Recently there have been quite few friends who have met with unhappy situations regarding their new born. Some have met with 'confinement nanny' who are incompetent which resulted in their babies experienced 'traumatic' care during their first few weeks in physical world.
Some encountered baby that have medical complications 1-2 weeks after being born. Nothing serious, but persistent problems.
In Taoist rituals, when a baby is being born into a family – the father of the child usually would have to do a simple praying and offerings to own ancestors as a form of notification and also request of protection for the newborn in their first month of birth.
Prayers and offerings items would include
- 5 types of fruits
- Local cakes and desserts
- Vegetarian dishes
- Paper offerings
The person can include different sets of offerings as above for all the household deities.
For Buddhist rituals, the best is to do animal liberations and dedicate the merits to the newborn baby. Due to his or her birth, lives have been spared – this will generate merits for the child and also parent to help them alleviate sickness in their first few months after birth.
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