Pregnancy & Newborn

Aunts have started sending saffron so the baby comes out 'fair'

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Two packets so far, one with a note. A pinch in warm milk every night, apparently. I'm a doctor. I know what saffron in milk won't do, and honestly the 'fair' part bothers me more than the saffron. But these are elderly aunts who mean well, and I don't want to start a lecture on the family group every time a parcel arrives. How did you deal with the fair-baby comments and still stay on good terms? Half asking what to say, half venting 😄

2 comments

  • slate_meadow_4336

    My saasu also sent kesar when I was pregnant. I took it, said thank you, used it in sheera. Nobody asked about milk. Baby is baby, any colour. Don't take tension.

    • teal_notebook_2813

      Sheera is a far better use for it 😄 And yes, any colour. Writing that down for the next phone call.

  • coral_tiffin_2872

    My atha did the same both times I was pregnant. First time I argued. Second time I just said 'baby will come however god sends, but the biryani will be very nice' 🙂 One takes after his grandfather, the other after me, and she spoils both equally. Nobody remembers the saffron now.

    • ochre_pool_755

      The biryani line is perfect. My mother tried this with my partner and I made the mistake of explaining the science out loud at a family lunch. Took two years to live down 😂

    • teal_notebook_2813

      Replying to @ochre_pool_755

      Okay. No science at family lunches. Biryani it is.

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