Old vs new

My mum used to laugh about how I used to "bounce" around as a baby in the back of her VW....those beetle cars.

We were given bones as little ones too.

My brother was unwell very unwell as a baby, the hospital dipped his dummy in honey as he was not allowed to cry and it was the only way he would take it.

Gosh can't think of anything else but I no there is more.

my mum only had 1 x-ray also, they had to travel to hamilton (from rotorua) to get it done.
and at 4mths she developed diabeties so was hospitalised until the end of her pregnancy! in a ward full of pregnant ladies, and i was full breach!! and she had a natural birth
no wonder she didnt have any more after me! lol

Way back in the English "summer of 69" when I was born.....

there were no car seats or seat belts for me either.

My poor mum was shaved (down there) before having me. Ouch the prickles afterwards!!

Dad wasn't allowed in the delivery room either, Poor thing had to wait in the hall amd Dad was a "new age" guy and would have so loved to be in there helping.

The C section for mum went all the way across the pelvis and then in a upside down T to her navel OMG it's horrid to look at.

Mum would park my pram out in the street (in London) and leave me there to sleep in the freezing cold.

But the big one that really makes me laugh is that I used to have milky tea with suger in my bottle, no wonder i'm adicted to caffine.

Edited by shaz

Yep, plunket always used to advocate putting babies outside to sleep (at 10am precisely) too bad if you were born in August!

Nana used to "hold out" all her babies - put them on the potty from newborn - she reckoned they got the hang of it!

I wish I had the exact words, because it was written so well, but Mum's plunket book (from the 50's) advises mothers not to give into "foolish indulgence" with babies - saying that this can be just as harmful as neglect!