• stink@lemmygrad.ml
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    16 days ago

    China and Eastern Europe are what I’m aware of off the top of my head. You give your kid a nickname until they pass a certain age.

    • Athena5898 [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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      15 days ago

      I don’t know how accurate this is but I believe this was a practice in some places in the middle east as well.

      Modern medicine is amazing honestly. Babies of all animals are at their most fragile state that random spontaneous death is a common issue.