I'm so old I Remember when:

[ChicksnMore]

Nothing I say in the following is meant to be hurtful or mean but it’s just things that I have noticed in my few years of life.
I can remember when most families would eat together, at the same table! When children were taught manners, to be obedient & respectful of their elders! When it was unusual to hear of divorces & normal to know marriages of 30-40 yrs.
I remember when kids were sent outdoors to play & encouraged to have an imagination. When kids were taught to read & expand their knowledge & vocabulary at the same time. When kids weren’t raised by the sewage spewed from Hollywood. When crime was unheard of in rural America, we slept at night with our windows open. Our neighbors were our friends & we knew them on a first name basis. When most everyone had respect for a Sunday & the few people who worked only did so in an emergency.

Sorry for the rant, but I was raised rather old fashioned & the state of society is disgusting from the perspective of how I was brought up!

People like that are still out there...and some are even managing to raise kids to be inclined that way still. The part of my youth that I miss most is feeling secure that the country I live in and the strangers I meet share a fundamental something that made us "we". Now days it feels like most of America at least, is focused on "me' and "I ". There's a reason people loved the words united we stand, divided we fall.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

My kidlets were all born during the Regan administration. One time we traveled by car from NY to CO. I decided to put my 7 month old in Luvs for convenience on the trip. Her entire diaper area was red with some blistering by the time we arrived.
And before anyone gets snarky, yes, I changed her as needed throughout the trip. Cloth all the way home and never again with disposables. *spit*

I used disposables on my son, but my daughter, two years later, was highly sensitive to them. Same brand, Pampers as I recall. Were Luvs a thing in '78? Same as you, tomato red bottom and peeling skin, poor baby! A cool vinegar bath restored her pH and gave her relief, and then cloth diapers for her! Plain yogurt also works well.

 

[RedwoodCoastChick]

Nah. Mother Nature saved me the hassle of dealing with all that mess. Perfect nutrition delivered at just the right temperature, on demand 24/7.

Same here! My mom and mother-in-law were strongly discouraged against nursing when their kids were born (1950s), even told "you don't have enough milk, your baby's going hungry" and it was implied nursing moms were ignorant/lower class, etc., formula was modern & scientific. There was no one to help them get started nursing, and Mom lived on the opposite side of the country from her mother (who nursed 5 kids!). I remember my little brother crying in the night, hungry, while Mom got up and went through the whole formula prep routine.

I went to La Leche for training & support before my firstborn arrived in 1990; they were great, so practical and experienced. Nursed both daughters, so grateful that they never had to wait when they were hungry, I knew they were getting the perfect food for little humans, and the snuggling while they nursed was precious time I'll never forget. My married daughter followed suit, and by the time she had her first, the maternity nurses were VERY supportive & helpful to new nursing moms.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

One of the things I loved about nursing my kids was the "me" time. I could not prop a bottle in the kid's mouth and do dishes, laundry, cook, sweep or mop or do anything for anybody else! I just got to sit and snuggle with my baby for half an hour, put my feet up and be left alone. It was bliss!

 

[ChicksnMore]

Same here! My mom and mother-in-law were strongly discouraged against nursing when their kids were born (1950s), even told "you don't have enough milk, your baby's going hungry" and it was implied nursing moms were ignorant/lower class, etc., formula was modern & scientific. There was no one to help them get started nursing, and Mom lived on the opposite side of the country from her mother (who nursed 5 kids!). I remember my little brother crying in the night, hungry, while Mom got up and went through the whole formula prep routine.

I went to La Leche for training & support before my firstborn arrived in 1990; they were great, so practical and experienced. Nursed both daughters, so grateful that they never had to wait when they were hungry, I knew they were getting the perfect food for little humans, and the snuggling while they nursed was precious time I'll never forget. My married daughter followed suit, and by the time she had her first, the maternity nurses were VERY supportive & helpful to new nursing moms.

Nursing really is such precious times! Even when the little stinkers start teething and occasionally go chomp

 

[Ursuline Chick]

My mom was one of those 50's moms who did the scientific thing and bottle fed. I nursed. No real information or help was offered in 1980. But I found it to be very easy to simply put the baby to the breast and let it feed. It seemed to me that nature just took it's course and everything went fine. I am not sure about these girls, today. I know some people have problems with nursing and can't, even if they would like to. But I am still hearing ignorant things like: "Only animals feed that way!" I just want to slap them and say, "remind me to tell God He made a mistake when he put nature in place."
There is no better way to bond with your child, IMHO. I believe God knew exactly what He was doing. And for those who cannot nurse for whatever reason, as a registered nurse, I highly recommend as much skin to skin contact while bottle feeding as you can.

 

[chrissynemetz]

 

[Ursuline Chick]

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We had those when we were kids. We also had a kitchen table and chairs that had a similar design.

 

[NanaK]

Where I grew up all the stores were closed on Sunday.

Here too. I think it was called the "Blue Law". Nothing was open on Sunday.

Then when it was first changed they could only open after 1pm and had to close by 6pm. No beer or wine could be sold on Sundays at grocery stores. I worked at a grocery store as a teen and had to remind people of this rule.
ABC stores here are still closed on holidays and Sundays.

When crime was unheard of in rural America, we slept at night with our windows open.

I remember sleeping with the windows open and doors unlocked. We never even thought twice about it.

 

[NanaK]

In my day, you'd better be giving it a bit of gas if you wanted it to start...[yeah, we keep our vehicles forever, till they're not worth fixing].

I recently sold my 1985 Chevy short bed Silverado. It had a 305 engine. Shiny black. I had to pat the accelerator a couple times before I turned the key.

I purchased in in 1993 from it's original owner with less than 50,000 miles. For many years it was my main ride, my daughter's ride to school, grocery getter, camper puller, etc. I loved that old truck. Everything worked. Great a/c. I've had lots of folks want to buy it over the years. It was cold natured. I'm getting older. I finally decided to sell it.

A young fellow bought it that lives close by. He is having some things done to it. I told him if he see's me, to please give it some gas so I can hear the dual exhaust once in a while!

Taxes, repairs, even the collision insurance was cheap. They do not make them like that anymore. Now mechanics need computers to figure out what is wrong with them.