1970s
Bandana baby clothes: 3 easy outfits you can make with real retro style
These sweet bandana baby clothes are wearing tops made from the kind of cotton scarves you can buy anywhere. Here’s how to make these outfits from 1977!
These sweet bandana baby clothes are wearing tops made from the kind of cotton scarves you can buy anywhere. Here’s how to make these outfits from 1977!
Remember these classic Fisher-Price preschool toys, like the vintage corn popper, colorful xylophone, music box TV and chatter telephone?
Who remembers these popular vintage Fisher-Price baby toys from the seventies and eighties — from the crib busy box to the stacking rings.
See some old-fashioned toddler and baby car seats – like the vintage baby bucket, metal bars padded with brown vinyl, & other retro child safety devices.
Back in the ’80s, these now-vintage baby nursery monitors were new – easy-to-use one-way intercoms that let parents hear what their baby was up to in another room.
Tiny Tears was a very popular baby doll back in the ’50s – and the big selling point was that she cried ‘real’ tears – and wet her diaper.
Baby Carrie Fisher: Eddie & Debbie’s Bundle of Joy As a TV guest, Debbie Reynolds has teamed on occasion with spouse Eddie Fisher. But this
Take a look at the top 50 old-fashioned baby names for girls from 1900 for a few names that don’t even rank in the top 1000 today.
Look back at adorable vintage nursery decor and furniture from the ’50s, plus get expert advice from interior decorators about old-school baby bedrooms.
Back in the ’80s, when disposable diapers were still somewhat of a novelty, the biggest brands were Pampers, Huggies & Luvs — all of whom continue to dominate the market. Here’s a look back at these vintage disposable diaper brands!
These vintage breastfeeding tips start by saying that no other one thing a mother can do for her baby means more to him than to feed him at her own breast.
When it comes to diapers, all the absorbency in the world won’t help, if it’s not in the right place. That’s why we shaped Kimbies like a baby, instead of making it square.
See what kids in the early ’80s were hoping to find under the Christmas tree by browsing the toys and games section of the 1981 Sears Wishbook catalog!
Vintage Woman’s Day magazine covers: April 1951 Capitalizing on the country’s dual obsession with babies and “Indians,” here’s a cute little one, wearing a Native
A little daughter! That’s happy news! Congratulations on your Baby Girl! A baby girl! Congratulations! Congratulations on your baby girl To welcome your new baby
You had a baby! Hear you’re getting rave notices Congratulations on your new little tax exemption Best wishes to you and your new baby A gift
What were the keenest, neatest and most popular names for newborns in the mid-fifties? Check out this table of the top 100 names for baby boys who were born in the year 1955!
How to give a preschooler something fun to do. And something fun to learn. (1966) The Mattel-O-Phone talks, teaches, and works like real. The voice
Modern living: Fold-away baby gear Most women feel that nothing takes up more room in a home than a baby, unless it is a husband, and
Breastfeeding the baby By S Josephine Baker, MD Director, Bureau of Child Hygiene, Department of Health, New York City Every once in a while, someone
This photo of a mother and her child visiting the park probably shows the baby tucked under an inverted open-frame trash can
Millionaire mothers spend oceans of dollars in bringing up their babies How will the richest babies in the land turn out? The mothers of Baby
Celebrity baby photos at David Niven Jr’s restaurant include those of Fred Astaire and Leslie Caron, little, big-eyed, Natalie Wood, and debonair Edwardian Cary Grant.
There is a disadvantage in being parent to triplets, particularly when the trio look as much alike as three dice with the sixes turned up.
If the weather is not too warm, it is a good plan to have a child wear his bonnet when he lies down. This will keep cinders from his ears and will help deaden the noise of the train.
Food most important factor in keeping baby healthy: Mother’s milk safest Feed babies properly and they will grow up healthy and happy While the mother
Take a look back here at Woman’s Day covers during the year 1950, and marvel at how much magazine marketing, photography and graphic design have changed.
Baby boy in a long white gown Antique cabinet card portrait of a baby Photographer: W A Flower, Perry, Oklahoma Kansas antique cabinet
Introducing Miss Aileen Harris From baby to toddler to preschooler
Youngest automobile globe-trotter has traveled 1,000 miles a month 18-months’ old John Edmund Hammond cranking papa’s cycle-car Los Angeles, Cal, April 23 [1914] – “Howdy!”
In some ways new parenthood looks just like it did in the 1940s… and in other ways, it’s pretty different. Here’s a little peek.
Population shifts: Business effect New trends in population and income are changing America. There is an “explosion” of young adults. Yet some age groups are
Good news about cesarean childbirth How did cesareans come to be among the safest of all major operations? Here’s a fascinating account of these baby-deliveries
To every lady-in-waiting New “swaddling powder” gives baby “wetproof” protection against skin infection Long ago, mothers swaddled their babies in soft silks and linens. Today
Baby-sitting isn’t just sitting When parents permit a teen-age daughter to baby-sit, they have a responsibility to both her and to the baby by Barbara
Royal genes! What Prince Charles’ & Princess Diana’s baby will look like Britain’s top geneticist says the baby is likely to have blue eyes, his
Twins born to French mother astound all scientists The most astonishing case before the medical world today is that of the babies, Susanna and Madeline,
Big sister and baby (1900) Adjusting the parasol/umbrella for little sister Mothers pushing babies in carriages/strollers (1905) Boy and girl pushing baby carriage
To keep a baby quiet John E Ring of Chatham, New York, has invented an apparatus to give babies plenty of air and exercise without
Modern and old-fashioned baby-rearing methods by Sidonie Matzner Gruenberg Every mother who has but one child realizes how little grandmothers know about the proper care
Tiny ride-on car Baby Patricia, in 1942, with a playpen/crib behind her. Sofa-slung vintage baby seat Stroller/ride-on toy for babies Here’s my mom with her
Evenflo bottle warmer (1950) … another delightful Evenflo product for your baby. Just plug the Evenflo Bottle Warmer in most convienent outlet. No need to
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