Tuesday, October 13, 1925
Cloudy and Warmer
Mama came out and was here about three hours and a half but didn’t see Marjorie at all only as she lay asleep. Then she took the boys down to get Albert some new shoes and they brought him home. Poor little Ned is so forlorn since I am in bed especially when the other boys are gone. He has gotten so he doesn’t want Mrs. Little to do anything for him, and when she does, he cries like his heart would break.
(I can't believe how long Grandma spent in bed after having the baby! Without Mrs. Little, she would not have been able to do this.)
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I am amazed at how long new mothers were kept in bed back then.The only restrictions I remember after having my 5 babies is a restriction on climbing stairs. Little Ned was about 2 when Marjorie was born. One of my grandsons got a baby sister on his 2nd birthday and he was not happy about that. It was not what he asked for.
ReplyDeleteMy mother-in-law told me that she was still confined to bed for 10 days in the late 1930's. Very different from the moms who stop at the store on their way home after less than 72 hours!
ReplyDeleteI believe it was the rule that new mothers stay in bed for 10 days.
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