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Queen Vicky and Prince Albert walk in on a drunken wet nurse feeding baby Prince Eddy VII from a bottle of booze. 1843. Wet nurse: "What do you want a drop? Hic- why you little Topper! Hic- I wonder who do you take after? Hic- not your hic- daddy, I'm sure! Hic- I'll make you a Spirited Heir Apparent. Hic- Ha! Ha! Ha!" . Queen: "Teaching his Royal Highness to drink as I'm alive!" . Prince: "Ah my Loaf I was mean him to be one temperance Prince of de Wales." . . Source: Welcome Collection. #victorian #wetnurse #baby #bottlefeeding #liquor #spirited #queenvictoria #prince #heir #childcare #drunk #drunkmemes #satire #politicalcartoons #history #historical #alcohol #temperance #19thcentury #19thcenturyfashion #england #british

When your SWOL toddler's new pretend friend is a terrible influence. 😆 #medievalmemes #baby #death #bedtime #party

Another example of mid century car seats doubling as baby carriers. . Try as I might, I am not able to find a proper source for this article. I discovered it while researching the Himalayan Pak Company which produced a hiking backpack called "Hike-a-Poose" in the early 1960's. . Does anyone have any ideas about an American magazine from ~1960's called "Children" or that had a section titled "Children"? . #babywearing #babygear #vintage #vintagemagazine #history #hiking #parenting #carseat #archivist #vintagecar #carseatsafety #1960's #momlife

The Oatmeal's revolutionary baby storage device 💩🤨😆 I mean, it comes with cup holders AND a cat toy! . Source: @theoatmeal . . #baby #babygear #comic #cattoy #carseat #carseatheadrest #carseatcover #travelsystem #badparenting #soundproofing

Car seats that hooked over vehicle seats were often used as baby carriers during the mid 20th century. . Source: Pop Mechanics, November 1938 . . #babywearingdad #babywearing #babygear #dadsbelike #goingfishing #sunprotection #baby #backcarry #1930s #vintage #vintagemagazine #history #portebebe #trageliebe

Fascinated by Ancient Egypt? Delighted by baby carriers? Well, I've got a new video for you! 🤓 See the full length video (~5 mins) on YouTube. Link in bio. . . . #ancientegypt #history #babywearing #babygear #arthistory #hieroglyphics #archeology #egyptology #baby #portebebe #trageliebe

A midwife gets ready to catch while two attendants support the laboring woman who is in a birthing chair. In the background, two astrologers prepare the baby's natal chart. . . . #midwifery #medieval #renissance #astrology #birth #birthchart #woodcut #bookhistory #arthistory #baby

#Repost @historiaemimagens (@get_repost) ・・・ Nurses present newborn triplets to father in New York, 1946. #history #triplets #multiples #dadsbelike #hospitalbirth #neonatal #birth #newborn #newparents #1940s #nurses #nursery

Let's hear it for OG babywearing dads! . . "Man wearing baby during ERA march, July, 9 1978" Ann E Zelle/Getty . Melvyn and Baby Jordan at The Farm, c 1970's, Getty . "A man feeds a piece of a doughnut an infant in a baby carrier at the Hog Farm Collective commune" New Mexico, October 1, 1969, Getty. . Man and child picking berries c1960-70s, Getty #archive #babywearing #babycarrier #dads #babywearingdad #babies #era #feminism #communes #hippy #counterculture #blackandwhitephotography #history #thefarm

1951: Natural Birth, Breastfeeding, Babywearing

1961: Before “Babywearing” there was “Baby Toting”

1960’s “Are You An Indian” Ivory Snow Ad

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