Day in the Life of a Japanese Mom and Baby in Tokyo – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary

1.this is a day in the life of a Japanese mom and baby This is Moe

2.A 27-year old new mother living in Tokyo and her day starts earlier than most salarymen in Japan

3.While her husband and baby are still sleeping she must quietly start the laundry making sure not to wake her baby [Music] in the morning she silently prepares a bento lunch for her husband a traditional Japanese bento is made of several dishes which take some time and effort to prepare

4.In today's bento, she includes tamagoyaki grilled fish some side dishes and rice while she cooks she also prepares Rinyushoku which means baby food in Japanese

5.Handmade baby food is more common as store-bought baby food is expensive in Japan to save time though moms will prepare a lot at once freeze it into ice cubes and heat it when needed but also Japanese mothers tend to feel guilty for not making it at home oh no the baby's crying one thing about being a mom is that our house tasks are often distracted by our kids oh good her baby stopped crying nice I guess today's bento is a Noriben Ooh, there's a whole lot of love in that bento box Ohayo than that [Music] this is Sutan, Moe's nine month old daughter and this is how she starts her day so changing Sutan's diaper is the very first thing Moe does when the baby wakes up up oh and our husband is finally up