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34. My mother tried peppermint-flavored cod liver oil once

Reply to MineralMan (Reply #30)

Sat May 14, 2022, 02:33 PM

May 2022

I retched. She didn’t try giving it to me again.

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Born in 1945, I was a bottle baby. There were no commercial formula products. [View all] MineralMan May 2022 OP

Did your mother work outside the home? spooky3 May 2022 #1

No, she did not. MineralMan May 2022 #6

Yes, and both take less time than preparing formula. spooky3 May 2022 #7

I'm not judging anyone for anything. MineralMan May 2022 #12

You did not judge.I didn't feel that at all. ggma May 2022 #44

That was the recipe my sisters and their friends PatSeg May 2022 #57

I made formula for my first one or two kids also. this is an alternative, not judging. demigoddess May 2022 #61

Yeah, I don't understand that either. MineralMan May 2022 #77

In the 80s pediatricians recommended that women feed babies, low fat milk demigoddess May 2022 #109

Yeah, and look what it did to us. Hoyt May 2022 #2

That explains a lot 😁 I always wondered what happened? walkingman May 2022 #3

I know. It made us grow and thrive. MineralMan May 2022 #4

+1 Ferrets are Cool May 2022 #38

Breastfeeding wasn't popular at the time, for whatever reason. Mariana May 2022 #5

Oh, for sure. MineralMan May 2022 #9

Well that brought an unhappy memory back. I hated those vitamins and had completely forgotten them. Biophilic May 2022 #16

Yes. They were nasty, for sure. MineralMan May 2022 #30

My mother tried peppermint-flavored cod liver oil once EYESORE 9001 May 2022 #34

Orange juice at six weeks?? 1 - 2 ounces of tea per day??? LeftInTX May 2022 #8

Well, I don't know about that. MineralMan May 2022 #10

Commercial formula is superior to home made LeftInTX May 2022 #17

Yes, I'm sure today's commercial formulas are superior. MineralMan May 2022 #27

Today health experts say that babies and toddlers Mosby May 2022 #78

Not if you can't get them Ferrets are Cool May 2022 #39

Not All Kinds Of Them ProfessorGAC May 2022 #54

Thanks Ferrets are Cool May 2022 #89

I always enjoyed the whiskey on my gums for teething Lochloosa May 2022 #11

LOL SouthernDem4ever May 2022 #84

Babies will grow, given food. Lars39 May 2022 #13

Well, breastfeeding is always the best way to go. MineralMan May 2022 #18

It would probably be wise to use distilled water. n/t Mr.Bill May 2022 #23

Distilled or boiled. My mother boiled the water used in our formula. MineralMan May 2022 #26

Same here, though I'm a bit younger than you. Mom couldn't breastfeed. BlackSkimmer May 2022 #33

That granny's logic is exactly the same as all the pnwmom May 2022 #35

Lol, ok. BlackSkimmer May 2022 #45

I wear a mask... druidity33 May 2022 #83

Distilled water does no have any burrowowl May 2022 #50

Same here, Mineral Man Trailrider1951 May 2022 #14

I was wondering last nite how babies got fed before formula. Thanks for filling in that gap. jmbar2 May 2022 #15

That's an interesting account from a time even farther back. MineralMan May 2022 #22

Interesting - thanks for posting packman May 2022 #47

Most boomers like myself did fine on that recipe Freddie May 2022 #19

That recipe or one that was very similar, anyhow. MineralMan May 2022 #25

My DIL got a bottle sterilizer at her baby shower Freddie May 2022 #28

Well, Moms are always very, very careful with their first baby. MineralMan May 2022 #29

My son drank this in the 70's as an infant. scarletlib May 2022 #79

Yup. MineralMan May 2022 #80

Yes. Such formula recipes continued to be used MineralMan May 2022 #99

I remember reading Dianetics many years ago and there was a recipe for homemade baby formula in the liberal_mama May 2022 #20

Great find ! KentuckyWoman May 2022 #21

Thanks for your information. MineralMan May 2022 #24

I hadn't thought of that. KentuckyWoman May 2022 #32

That's it exactly. Mom had the big pot with racks for the glass bottles & sterilized everything... Hekate May 2022 #31

We're so far removed from the time when most babies MineralMan May 2022 #37

breastfed both of mine Kali May 2022 #36

Yup! MineralMan May 2022 #40

I was a 1950 baby and my moonscape May 2022 #68

My mom and my wife were militant breastfeeders. hunter May 2022 #41

I would consult a pediatrician IronLionZion May 2022 #42

Imagine that inthewind21 May 2022 #124

Delicate balance of nutrient proportions IronLionZion May 2022 #128

Formula today is ridiculously overpriced because there are only a couple of manufacturers alphafemale May 2022 #43

