It was awesome! If you have Netflix, I strongly urge you to watch this.
It was about 4 different families, each with a baby, from birth to 1 year.
Ponijao from Opuwo, Namibia and Bayar from Bayanchandmani, Mongolia were the 2 from rural areas.
Mari from Tokyo, Japan and Hattie from San Francisco, CA were the 2 from urban areas.
I must say, at first I was thinking to myself, ok this is about babies, so what?? But, then as each one was introduced, I completely fell in love with all of them!
The baby from Namibia, Ponijao, he was the cutest, in my opinion, and he was by far the happiest baby of all of them. He only cried one time that they showed, when his mom was holding him down to cut his hair. They keep the boys hair shaved. They also had virtually no clothes and no diapers and they were in dirt all the time. But, this kid was happy! They never did show the father, only the mom and other mothers in their village. The older kids in the village were so nice and loving to the younger kids.
The baby from Mongolia, Bayar, well he had an older brother who was very mean to him and the mom was always busy tending to their animals, so she was not there to witness him being mean. These people had a small house and their animals were their food, like goats and cows. They showed him outside a lot with no diaper at times and with the animals.
The baby from Japan...Mari, well she was cute as a button but very whiny! They showed her trying to put this stick in a circle with a hole in it and she couldn't do it, she threw herself back and cried and kicked her legs, in a complete fit. Her parents were into taking pictures and the dad was very active with his daughter.
The baby from San Francisco, Hattie, she was probably the most advanced of all the children. Her parents spent a lot of time with her doing different things and taking classes with her. But, they didn't talk all that much to her. I think she was the first of them to learn to walk.
This documentary was great and I laughed out loud several times and well I dunno, it just touched me like nothing else. I thank my husband for having me watch this with him.
