10/21/2025
Found this Mothers Magazine from my dad’s birth in 1948. This was given to families as they were discharged from the hospital. Ranging from breastfeeding information, first foods like cod liver oil, meat, eggs, liver, and for the mother. Songs to sing your baby. Bathing info and cleaning their eyes with boric acid. New vaccine recommendations, wearing a girdle post delivery to help keep your shape. Diapering and chambering (elimination communication). Some of this feels timeless and some disturbing to me.
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