Remember When....

[Laurel]

If you are 'older' you may want to join in.

-Remember when using 'paper diapers' meant you were a bad mother? Then later in the 70's people thought you were strange if you used cloth and now it is back to cloth (except for me :

-Remember when you would only consider giving your baby 100% apple juice in their bottle? Now people shudder at the thought of juice at all, even for toddlers.

-Remember when there were only two kinds of nipples? One with a hole and a crosscut one. So you either had what is now called a slow nipple or a really fast one. Remember when you used to take a needle and make a slow nipple faster?

-Remember when you had to sterilize bottles?

Anyone else? I tried not to take them all.....::

Laurel

[e.j.]

I hate to admit that I'm one of the "older" providers but...
-Remember when babies rode on their mom's laps instead of in car seats?
-Remember when baby powder was considered to be a good thing to use during diaper changes?
-Remember when blankets and stuffed animals were okay for babies to sleep with?

[Laurel]

I hate to admit that I'm one of the "older" providers but...
-Remember when babies rode on their mom's laps instead of in car seats?
-Remember when baby powder was considered to be a good thing to use during diaper changes?
-Remember when blankets and stuffed animals were okay for babies to sleep with?

Oh yeah, I remember when cars didn't have seat belts!

Laurel

[Sunchimes]

Even after all these years, I feel a little disappointed when I sniff a baby and don't smell baby powder.

I learned to drive throwing out my arm to stop the kid in the seat beside me from pitching in the floor. It took me years to break that habit.

[nanglgrl]

Remember a little over 20 years ago when we were told to put babies to sleep on their sides if they spit up a lot or had a cold. This was way before the back to bed campaign but I remember when babies slept on their stomachs/sides all of the time.

[caregiver]

I am older also and remember many of those things!

Remember with the cloth diapers you had to fold them a certain way to put them on and use diaper pins? Those big huge colored pins!

Remember the plastic or rubber pants to use over the diapers.

Pack & plays were called Play Pens and people would use them more back then for baby to play in. Now parents won't use them because they feel like baby needs to be free to Rome and I myself believe too many kids Rome to much and are not watched enough and that is why so many kids get hurt unnecessarily.

Remember the walker that was the cloth seats and had the wheels on them that the child had to push around in with their feet to get the hang of walking.

Remember when your child first was learning to walk, you put "walker shoes" on. The white hard leather ones, usually was made by stride rite that had a lot of support for their feet. Now they say to put tennis shoes on them or let them go barefoot to learn to walk.

Remember tie shoes, there was no such thing as Velcro for shoes, you actually had to tie them.

Remember when you could put juice in their bottle or even use "kool aid" and it was okay. Heaven forbid giving your child any kind of juice or use kool aid today. Remember when giving them a piece of candy or a cookie was a treat,now it is like it is a big sin to even let them have a cookie or even a piece of chocolate.

Remember letting your kids go out in the neighborhood for Halloween and get a huge pillow case of candy and actually letting them eat the candy. Using the plastic character masks for a costume and they were happy, now you have to have a whole outfit for them or they are not happy.

Times sure have changed and I think kids today have been really missing out on a lot of fun traditions that for us older ones, were such a special part of our lives.

Well, even playing outside with other kids and playing games like,well if any of you remember these games, but like "kick the can", capture the flag,red red robin and we would even give little plays and have little carnivals for the neighborhood people,now it is computer games,cell phone talk,ipads and those other electronic games. Remember being able to ride your bike around the block or roller skating around the block with those skates that had a key on them. I could go on, but will stop here.

[Laurel]

Even after all these years, I feel a little disappointed when I sniff a baby and don't smell baby powder.

I learned to drive throwing out my arm to stop the kid in the seat beside me from pitching in the floor. It took me years to break that habit.

All my gosh the learning to drive made me laugh out loud!! ::

My sister and I thought it was great fun to get to ride in the back of the station wagon. You had to hang on to the back seat for turns though. It was great for a night at the Drive In (I wonder if there are any of those anymore) because we'd put our blankets and pillows back there and go in our pj's. A mobile slumber party!! We'd fall asleep while our parents watched the movie.

Laurel

[Laurel]

Remember a little over 20 years ago when we were told to put babies to sleep on their sides if they spit up a lot or had a cold. This was way before the back to bed campaign but I remember when babies slept on their stomachs/sides all of the time.

All 3 of mine slept on their stomachs. They sleep way better like that. I wouldn't do it today though as I heard a very compelling training about SIDS and the stats about infant deaths.

Laurel

[Laurel]

I am older also and remember many of those things!

Remember with the cloth diapers you had to fold them a certain way to put them on and use diaper pins? Those big huge colored pins!

Remember the plastic or rubber pants to use over the diapers.

