Back in the day...
09-05-2024, 05:42 AM
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Your post brought back memories for me. Cream Soda was a favourite of mine for years, so ice cold out of the pop machine, I used to savour every last drop.
09-05-2024, 05:45 AM
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No notes of permission needed, mom used to send me to the store all the time to buy cigarettes for her. Goodness, can you imagine trying to do that nowadays?
And those cigarette machines that were everywhere!
09-05-2024, 05:57 AM
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I was just giving thought to my old babysitting days, how I did everything when I babysat, everything from making bottles from scratch with homemade baby formula and all, how I used to make homemade baby food, and changing diapers meant good old cloth diapers that needed to be folded from scratch to fit the baby/child wearing them.
Two diaper pins were used to secure those diapers... one on each side, and then the diapers were topped off with rubber pants. Back in my day plain old-fashioned white rubber pants were in vogue and trying to thread a kicking babies little feet through the elastic leg holes of the pants was always fun with baby's legs going 100 mph.
I remember washing diapers, vacuuming, washing dishes, preparing and serving meals, cleaning up toys scattered all through the houses, and anything and everything else that needed doing.
Evening babysitting, which I did a lot of, I'd sit in a wooden chair beside the babies cribs and read the little ones a bedtime story, and I was all of age 10, when I started babysitting!
Babysitters today would be lost navigating through the old days of babysitting.
Two diaper pins were used to secure those diapers... one on each side, and then the diapers were topped off with rubber pants. Back in my day plain old-fashioned white rubber pants were in vogue and trying to thread a kicking babies little feet through the elastic leg holes of the pants was always fun with baby's legs going 100 mph.
I remember washing diapers, vacuuming, washing dishes, preparing and serving meals, cleaning up toys scattered all through the houses, and anything and everything else that needed doing.
Evening babysitting, which I did a lot of, I'd sit in a wooden chair beside the babies cribs and read the little ones a bedtime story, and I was all of age 10, when I started babysitting!
Babysitters today would be lost navigating through the old days of babysitting.
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09-05-2024, 06:02 AM
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We had milk delivery, straight from the barn in a milk can, lol. I remember cloth diapers with my younger brother - and a liner than looked kind of like interfacing to hold the solids and make rinsing easier. Don't miss that at all. That was in 1970.
Pretty much all disposables by the time we had children in the mid 80's, early 90's. I worked full time and wasn't going to deal with washing them on top of everything else. No diaper delivery service out here in the country, but they were available in big cities. Is that still a thing? I tried breastfeeding, but didn't know anyone else who had and struggled. No internet back then to look things up. I realize now that I wasn't drinking enough, but at the time, gave up.
I've had discussions with our younger daughter about some of the "new and better" things that her generation is doing. Baby led weaning was a big one, as was sleep training. Ummm.... We did pretty much the same thing, it was what came naturally - we just didn't have a name for it, lol. She was almost offended that it wasn't a new way of doing things that Gen X and Gen Z invented, but that Boomers had been doing it, too.
Growing up on a farm, we often rode in the back of pick up trucks- whether to the next field or the farm store in the next town. Can't believe there weren't more accidents. Thankfully, that is no longer acceptable. People would no more think of doing that than they would having kids in a car without a car seat.
Pretty much all disposables by the time we had children in the mid 80's, early 90's. I worked full time and wasn't going to deal with washing them on top of everything else. No diaper delivery service out here in the country, but they were available in big cities. Is that still a thing? I tried breastfeeding, but didn't know anyone else who had and struggled. No internet back then to look things up. I realize now that I wasn't drinking enough, but at the time, gave up.
I've had discussions with our younger daughter about some of the "new and better" things that her generation is doing. Baby led weaning was a big one, as was sleep training. Ummm.... We did pretty much the same thing, it was what came naturally - we just didn't have a name for it, lol. She was almost offended that it wasn't a new way of doing things that Gen X and Gen Z invented, but that Boomers had been doing it, too.
Growing up on a farm, we often rode in the back of pick up trucks- whether to the next field or the farm store in the next town. Can't believe there weren't more accidents. Thankfully, that is no longer acceptable. People would no more think of doing that than they would having kids in a car without a car seat.
Peaceandjoy, did you see diaper duty (as in changing) with your baby brother?
By age 8, I was making bottles and changing diapers, right down to seeing my baby brother off to bed for the night in double diapers and rubber pants!
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09-05-2024, 06:15 AM
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I breast fed one, bottle for the other. Both grew up healthy. Disposables diapers for me as they were available and easier.
The only sanitizer they had as kids was Dial soap. They started soft table foods at six months along with baby food. My thinking was keep child raising easy as possible. That meant yeah some nights they went to bed needing a bath or wore mismatched clothes. Back them mismatched socks was a shock to moms. LOL
The only sanitizer they had as kids was Dial soap. They started soft table foods at six months along with baby food. My thinking was keep child raising easy as possible. That meant yeah some nights they went to bed needing a bath or wore mismatched clothes. Back them mismatched socks was a shock to moms. LOL
Oh yes, mismatching socks, been there - done that, too!
09-05-2024, 06:17 AM
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As the oldest of 4 children, I remember standing up in the front seat next to my mom when she was driving, then the others did too when they learned to stand. (Hope that makes sense). Never used a seatbelt. And Mom used to send us out to the front yard to play while she did the housework. I got my share of spankings too, but we all grew up being pretty well-behaved.
We never had any children, so all I have to go on is memories of my childhood.
We never had any children, so all I have to go on is memories of my childhood.
09-05-2024, 06:24 AM
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As the oldest of 4 children, I remember standing up in the front seat next to my mom when she was driving, then the others did too when they learned to stand. (Hope that makes sense). Never used a seatbelt. And Mom used to send us out to the front yard to play while she did the housework. I got my share of spankings too, but we all grew up being pretty well-behaved.
We never had any children, so all I have to go on is memories of my childhood.
We never had any children, so all I have to go on is memories of my childhood.
Were you the built-in, go-to babysitter?
09-05-2024, 06:59 AM
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I remember seeing toddlers standing up in the front seat, many decades ago. Used to make my head explode. Even a moderate braking and that kid is going head first into the windshield. Thank heavens for car seats!!
And I'm sorry, I can't stand the "well we survived X, Y, and Z" memes. Yeah, you survived, a lot of kids didn't. When you know better you do better.
And I'm sorry, I can't stand the "well we survived X, Y, and Z" memes. Yeah, you survived, a lot of kids didn't. When you know better you do better.
09-05-2024, 07:14 AM
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I do not want to go back to the ways of my childhood. Most things were labor intensive especially keeping a house in order. We lived rural and had a one local general store unless a long drive into town . Our selection of products was what the owner of the store wanted everyone to have, he never had any newer items at all. Kept saying they were newfangled and no one needed them. I have always had a gray spot for mom and pop stores because of him, the old coot.
