Tag: infant care

• Stop that Carriage! | Runaway Stroller Trope

  

  The runaway baby carriage is a classic film trope but does it really happen in real life? where did the trope get started?

  Aradia Wyndham

  June 5, 2020

  Babies

  accessibility, baby carriage, Baby carriers, babywearing, buggy, disability, film history, history, infant care, internet of things, public transit, safety, smart strollers, stroller, trope

• The Boke of Chyldren | Tudor Pediatrics

  

  Imagine a world where there are no books about keeping your baby healthy in your language, even in your country: that was the case in England until Thomas Phaer published “The Boke of Chyldren” in 1544.

  Aradia Wyndham

  May 10, 2019

  Babies, Blog, Video

  16th century, art history, bedwetting, book history, breastfeeding, colic, cradle cap, domestic manual, early modern, England, epilepsy, history, humoral, infant care, infant sleep, literacy, magic, medicine, medieval, metaphysical, nightmares, religion, teething, The Boke of Chyldren, Thomas Phaer, Tudor

• The Aymara People of the Andes

  

  Learn how the Aymara tradition of carrying their babies is reflected in their concept of time and language– and how infant carriers built empires.

  Aradia Wyndham

  March 16, 2019

  Babies, Blog

  aguayo, alpaca, ancient, Andes, archaeology, Aymara, baby, babywearing, back carry, Bolivia, children, Chile, civilization, columbian exchange, custom, Empire, ethnic group, fashion, First Nations, Inca, infant care, infant carrier, language, linguistics, megoliths, mothers, native americas, Peru, polleras, quepina, shawl, south america, stone peoples, time, titicaca, Tiwanaku, tools