Short questions with Dana Perino for Lydia Hu

You’ve seen us on display, however have you ever ever questioned what we’re like off-camera? 

For the previous few months, I’ve loved checking in with a few of your favourite Fox personalities to be taught extra about who they’re behind the scenes. 

What’s the one factor Jesse Watters couldn’t reside with out? What’s Bill Hemmer’s favourite Halloween costume? And what’s sitting on Greg Gutfeld’s nightstand?

But that is not all! The enjoyable is simply getting began.

This week, we’re excited to shine the highlight on Lydia Hu. She joined the FOX Business Network (FBN) in 2021 as a correspondent. Based out of the community’s headquarters in New York, she covers agriculture, vitality, actual property and journey. She additionally has a regulation diploma. 

P.S. We have a lot extra in retailer for you. Stay tuned every week for new editions of “Short Questions with Dana Perino” — and if there’s a query you need solutions to or a suggestion for the individual I ought to interview subsequent, go away a notice within the feedback part beneath.

This week, Dana Perino talks with Lydia Hu of Fox Business Network — who shares eager parenting recommendation for different new mothers and dads, as taught to her by her personal mother and father: “Don’t worry about making a mess. A mess can always be cleaned up. Worry about missing the fun.” (Fox News)

Q: After working towards regulation in Baltimore, Maryland, for 5 years, you made the transition to journalism. What’s one talent you realized as an legal professional that you end up utilizing every day in your present position?

LH: I can’t consider a greater option to have began my skilled life than being a lawyer. Among the various classes I carry with me at the moment, I realized it is essential to think about different views. One needn’t agree, however listening is essential.  

Q: Aside out of your cellphone, what’s one merchandise you at all times have in your purse? 

LH: My paper-and-pen pocket book agenda. It’s old fashioned, nevertheless it works!

Q: You are a beautiful mama to 2 lovely children. If you possibly can give one piece of recommendation to new mother and father, what wouldn’t it be?

When I first grew to become a mother, I needed my daughter to have each expertise from the beginning. Baby therapeutic massage class? Sign us up! Swim class for infants? Definitely! Prayer circle at church? We would by no means miss it! 

I believed I used to be increasing my child’s horizons; what I didn’t notice is that I used to be constructing a brand new group of help. 

I met enjoyable, attention-grabbing, good individuals who have been additionally embarking on a parenting journey. These are folks I might flip to in moments of want. 

“I thought I was expanding my baby’s horizons; what I did not realize is that I was building a new community of support.”

I requested for pediatrician suggestions and recommendation on handle sleep regression. Sometimes, I merely wanted somebody who understood what it’s wish to push via a day of labor when a teething child meant you bought no sleep the evening earlier than. 

My recommendation is to hunt out these teams. Build and nurture the relationships. 

These folks will turn into a brand new group with whom you’ll share a few of life’s most treasured moments and assist you to get via the extra attempting ones. 

Q: Do you’ve got any ideas for new mothers who’re nervous about returning to work after maternity go away? 

LH: Budget time to check your youngster care routine earlier than your first day again at work. For instance, begin daycare a couple of days early so you’ll be able to follow the drop-off and pick-up schedule. 

This will assist work out any surprises (like an extended than anticipated line at drop-off!) earlier than you’ve got the added expectation of being at work on time. 

“Collect your thoughts in the quiet during your final moments of maternity leave.”

And possibly you’ll be able to deal with your self whereas another person has the infant! 

Go out to lunch, learn a e book or simply acquire your ideas within the quiet throughout your last moments of maternity go away. 

Q: What’s one of the best piece of parenting recommendation you acquired or realized from your individual mother and father? 

LH: Don’t fear about making a large number. A multitude can at all times be cleaned up. Worry about lacking the enjoyable.

Q: If you possibly can hop on a aircraft proper now and go wherever on this planet, the place would you go and why? What’s subsequent on Lydia Hu’s bucket checklist? 

LH: I dream of stargazing in Montana.

Q: What is your secret to staying match, bodily and mentally? Favorite go-to exercise? 

LH: I’m an Orange Theory addict. The older I get, the extra I like weight coaching. 

Q: What’s a e book you possibly can learn over and over and by no means get uninterested in? 

LH: “Last Boat Out of Shanghai” by Helen Zia. 

Q: What is one of the best piece of recommendation you’ll give to your youthful self? 

LH: Keep working laborious and fear much less. 

As Dana places it greatest: “Everything Will Be Okay.”

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To learn all of Dana Perino’s earlier “Short Questions” interviews for Fox News Digital, take a look at this (lengthy) checklist!

For her interview with Brian Brenberg, click on right here. 

For her interview with Jackie DeAngelis, click on right here. 

For her interview with Claudia Cowan, click on right here. 

For her interview with Max Gorden, click on right here. 

For her interview with Jared Cohen, click on right here. 

For her interview with William La Jeunesse, click on right here.

For her interview with Matt Finn, click on right here.

For her interview with Rich Edson, click on right here.

For her interview with Gov. Chris Sununu, click on right here. 

For her interview with Ross Rayburn, click on right here. 

For her interview with Mark Meredith, click on right here.

For her interview with Emily Compagno, click on right here.

For her interview with Chad Pergram, click on right here.

For her interview with Mike Emanuel, click on right here. 

For her interview with Gillian Turner, click on right here. 

For her interview with Madison Alworth, click on right here. 

For her interview with Nate Foy, click on right here.

For her interview with Laura Ingraham, click on right here. 

For her interview with 5 New York FOX reporters, click on right here. 

For her interview with Katie Pavlich, click on right here.

For her interview with Guy Benson, click on right here. 

For her interview with Pete Hegseth, click on right here. 

For her interview with Sandra Smith, click on right here. 

For her interview with Nicolas Yannicelli, click on right here.

For her interview with Abby Hornacek, click on right here. 

For her interview with Elise Bitter, click on right here. 

For her interview with Brian Kilmeade, click on right here.

For her interview with Kennedy, click on right here.

For her interview with John Roberts, click on right here. 

For her interview with Janice Dean, click on right here. 

For her interview with Charles Payne, click on right here.

For her interview with Trey Gowdy, click on right here.

For her interview with Johnny “Joey” Jones, click on right here. 

For her interview with Bill Melugin, click on right here. 

For her interview with Jimmy Failla, click on right here. 

For her interview with Tyrus, click on right here. 

For her interview with Ainsley Earhardt, click on right here.

For her interview with Lawrence Jones, click on right here. 

For her interview with Dr. Arash Akhavan, click on right here. 

For her interview with Martha MacCallum, click on right here. 

For her interview with Bret Baier, click on right here. 

For her interview with Kayleigh McEnany, click on right here.

For her interview with Harold Ford Jr., click on right here. 

For her interview with Shannon Bream, click on right here.

For her interview with Jessica Tarlov, click on right here.

For her interview with Leo Terrell, click on right here.

For her interview with Geraldo Rivera, click on right here. 

For her interview with Clay Travis, click on right here

For her interview with Bill Hemmer, click on right here. 

For her interview with Greg Gutfeld, click on right here.

For her interview with Benjamin Hall, click on right here.

For her interview with Judge Jeanine Pirro, click on right here.

For her interview with Jesse Watters, click on right here.

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