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Rube Goldberg Babies
His name is in the dictionary, defined as “ingeniously or unnecessarily complicated in design or construction.” Artist-engineer Rube Goldberg imagined creative but convoluted machines for simple tasks such as preparing toast. Today, videos of successful, or hilariously unsuccessful, Rube Goldberg machines are used for advertisements, “gender” reveals, and music videos. In honour of his 139th […]
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Killer Gender Reveals, Other Cultures, Childcare, Contaminated Baby Food, Fetal Mummies | Rabbit Holes 6
Rabbit Holes is a semi-regular reaction-style series about the baby-related stories I’ve found interesting and think you’ll find interesting too. Table of Contents Killer Gender Reveal A gender reveal IED killed a second father-to-be in February. Keep in mind that Darwin Awards are only for people who cause their own accidental deaths before they’ve reproduced. […]
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Breathing Monitors as Criminal Deterrents | SIDS Series Pt3
Today we’re diving into the true-crime angle of baby history with the story of the Van Der Sluys (or Vandersluis, I’ve seen it spelt both ways) family and how an unsubstantiated theory on SIDS from the 1970s started the trend for at-home infant breathing monitors and became a cover for serial murder. This post will […]
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How Sick Babies Led to the Discovery of Sunless Tanner
Did they really feed sick babies sunless tanner in the 1950’s?
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Infant Care in Taira, Okinawa | 1950-60’s
A lot has been said about Okinawan culture in the Attachment Parenting community, let’s set the record straight: from the moms who return to work after a few months maternity leave, to the siblings and grandmothers who strap the baby to their backs as they go about their days, and the hard-knocks school of weaning.
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