多年。 听起来，周嫂对自己人生最大的遗憾就是受教育不够，出国太晚。 最大的成就感就是“挣了很多钱。” 我觉得她的最大成就是成为了一名“国际月嫂”，除了非洲没去过。其他地方都走遍了。当然，照顾的都是“华婴”。

周嫂利用去飞机场前的几十分钟，给我进行了“看娃速成”培训。看来她不仅经验丰富，还的确受过很专业的训练。说起来一套一套的，知识既系统化又当代化，不服不行。比如，“室温恒温化，婴儿就不必裹得很严，免得频繁换尿布，刚打开包被着凉……” 所以解释了为什么我们看到Avery在照片上永远都是光着腿和脚。

她的有些培训理念过于“前卫”，我不得不带着难以置信的目光对她刮目相看。比如，“不用婴儿粉的原因是因为粉尘会通过通道进入婴儿身体对女婴子宫形成不良影响？”不知这是柳叶刀刊登的临床检验结果？还是膏状涂料商的善意猜测？ 还有，“婴儿的脚腕因在子宫里呈弯曲姿势，出生后需要经常：矫正？”

说到社交媒体，周嫂自称是“抖音视频”网红。 说她“只制作自己的视频，从不看别人的垃圾抖音”。 聊完这些，周嫂就被儿媳送去机场了。从那里她将奔赴达拉斯，照顾下一个婴儿和母亲。

一个非常独立又能干的女人。

（山东老乡大聚会）

（奶奶和孙女一见钟情。）

【Baby Sitting】Nanny

12/30/24 Monday

As soon as I got home, I changed my clothes and washed my hands and face to prevent the germs and viruses on the plane from being brought into the house and affecting the baby's health. As soon as I saw Avery’s Nanny, Mrs. Zhou, she enthusiastically rushed over to give me a big hug. I hurriedly said, "Wait until I change my clothes first, so as not to infect you with the germs from the airplane."

Mrs. Zhou, 58. From Zibo, China. Petite figure, pretty hairstyle. If she hadn't worked day and night and looked a little tired, it would be believable that she was 45. Because my daughter-in-law and I are both from Shandong province, the house immediately became a big gathering of fellow villagers from Yantai, Rongcheng, and Zibo. In addition, Mrs. Zhou's parents were from the army, and they traveled around the country with the army and arrived in the northwest early. She was actually born in Hubei and grew up in Henan, Shaanxi, and Ningxia. She has lived in Hanzhong and Xi'an for many years. It sounds like Mrs. Zhou's biggest regret in her life is that she didn’t have enough education and went abroad too late. Her greatest sense of achievement is "made a lot of money." I think her greatest achievement is becoming an "international nanny." She has been to all places except Africa. Of course, she takes care of only "Chinese infants."

Mrs. Zhou used about half an hour before going to the airport to give me a "quick baby care" training. It seems that she is not only experienced, but also has received very professional and updated training. She talks about it in a set of systems, and the knowledge is both systematic and contemporary. You can't help but admit it. For example, "If the room temperature is constant, the baby does not need to be wrapped tightly, so as to avoid frequent diaper changes and catching a cold when the swaddle is just opened..." So it explains why we see Avery's legs and feet are always bare in the photos.

Some of her training concepts are too "avant-garde", and I have to look at her with disbelief. For example, "The reason for not using baby powder is that the dust could enter the baby's body through the channel and have a bad effect on the uterus of the baby girl?" I wonder if this is the clinical test result published in the Lancet? Or is it a well-intentioned guess by the paste oil based baby care products manufacturer? Also, "The baby's ankles are bent in the womb, so they need to be corrected frequently after birth?"

Speaking of social media, Mrs. Zhou calls herself a "TikTok video" celebrity. She said she "only makes her own videos and never watches other people's rubbish TikToks." After chatting about this, Mrs. Zhou was taken to the airport by my daughter-in-law. From there, she will rush to Dallas to take care of the next baby and mother.

A very independent and capable woman.