Singer and musical actor Lee Ji-hoon's wife Ayane opened up about her feelings about 10 days after being labeled an overzealous parent for salt-free parenting.
Ayane said on the 20th, "Ruhee was sick for 10 days starting the Sunday before last and last Sunday she had a high fever, conjunctivitis and otitis media. And I received a call after my recent prenatal checkup that my thyroid levels were abnormal, and while suffering from morning sickness I spent days feeling mentally anxious," she said, updating her condition.
She continued, "Our first overseas trip to Bali, which had been planned, was canceled…. On Monday both Ruhee and I went to the hospital…. After a retest I received the welcome news that my levels are gradually returning to normal! Ruhee has also improved a lot and, like in the last photo, her condition is completely recovering," she said.
Especially, Ayane said, "I cherish the opinions many people gave regarding the post I previously uploaded and will always strive to become a better person!!" and "It made me rethink my attitude toward my child and toward the people around me, and I felt I need to grow more than I thought," she said.
She added, "I believe all of this is a path that is making me and my current situation reflect, and now that Ruhee and I have both gotten much better we will have to regain our strength and get by," she said.
Earlier, Ayane said she found a child candy wrapper in her daughter Ruhee's daycare bag. In her initial post she complained, "It was a bit shocking because the baby is still on a salt-free diet," and said, "Since Ruhee is still a salt-free baby, I only gave her puffed rice snacks and did not give her vitamin candies. Even when offered candy at hospitals or community centers I persuaded her, 'This is something she can't eat yet,' but now it seems she realized she can eat it, which made me upset."
But netizens reacted coldly. Rather than offering consolation or sympathy, they criticized Ayane's remarks. Above all, many netizens said Ayane's action of posting as if publicly attacking the daycare over a single candy was inappropriate, and pointed out that sending her daughter to daycare while trying to impose her personal educational views made her come across as an abusive or troublesome parent.
Afterward, Lee Ji-hoon and Ayane apologized in tandem. Ayane explained the hometown Japanese culture that bans candy for children under 3 and said, "It was more of a surprise in the sense of, 'Our child ate candy at daycare?' than of 'They gave candy to children at daycare,'" she explained.
He also said, "I once saw a news report that candy, jelly and rice cakes were banned at some daycares, and the packaging labeled 'candy' confused me," adding, "I never meant to say that Korean daycares that give candy are wrong," and "I did not intend to suggest that one candy would cause a major problem for a child or to express something with serious implications. It seems there was a difference between the nuance I intended and the nuance received in Korea," he emphasized.
In addition, Ayane contacted the homeroom teacher over the weekend and disclosed their conversation, and she was further criticized for saying the teacher had to work at the daycare over the weekend.
Moreover, a video that Ayane and Lee Ji-hoon posted in February on their YouTube channel showing them eating a fried jjambbong meal kit was revisited. The video showed them frightening their daughter with spicy food and eventually letting her taste the seasoning and noodles, then looking amazed.
Amid continuing controversy, Ayane ultimately deleted the lengthy apology and paused her social media activity for a while. And about 10 days later she returned, promising she would try to be a better person, and the controversy was settled for the time being.
[photo] Ayane SNS
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