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OK. Daniela. Did you get your head shaved as a
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you did not. What about your ears pierced?
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I did, I was three months old in Colombia when I
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got my ears pierced.
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That is usually what happens if you're Latino or,
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you know, it's part of the tradition getting your baby's ears
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shaving your head as a baby.
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And I have my best friend who just became a new mom
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and she's no stranger to people's unsolicited advice about what she should
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be doing when she should be doing them and the traditions that
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so we are going to introduce her Charlotte Gonzalez and that's baby
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Aora right there. Hi,
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a Laura. She's a little busy.
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tell us when it came to getting your baby's ears pierced.
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What was the story behind it?
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I personally didn't really mind not piercing her ears because to me
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it wasn't really important.
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I was just mainly more focused on the fact of being a
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trying to keep her alive.
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you know, outsiders and I guess it's a cultural thing.
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a cultural person, you know.
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my mom was the one who pushed me to pierce
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her ears. My husband is Mexican.
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So a lot of his side of the family would always ask
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me, when are you gonna pierce your ears?
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When are you gonna pierce your ears?
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you know, I'm not worried about piercing her ears but did
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it just so that I can get those people to keep them
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So what about other baby traditions that maybe people have pressured you
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to buy into? Are there any,
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how about maybe shaving the baby's hair?
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It's funny. I've only heard that through,
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through me. I am that person.
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Ok. Ok. Let me clear the air.
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She's always like when you shave your head and I'm like,
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oh, ok. I kinda told her the story about my
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mom because here's the thing,
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my mom believed that once you shave the head,
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it grows nice and healthy,
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but I do it and mess around with her.
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no, her hair will grow out when it's going to grow
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I'm not worried about that.
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Also the whole like red bracelet,
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what is, what is the red bracelet?
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So apparently the red bracelet is supposed to,
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they call it the Ma Ojo like an evil eye
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type of protector from the.
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Ok. I think I'm familiar with this.
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One. Yes, I understand.
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It's a cultural thing.
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But I didn't grow up with that.
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And that's something I've learned,
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like, marrying into a Mexican family.
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you know, they believe in a lot of things.
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well, I didn't grow up with that so I don't really
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feel like my, I don't know.
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It, it, it's just a whole,
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yeah, it's very controversial.
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II, I grew a Christian and I'm a Christian and I
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believe that you know,
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God is protecting her and I don't need a bracelet to do
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that for her to say mind your damn business.
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This is my baby girl and she does.
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Charlotte, thank you so much for stopping by and sharing your
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story. I know your hands are full clearly.
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I'll let you go and attend to her.
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She's she's so cute.
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Yes, I'll see you later.
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Say bye to baby A LAA.
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Thanks for having me guys.
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Oh my God. I am so cute.
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Adorable. Actually our very own Alejandro got his head shaved as
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we actually have a picture.
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Oh, that's a clean cut.
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All that is a shave,
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shave hair, no hair.
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You know my mom does hair and I don't think it's that
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easy to shave. Like do you use eraser or do you
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use? I feel like I could shave a baby's head and
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it would look perfect.
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Really? Yeah. All right.
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Well, let's find out.
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my child and we're gonna,
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we need shaving cream,
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the razor and then to put the leftover stuff,
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you know, since you're,
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I'm no expert but I kind of am.
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So we're just gonna,
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actually, I'll give you a face because this face card is
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We're gonna give him a little face so you can put shaving
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cream on a baby's head.
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Yes. What if it has long?
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You think about that?
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What if it has long hair?
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So we're gonna start,
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we're gonna do like a nice hairline.
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I think you if the hair goes a certain direction you have
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to go the opposite but I would be so afraid if a
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baby doing that to a baby.
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Oh wait, I think it's almost shading his eyelashes.
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I will cut the the little locks he's about to have for
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You're right. I can do this.
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Oh my God. There goes the eye.
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Oh Wait, you gotta use the water,
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the water. You're right.
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Like I never like I'm forgetting what's going on so I get
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laser hair removal. Oh OK.
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You've upgraded. I did.
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Yeah, I don't know if I,
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I would rather go to a professional.
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I I'd say yes but I want my baby to have character
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So, like I have a struggle early on.
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Well, no, that's a little aggressive for a baby.
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Yeah, this looks like it's,
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Yeah. Even doing it,
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it's, is the head getting smaller.
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It's, it's going down,
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the baby is in the hospital,
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