The first baby step for any vintage housewife is to get up earlier than anyone else and take some time to fix herself up. Getting up and getting dressed is the most important step because it does 2 things: Why You Should Get Up and Get Dressed First, it focuses on self-care. Sometimes you have to …
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In the 1940s, Babies came with instruction manuals! Well, not really. But the parenting books often included long marvelous lists and ideas and instructions for doing your best for your baby. And many of those instructions involved play. In the 1940s, mothers weren’t expected to entertain their babies, but they were expected to guide their …
Are you SO DONE with potty training? It is seriously the hardest, most involved thing to get a baby to switch from a diaper to a potty. Why does it need to be so hard??!!?? Fortunately, somewhere along the way, I found my vintage parenting book, and it had a step-by-step method, with ages to …
Baby #8 is two months old already (heavens above, how time flies)! As we move through his first couple of years, I will continue posting about vintage baby care and schedules. For now, his schedule shifts a little bit each month. I have scooched him to a 4-hour feeding schedule, and next, we will be …
The 1950s Baby: Care & Schedule for Baby Two Months Old Read More »
Do you struggle with a morning routine? Especially with kids? The struggle is real! I used to despair that I would ever be able to get my home and my life running smoothly. It wasn’t until I started reading vintage books, trying to figure out how the 1950s housewife did it, that I realized she …
Just the word schedule might make you cringe. After all, sometimes it feels like you just follow your toddler around all day cleaning up messes. In particular, if you follow attachment parenting or gentle discipline, you may have heard that a schedule will squash his spirit and make your days as stolid, regimented misery. But …
Welcome to summer! Even though we homeschool, I don’t do school year-round. My kids have a summer break from June 1 to August 31. They spend all summer unscheduled and unplugged, doing our Summer Challenge. Today my boys started building a tree-house and my oldest daughter had her first sewing lesson. Vintage scouting books for …
