Tag: toddler

• Ancient Greek Potty Chairs | Baby History Shorts

  

  In ancient Greece, baby potties doubled as baby chairs, on this wine jug, or chous, from the 5th century bce, the baby is playing with a rattle. At the bottom of a cup a woman interacts with a baby in a potty chair. And on this oil jug, a woman stands next to a baby…

  Aradia Wyndham

  October 10, 2022

  Babies, Video

  ancient, art history, baby gear, greece, high chair, home decor, infant potty training, parenting, potty, potty-training, toddler, toddlers, toilet, toilet training, training

• Dutch Baby c.1664 | Jan Steen | Quick Art History

  

  This painting by Jan Steen features common baby accessories from the 17th century: teethers, falling caps, and leading strings:

  Aradia Wyndham

  February 25, 2020

  Babies, Video

  17th century, art history, baby clothes, baby proofing, Dutch, falling cap, generational, Jan Steen, leading strings, learning to walk, painting, rattle, Rembrandt, teether, teething, toddler, walking

• The Inuit Amauti

  

  It’s difficult to make sure baby stays warm in the winter but imagine living in the arctic full time. Learn how the Inuit have combined baby carrier and coat to keep themselves and their babies warm.

  Aradia Wyndham

  November 14, 2018

  Babies, Blog

  airways, amauti, arctic, babywearing, Baffin Island, body heat, breastfeeding, Canada, climate, cold, cooperation, culture, EC, eskimo, First Nations, history, infant carrier, Inuit, naked, nanook, newborn, nomadic, Nunavut, parka, positional asphyxiation, preschooler, Project Naming, proximal care, resources, seal, skin-to-skin, skins, swaddling, toddler, toileting, tradition, University of Alaska, wood