Comments on: 5 Fail-safe Rituals for Protecting Your Newborn http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/10732 Feel Smart Again Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:09:57 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Jrod http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/10732/comment-page-1#comment-207701 Jrod Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:39:20 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/10732#comment-207701 What if you move? Then you will come home to the wrong place! What if you move? Then you will come home to the wrong place!

]]> By: LP http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/10732/comment-page-1#comment-46113 LP Wed, 02 Jan 2008 21:00:22 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/10732#comment-46113 We just did the Polish tradition listed above. My son grabbed the coin, shoved it in his mouth and knocked over the shot glass. When my husband was a baby he put the coin in the shot glass and now he owns a bar. no joke! We just did the Polish tradition listed above. My son grabbed the coin, shoved it in his mouth and knocked over the shot glass.

When my husband was a baby he put the coin in the shot glass and now he owns a bar. no joke!

]]> By: Midwestern Polack http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/10732/comment-page-1#comment-45101 Midwestern Polack Thu, 27 Dec 2007 14:54:15 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/10732#comment-45101 I've always enjoyed the Polish American tradition that my family observes on the baby's first birthday. The child's eyes are covered as 4 items are placed in front of he/she: a shot glass, a piece of bread, a coin, and a rosary. The child's eyes are then uncovered and whichever item he/she reaches for and grabs first is said to predict his future (fun-loving, healthy, rich, or religious, respectively.) Come to think of it, I've never asked which one I grabbed..."MOM?" I’ve always enjoyed the Polish American tradition that my family observes on the baby’s first birthday.
The child’s eyes are covered as 4 items are placed in front of he/she: a shot glass, a piece of bread, a coin, and a rosary. The child’s eyes are then uncovered and whichever item he/she reaches for and grabs first is said to predict his future (fun-loving, healthy, rich, or religious, respectively.)
Come to think of it, I’ve never asked which one I grabbed…”MOM?”

]]> By: Sahar http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/10732/comment-page-1#comment-44879 Sahar Thu, 27 Dec 2007 01:14:31 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/10732#comment-44879 Don't forget the eating of the placenta! Don’t forget the eating of the placenta!

]]> By: Omega http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/10732/comment-page-1#comment-44856 Omega Wed, 26 Dec 2007 21:26:08 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/10732#comment-44856 That "baby hot potato" is a great idea. Babies rely primarily on touch and there is a stong correlation between how much phsyical attention a young baby gets, and how well adjusted her/she is later in life. Unfortuantely, Im sure the family structure of most societies doesn't allow for such support and attention to be doted upon a newborn. That “baby hot potato” is a great idea. Babies rely primarily on touch and there is a stong correlation between how much phsyical attention a young baby gets, and how well adjusted her/she is later in life. Unfortuantely, Im sure the family structure of most societies doesn’t allow for such support and attention to be doted upon a newborn.

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