I agree with Magda, Sharon - these  old books are gems!

I have a great picture in an old book (The Modern Womans Medical Guide) , a
photograph, illustrating a mother preparing to feed (it's some time in the
50s).  She has a  trolley next to her , and on it, is an alarm clock (so
vital!) , a surgical steel bowl with cotton wool swabs, a jug of water, and
she has *a rubber apron* on.  She is offering her baby the breast as if it
was a bottle - in fact there is hardly any difference in the positions of
the mother and the baby who is bottle feeding in the previous picture. The
mother bottle feeding is pictured in a garden (no clocks, not cotton wool,
no rubber apron...)  Talk about every picture tells a story.....

There is also a timetable for the new baby which includes some strange
thing called 'mothering time' which apparently happens  from 'about 4.30 or
5pm to 6 pm'. 'At this time, baby should be lifted from his perambulator,
given boiled water or orange juice from a spoon, his napkjins should be
removed and he should be held on his mother's lap to kick and be loved....'


Heather Welford Neil
NCT bfc Newcastle upon Tyne UK

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