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<blockquote data-quote="AnnieO" data-source="post: 720235" data-attributes="member: 6705"><p>- What era were you raising babies? 1960's? 1970's? 1980's? etc... 2010s – Belle and Pat were 8 and 5 when I met them</p><p></p><p>- Were you a stay-at-home mom or did you work outside the home? Worked and still do</p><p></p><p>- Did you bottle or breastfeed? Both; at first I had trouble nursing, then when I returned to work I never got enough to send to the sitter so I had her feed Rose formula</p><p></p><p>- Did you make homemade baby food and formula? Nope… Unless you count pureeing whatever we were eating that night for dinner</p><p></p><p>- Did you use crib bumper pads? A soft mesh one she could breathe right through</p><p></p><p>- Did you use cloth or vinyl bibs? Both, whatever was handy</p><p></p><p>- Did you bathe baby in the kitchen sink or a plastic baby tub? Those, the shower, then the regular tub with me right there</p><p></p><p>- Did you use a playpen? Yes, a pack & play, though mostly for naps.</p><p></p><p>- Did you use cloth diapers and rubber pants or disposable diapers? Mostly disposables; I didn’t ever have enough patience </p><p></p><p>- Did you use a changing table? When in the nursery, otherwise the floor, sofa, my bed, and wherever was handy</p><p></p><p>- Did you use a Diaper Service? Nope</p><p></p><p>- Did you use glass or plastic baby bottle? Plastic, as glass wasn’t readily available</p><p></p><p>- Did you use cloth training pants or disposable training pants? Both, cloth at home and disposable elsewhere</p><p></p><p>- Did you use a baby stroller of baby carriage? Stroller, and I would still if I hadn’t given it to Belle for Charlie</p><p></p><p>- Did you use 100% cotton baby washcloths or disposable baby wipes? Both</p><p></p><p>- Did you spank? *Yes but never hard enough to hurt, as pain is not the point, getting their attention is</p><p></p><p>- Did you rely on family to babysit or did you use regular ordinary babysitters? Family for once in a while, and for the time I was working we used a sitter who did in-home day care</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AnnieO, post: 720235, member: 6705"] - What era were you raising babies? 1960's? 1970's? 1980's? etc... 2010s – Belle and Pat were 8 and 5 when I met them - Were you a stay-at-home mom or did you work outside the home? Worked and still do - Did you bottle or breastfeed? Both; at first I had trouble nursing, then when I returned to work I never got enough to send to the sitter so I had her feed Rose formula - Did you make homemade baby food and formula? Nope… Unless you count pureeing whatever we were eating that night for dinner - Did you use crib bumper pads? A soft mesh one she could breathe right through - Did you use cloth or vinyl bibs? Both, whatever was handy - Did you bathe baby in the kitchen sink or a plastic baby tub? Those, the shower, then the regular tub with me right there - Did you use a playpen? Yes, a pack & play, though mostly for naps. - Did you use cloth diapers and rubber pants or disposable diapers? Mostly disposables; I didn’t ever have enough patience - Did you use a changing table? When in the nursery, otherwise the floor, sofa, my bed, and wherever was handy - Did you use a Diaper Service? Nope - Did you use glass or plastic baby bottle? Plastic, as glass wasn’t readily available - Did you use cloth training pants or disposable training pants? Both, cloth at home and disposable elsewhere - Did you use a baby stroller of baby carriage? Stroller, and I would still if I hadn’t given it to Belle for Charlie - Did you use 100% cotton baby washcloths or disposable baby wipes? Both - Did you spank? *Yes but never hard enough to hurt, as pain is not the point, getting their attention is - Did you rely on family to babysit or did you use regular ordinary babysitters? Family for once in a while, and for the time I was working we used a sitter who did in-home day care [/QUOTE]
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