The Chilla Period: Baby Care and Maternal Health

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The Chilla Period: Baby Care and Maternal Health
We often hear the words "Chillali woman" or "Chillali baby", but probably not everyone has complete information about the chilla period. Chilla is considered a very important period for the health of the baby and woman, and it has its own rules.
What rituals are performed when the baby is brought home from the maternity ward?
📌 Call to prayer
Our Yoshishi great-grandmothers say that as soon as the baby's umbilical cord falls, the call to prayer should be heard. The nature of this work is to instill the blessed words into the child's heart by saying the adhan in the right ear of the baby and takbir in the left ear. Before the call to prayer, the baby is baptized and purified.
📌 Naming
According to hadiths and narrations, when choosing a name for a child, parents should think about his responsibility and questions in the hereafter. It would be correct if grandparents, who have seen a lot and have life experience, choose a name for a newborn baby, that is, family elders.
Haircut, nails
When the baby's hair and nails have grown, first the elderly grandmothers cut the child's nails with scissors, citing the word of God. Then, as the nails and hair grow again, the mother can do this work herself. The main thing is to try not to injure the child's skin.
Cradling is performed during the seven days of the chilla period. Even if doctors do not recommend cradling the child, it is possible to carry out a cradling ceremony for irimi. It means "the child in the cradle has got his own bed, now he has his own space."
Chilla clothes
If you wear several different clothes to the baby for forty days, wash them and take them separately when they are dry. Because after chilla time, in the sense that "the real life of the child has begun", the clothes used before are not used. According to some beliefs, continuous use of clothes during cold weather causes cold rashes. But you can easily use these clothes for your next child.
📌 Aqiqa ceremony
When a child is born in the family, whenever possible, some animal is slaughtered for the sake of God's pleasure. Aqiqah can be performed when the baby is 21 days old or up to 4 months old. It is better to perform this ceremony based on the family's ability.
📌"It's cool!"
During the chilla period, the baby will not be shown to guests who arrive in the evening. When it gets late, the child's washed clothes are not left outside. The mother is also forbidden to go out in the evening. On the 40th day of Chilla, the child is bathed in "golden water" by elderly grandmothers. In this, all the gold jewelry of the mother is put in a bucket of water, and after the child is bathed, it is poured over it. The meaning of this ceremony is "let the child's life be as pure as gold". To convey the news that the baby has come out safely from the cold, it is cooked thinly and distributed to the neighbors. After the baby is baptized, it is necessary to put on a new top.

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