English versions of posts from a Nagoya dad reading the parenting research at 3 a.m.https://nijidad.com/enhttps://nijidad.com/en/blog/nihongo-de-itte/https://nijidad.com/en/blog/nihongo-de-itte/I lived in the US until I was 24. My three-year-old in Nagoya still tells me to say it in Japanese — and the arithmetic says she'd need 47 years to catch up to my grade-school English. Here's why comprehension, not speech, is the honest target.Sat, 01 Aug 2026 14:58:15 GMT3歳英語https://nijidad.com/en/blog/transport-response/https://nijidad.com/en/blog/transport-response/Walk and the crying stops; sit down and it starts again. It is called the transport response: walk 5 minutes, sit 5–8 more, then put them down.Thu, 30 Jul 2026 13:17:06 GMT0歳https://nijidad.com/en/blog/safe-sleep-asia/https://nijidad.com/en/blog/safe-sleep-asia/The guidelines never say "stop co-sleeping" — they say same room, separate sleep surface. Four things to take home, and why knowing them was not enough.Thu, 30 Jul 2026 05:54:43 GMT0歳寝かしつけhttps://nijidad.com/en/blog/hoshitsu-to-allergy/https://nijidad.com/en/blog/hoshitsu-to-allergy/A Cochrane review found it hard to say moisturizer alone prevents eczema in healthy babies. That is not a reason to stop caring for skin that already needs it.Thu, 30 Jul 2026 05:54:10 GMT0歳アレルギーhttps://nijidad.com/en/blog/vaccine-schedule-today/https://nijidad.com/en/blog/vaccine-schedule-today/The schedule chart in the parenting book I bought secondhand was already out of date. Rotavirus and the 5-in-1 start at 2 months — check today's official pages.Thu, 30 Jul 2026 05:53:45 GMT0歳予防接種https://nijidad.com/en/blog/hachimitsu-to-70do/https://nijidad.com/en/blog/hachimitsu-to-70do/Only two real absolutes for feeding a baby under one: no honey before age one, and formula mixed at 70°C or hotter. Read weight as a line, not a point.Thu, 30 Jul 2026 05:52:37 GMT0歳離乳食https://nijidad.com/en/blog/hanashikake-no-imi/https://nijidad.com/en/blog/hanashikake-no-imi/102 trials across 33 countries say talking to your baby works — and the biggest change showed up on the parents' side. You respond to the signals they send.Thu, 30 Jul 2026 05:52:11 GMT0歳発達https://nijidad.com/en/blog/ikuji-joho-jun/https://nijidad.com/en/blog/ikuji-joho-jun/An hour of searching at 3 a.m. left me nothing but anxiety. The problem was not the amount of information — it was the order I read it in. Five sources, five jobs.Thu, 30 Jul 2026 05:50:33 GMT0歳https://nijidad.com/en/blog/protein-iron-nabe/https://nijidad.com/en/blog/protein-iron-nabe/You cannot out-willpower sleep-deprived hunger. A palm-sized serving of protein at every meal, iron for my breastfeeding wife, and exactly one pot to wash.Thu, 30 Jul 2026 03:51:53 GMT0歳https://nijidad.com/en/blog/sleep-and-weight/https://nijidad.com/en/blog/sleep-and-weight/Sleeping 1.2 hours more a day cut calorie intake by 270 kcal. Gaining weight while raising a baby is not weak willpower — it is physiology.Thu, 30 Jul 2026 03:50:05 GMT0歳https://nijidad.com/en/blog/night-i-didnt-hear-crying/https://nijidad.com/en/blog/night-i-didnt-hear-crying/Right beside me the baby cried, my wife got up, changed, fed and settled everyone — and I slept through every second of it. The night I heard nothing.Wed, 29 Jul 2026 18:08:31 GMThttps://nijidad.com/en/blog/hajimemashita-3am/https://nijidad.com/en/blog/hajimemashita-3am/A dad in Nagoya, standing in a dim kitchen at 3 a.m. shaking a bottle, wondering how many others were awake too. Why this blog exists, and who it is for.Wed, 29 Jul 2026 17:16:35 GMT