Pack & plays were called Play Pens and people would use them more back then for baby to play in. Now parents won't use them because they feel like baby needs to be free to Rome and I myself believe too many kids Rome to much and are not watched enough and that is why so many kids get hurt unnecessarily.

Remember the walker that was the cloth seats and had the wheels on them that the child had to push around in with their feet to get the hang of walking.

Remember when your child first was learning to walk, you put "walker shoes" on. The white hard leather ones, usually was made by stride rite that had a lot of support for their feet. Now they say to put tennis shoes on them or let them go barefoot to learn to walk.

Remember tie shoes, there was no such thing as Velcro for shoes, you actually had to tie them.

Remember when you could put juice in their bottle or even use "kool aid" and it was okay. Heaven forbid giving your child any kind of juice or use kool aid today. Remember when giving them a piece of candy or a cookie was a treat,now it is like it is a big sin to even let them have a cookie or even a piece of chocolate.

Remember letting your kids go out in the neighborhood for Halloween and get a huge pillow case of candy and actually letting them eat the candy. Using the plastic character masks for a costume and they were happy, now you have to have a whole outfit for them or they are not happy.

Times sure have changed and I think kids today have been really missing out on a lot of fun traditions that for us older ones, were such a special part of our lives.

Well, even playing outside with other kids and playing games like,well if any of you remember these games, but like "kick the can", capture the flag,red red robin and we would even give little plays and have little carnivals for the neighborhood people,now it is computer games,cell phone talk,ipads and those other electronic games. Remember being able to ride your bike around the block or roller skating around the block with those skates that had a key on them. I could go on, but will stop here.

Oh my gosh I remember it all! I was just looking for a 'playpen' like the good old days and they still sell them. I was surprised. I didn't think they did. I was considering it as my 'older' provider friend has one. They are square so you don't feel like they are just sitting in their bed. I'm not buying one because as I recall you had to put them in there before they knew they could roam around on the floor and mine already roams and will crawl soon. There is plenty of room in hers and it is safer especially if you are doing childcare.

Oh those hard white shoes. I remember! They were so expensive and you had to get several pairs as they would outgrow them so fast and you actually had to go to the shoe store and have your child fitted for shoes. No grabbing them off the rack at Target.

Oh I sooo loved having carnivals! We used to have 'rummage sales' too and one summer we took the money ($8.35) and sent it to an orphanage. They sent us a nice letter back and said they would use it buy candy for the holidays (Valentine's Day) for their children and asked us to visit anytime. So, of course, we did and baked cupcakes to take. On a serious note, that is something I will never, ever forget. We stayed a while, had a tour, played a ball game in their gym with them but it will be forever etched in my memory....the sadness of not having a real family and home. The little rows of bathtubs, etc. An institution to live in. Sad.

Laurel

[Laurel]

Remember when children were actually home during the summer and not at 'camp'? Wow, we had some great times!

Laurel

[coolconfidentme]

Remember when this job was fun?!?

[caregiver]

Any of you remember in grade school having to go home for lunch. We had to walk home for lunch and lunch was 1 hour. those were the days when many of the Mom's were home and not working. Remember the flag patrols in grade school. You had to be a sixth grader to be a flag patrol, and yes, those were the days when grade school was k-6th grade.

[Meeko]

My oldest two slept on their stomachs. The third slept on her side. The last slept on her back. Each one because the experts said it was the right thing to do at the time!!

I remember no seat belts in cars. My brother and I just played in the back seat or the very back of our station wagon without a care in the world!

One year we went on vacation with another family...all in one car. Four adults, five kids and two large dogs. All crammed in like sardines and not one seatbelt! My dad put a small bench in the back of the station wagon to make a "third row" for the smallest kids. The dogs wound around our feet. Nobody though for a second it was unsafe.

Oh...and my father's job? County road safety officer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[butterfly]

My oldest two slept on their stomachs. The third slept on her side. The last slept on her back. Each one because the experts said it was the right thing to do at the time!!

I remember no seat belts in cars. My brother and I just played in the back seat or the very back of our station wagon without a care in the world!

One year we went on vacation with another family...all in one car. Four adults, five kids and two large dogs. All crammed in like sardines and not one seatbelt! My dad put a small bench in the back of the station wagon to make a "third row" for the smallest kids. The dogs wound around our feet. Nobody though for a second it was unsafe.

Oh...and my father's job? County road safety officer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Remember when there were station wagons? ::::

This thread is making me feel really old.

[DaisyMamma]

Even after all these years, I feel a little disappointed when I sniff a baby and don't smell baby powder.

I learned to drive throwing out my arm to stop the kid in the seat beside me from pitching in the floor. It took me years to break that habit.

Haha I remember my mom doing that! And she too did it for years after the first seatbelt law!::