The birth of a child is a wonderful event in the life of every family. What are the reasons forcing parents to hide the baby?
Religion
Many religious leaders urge young parents for the first 40 days of life not to show their child to strangers, but to limit themselves only to contacts with the closest relatives. The fact is that from the point of view of religion, this is exactly the period required for a child to have a guardian angel. Also, only after this period, the baby can be baptized, according to Christianity.
Paganism
According to the ancient ideas of the pagans, children come from the other world and for some time remain involved in it. That is why babies are not advised to be shown to strangers, so as not to incur the evil eye or damage. If someone looks at a child with an unkind look, then he will remain in the other world.
These representations concern not only the live communication of the child with a stranger, but also everyone's favorite photos on social networks. Many women, exposing a photo with a child, hide his face behind a picture, and from the point of view of pagans, they are doing absolutely right.
The medicine
From the point of view of medicine, it is quite justified to protect your child from contact with strangers. After all, a huge load already falls on his still fragile immunity - microbes of his mother and father, endless kisses of grandmothers, curious pets, house dust. If we add to this all the crowds of people who want to get to know each other, then the baby can easily pick up an unpleasant disease. We need to let him adapt to his inner circle, and only then introduce him to strangers and do it gradually. That is, it is not worth arranging a bride, inviting 50 people to them. 1-2 new acquaintances a month is enough.
Psychology
Psychologists also say that in the first months of life it is completely normal to hide a newborn from other people. Firstly, this time can be difficult for the mother, and the child, being connected with her, feels it perfectly. A mother, who has not yet recovered from childbirth, has every right not to receive guests if she does not want to, since neither she nor the newborn will be better off from stress. Secondly, it is not known how the child himself will react to strangers, he may be frightened of strangers and will cry for a long time, so it is important to protect the delicate child's psyche.
