So I am having a mulatto baby. I am white and her dad is black. He is clueless though of course when it comes to babies. I have heard already that darker skinned babies should have double the dose of vitamin D drops (800units a day instead of 400units) Now I am worried there may be other things that I am un-prepared for. I know that the hair care is going to be different obviously but I am going to wait to see what kind of hair she has before buying product.
Is there anyone else out there that has a mulatto child and can give a girl some advice?
Thanks so much!!
Re: Having a Mulatto Baby...
Yeah...yikes. I might as well call my half Caucasian/half Latina baby a coconut;-)
Hi Iris,
I don't know why you would even post that response but obviously you don't know what mulatto is. Get a dictionary and look it up. You are even online so google is honey.
Mulatto means a child being born of both a white and black decent.
I know what it means thank you. so maybe you should start educating yourself as well as get some manners and show some respect.
Be careful with your words please - you may not mean it to be so, but for some people that term is demeaning.
As for your concerns - follow your pedi's advice about vitamin D. And I'm not sure that hair care will be all that different from everyone else - at least as an infant,
Dial 1-800-MUD for a good time.
Seriously, you might as well have dropped the N bomb.
Uh, yeah stop using Mulatto. As a bi-racial individual it is an offensive term. It was used historical to describe bi-racial people and actually means a cross between a mule and a horse. You can guess which side was the mule.
As far as taking care of the physical needs, I don't think there is much of a difference. All babies have the same needs.
Mulatto denotes a person with one white parent and one black parent or a person who has black ancestry and white ancestry.[1] It is perceived as pejorative and demeaning in some cultures and endearing in others.[2] Its current usage varies greatly.
Wiki to the rescue. It's not a PC term, honey.
Technically you're right -- I don't think Iris meant to be offensive, it's just that as other posters have mentioned, the term can have negative connotations for a lot of people. My DH cringes at the term "hispanic" instead of "Latino" even though the definition may be the same.
I'm quite sure Iris, et. al. know the meaning of the word, and you are the one who does not. So STFU and delete this absurd post.
I was wondering if it was...but just in case it isn't, maybe it's better for her to find out now that some people see this term as having connotations beyond the black/white definition. I hope it's MUD...
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I'm going to admit I never knew that word was offensive. I never even thought about it but I guess I've never really used it either. I really don't think the op meant to offend anyone and i'm sure she's sorry if she did.
mulatto???
try inter-racial, multi-racial, bi-racial or mixed next time. I sincerely hope you don't say this out of your mouth in public
That's all the responses this post got? It's obviously MUD, but I was hoping for actual drama to ensue. lol
ohwhattheheck - it's MUD, this level of cluelessness doesn't exist...IRL or on thebump
Pathetic, racist MUD.