For toddlers, get out their entire outfit including socks and shoes and stack them neatly in a place where you will dress them first thing.

The 12, 000 yuan she will earn each month as a wet nurse will 'buy some good clothes for our daughter, and send her to a better kindergarten,' says Mr. Wu.

In winter, I adore the waddling babies balled up in warm, puffball clothing, while I snack on the delicious, street-cooked wintertime noodle dish.