Tag: 20th century

• Beatrice Baxter Ruyl

  

  Beatrice Baxter Ruyl was a progressive, well-educated woman who came of age at the turn of the 20th century. She worked as an illustrator and author, focusing on depictions of the Zuni Pueblo, but she is best recognized as the subject of breastfeeding photography by Gertrude Kasebier in the early 1900’s.

  Aradia Wyndham

  December 9, 2019

  Babies

  20th century, Abenaki, artifical feeding, Artist, Beatrice Baxter Ruyl, biography, Boston, bottle feeding, breastfeeding, diarrhea, early photography, First Nations, formula, Fred Holland, Gertrude Kasebier, infant mortality, intensive mothering, Käsebier, Maine, motherhood, New England, socialite, United States, Zuni Pueblo

• American Postpartum Menu from 1913

  

  While ideas about what constitutes a healthy menu plan have certainly changed; cocoa being delicious and nutritious is eternal.

  Aradia Wyndham

  September 1, 2019

  Birth, Blog, Video

  1913, 20th century, America, Dr. Tuley, food, nutrition, postpartum, postpartum help

• Transport Response

  

  Wouldn’t it be great if there was some infallible trick to calm a crying baby? According to science, there just might be. (Get on your walking shoes.)

  Aradia Wyndham

  October 30, 2017

  Evolution of Babywearing

  20th century, altricial, ambulatory carrying, Anneliese Korner, attachment, babywearing, Caroline Ross, carrying, chronic pain, crying, David Pederson, disability, Evelyn Thoman, Gianluca Esposito, holding, Ian St. James-Roberts, IMMR, Italy, Jeremy DeSilva, mammals, newborns, parasympathetic, parkers, precocious, relaxation, research, riders, supplemental carrying, technology, touch, transport response, Urs Hunziker, vestibular proprioceptive stimulation, walking

• From Baby Toting to Babywearing

  

  Dr. Sears claims credit for coining the phrase ‘Babywearing’ in the 1980’s but did you know interest in infant carrier cultures had been growing in popularity since the 1950’s?

  Aradia Wyndham

  October 27, 2016

  Babies, Blog

  20th century, A Raisin in the Sun, adaptations, Ann Moore, baby boom, baby seat, babywearing, CBC, Dr. William Sears, Elizabeth Taylor, film, Gerry Baby, graco, harness carrier, history, innovations, Ivory Snow, Lorraine Hansberry, North America, P&G, plastic carriers, popular culture, Rayner Garner, reclining baby seats, retro tv, ring sling, snugli, Spencer Tracy, stigma, The Baby Sling, UC Magazine, vintage commercials