Wednesday, January 6, 1926
Mostly cloudy
Weighed Marjorie today, 12 lbs. She was three months old at one yesterday. That is doing very well I guess. There is a schedule on the barley box of average weights and she has been exactly right according to that. Gilbert worked this evening, but his Dad was out. Had come over to take treatment for his feet and came on over to find out how to fix the baby's milk. Nell’s twins are hungry and they don’t know how to feed them. Otherwise they are doing all ok I guess. I would love to see them. I am glad they asked me how to care take care of them. It shows confidence in me – satisfaction in the products I put out. I told Dad all I could of to help them out.
(Aunt Marjorie wrote "The babies Grandpa Smith (Dad) was talking about where the twins Aunt Nell had on Christmas Day. Aunt Nell was a large woman and I had been told she didn't realize she was pregnant until just a couple of weeks before they were born. (Remember, mine was a recollection of a child's memory of events!) I presume Nell had a doctor out in the country - who knows?"
Well, that is certainly interesting information from Aunt Marjorie!)
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Earlier in November, Ruth mentioned that she had to supplement Marjorie's nursing with a bottle - I wonder if women were already using the canned evaporated milk/corn syrup concoction that was popular in the late 1940's? [My mom has an old home movie with my dad getting the bottles ready for the sterilizer - it's quite a procedure.]
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I guess the twins eventually got fed ok as they are 81 yrs old now.
ReplyDeleteBoth had children of their own
Just found you - very anxious to get caught up and check out your other blogs!!
ReplyDeleteI have an Aunt Marge, too...it's funny how those old fashioned farmy names struck a chord with our Grammas...thank you for chatting at cityfarmer...parisienne farmgirl is my daughter...I was born with the passion for the earth in my bones and now youshould see HER go at the garden phenomenon...we will all have fun in the spring and summer months..
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Oh...p.s. I know about the sterilizing procedures and the syrup...I am also proud to be a Hoosier.
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