Well. Feeding times were absolutely RIGID, as were amounts. Oh and sleeping times were cast in iron and woe betide anybody who tried to vary them. ONLY the mother was allowed to put a baby to sleep OR pick it up again. And if the baby woke and cried when it should have been asleep it had to be left crying to train it not to be spoiled.

Every baby HAD to have 15 minutes of sunshine unclothed EVERY DAY without fail.

Oh and one of the things that really made me giggle. Every baby after being fed, from VERY early on had to be held out over a potty to TRAIN it to go.

They were SO big on the word TRAINING that I was wondering if I was reading about puppies or hoomans!

OHHHHH....and I remember some of the quaint things that the nurses wrote, like a "bonny" babe. And I stirred my DH for months when I read he was a "bouncing" babe!

Lisa