Participating in consultations with the chief physician is the prelude to practicing medicine independently.
Director Dai scrutinized the child carefully, his face betraying few emotions.
"How old is the child?"
"One year and seven months."
"Has the child been weaned off breast milk?"
"He has been weaned long ago. The child now eats meals with the adults."
Children from poor families rarely drink milk. They usually wean around one year old and then eat meals with the adults. Children from wealthy urban families often rely on milk as their main food until they are three.
Another interesting phenomenon is also apparent.
Urban female white-collar workers tend to not breastfeed after giving birth. On one hand, they need to work and cannot stay at home to care for their children. On the other hand, they are very conscious of their figures and worry that breastfeeding will cause sagging breasts and other issues, affecting their appearance.