Bingo inthewind21 May 2022 #125

I was, too, in 1944. kskiska May 2022 #46

That's what I was fed. piddyprints May 2022 #48

I was, too, in 1944. kskiska May 2022 #49

1 MILLION YEARS HAB911 May 2022 #51

Infant mortality was incredibly high in the past Silent3 May 2022 #56

The same way "we" survived without vaccines. Mariana May 2022 #63

Thank you for this post. That is the tried and true recipe I helped my mother txwhitedove May 2022 #52

OMG I wish I had thought of that. My first had colic for-freaking-ever. I held her, rocked her,... Hekate May 2022 #71

Mine only had colic when I ate fresh tomatoes. Ms. Toad May 2022 #110

You think Gen Z can do all that? Polybius May 2022 #53

I'm a boomer (born in 1956) and never owned a bottle sterilizer...Gen Z is hopeless..LOL LeftInTX May 2022 #65

Is there a more nutritionally up-to-date recipe that mothers could safely use today... Silent3 May 2022 #55

Maybe. Several days ago I hunted for the old one that MinMan produced -- and couldn't find... Hekate May 2022 #74

Concise History of Infant Formulas Twists and Turns LeftInTX May 2022 #58

These instructions are dangerous. yardwork May 2022 #59

Link, please, to a source that says those things are poisonous to newborns. nt. Mariana May 2022 #64

Toxic? Not sure about that. Maybe fussy babies and messy diapers. But toxic? toesonthenose May 2022 #69

Never heard of the tea recommendation. OJ gives some babies a rash on their bottom (acidic)... Hekate May 2022 #75

This message was self-deleted by its author Raine May 2022 #60

That's what I was fed too. Except it was Carnation milk. Samrob May 2022 #62

Breastfed babies don't need water and it's not recommended in the first several months LeftInTX May 2022 #66

Why? Samrob May 2022 #101

All of the hydration needs are supplied with breast milk LeftInTX May 2022 #102

Also the mom's body is geared to provide baby with exactly what baby needs at the time. Ms. Toad May 2022 #111

My mom never produced enough milk. haele May 2022 #67

Same here born 1951, no store bought disposable diapers. I wore Emile May 2022 #70

I remember women in the 50s boiling baby bottles. Mr.Bill May 2022 #72

Yes Meowmee May 2022 #73

yep thats the formula i remember!! samnsara May 2022 #76

Was 13 ounces to 1 can back then? Lars39 May 2022 #90

Bet ya they were originally a full pint (16 ounces). Wednesdays May 2022 #94

Figures...shrink-flation strikes again! Lars39 May 2022 #96

Actually, as early as 1860 commercial formula became available Silent3 May 2022 #81

A History of Infant Feeding Mosby May 2022 #82

The invention of both canned evaporated milk and pasteurized milk was a great advance because Hekate May 2022 #86

Health experts saying to not do this CrackityJones75 May 2022 #85

Well then spend a fortune on lab-produced formula and let the baby cry when it gets recalled... Hekate May 2022 #87

Or don't pay attention to the health experts. CrackityJones75 May 2022 #104

Hey I am just relaying the message here. CrackityJones75 May 2022 #120

What do the health experts recommend to do Mariana May 2022 #91

I guess you'll have to look it up? CrackityJones75 May 2022 #105

Then those health experts had better provide safe alternatives which people can make at home. Ms. Toad May 2022 #112

Amazing, isn't it? Some of the comments here, but especially the comments by doctors who are... Hekate May 2022 #113

It's been inthewind21 May 2022 #126

Ok I will tell them immediately. CrackityJones75 May 2022 #119

My grandma bottle fed for all 4 of her sons MustLoveBeagles May 2022 #88

LOL, I like your grandpa! Emile May 2022 #92

Politifact: Experts warn against homemade baby formula sl8 May 2022 #93

So What Do RobinA May 2022 #121

Infant nutrition is a science. AllyCat May 2022 #95

Well, I wasn't suggesting that people feed their babies MineralMan May 2022 #98

Doctors used to recommend cigarettes in the 1940s, too Sympthsical May 2022 #97

Not for infants, they didn't. MineralMan May 2022 #100

"We all did fine without the polio vaccine" Sympthsical May 2022 #103

Oh, dear. You know, I said nothing about polio. MineralMan May 2022 #107

See? And you turned out ok! Hassin Bin Sober May 2022 #106

Hmm...more or less, anyhow. MineralMan May 2022 #108

It has far too little iron for a forming baby. herding cats May 2022 #114

My mother in law once said, "We didn't have all this breastfeeding stuff, we had Pet Milk"... LeftInTX May 2022 #115

And, she wasn't wrong. herding cats May 2022 #116

She said it to shame me LeftInTX May 2022 #118

You're aware inthewind21 May 2022 #127

The liquid vitamin supplement they used back then had iron, along MineralMan May 2022 #123

I was allergic to cow's milk Raine May 2022 #117

Kept the goat farmers in business. MineralMan May 2022 #122