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little house on the priarie ( bottle feeding)
When I was on maternity leave I used to watch lot of TV. I noticed
that in one of the episodes Ma Ingalls has a son after the three girls. The baby was shown being fed by a bottle. It was an infant and he dies soon after due to some fever or something. I thought the storyline is set around the time of Civilwar or earlier. Anyhow, I thought in that day and age breastfeeding was quite common and considered the major if not the only source of nutrition for the baby. I didn't know they used bottles back then. |
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tedneely wrote:
When I was on maternity leave I used to watch lot of TV. I noticed that in one of the episodes Ma Ingalls has a son after the three girls. The baby was shown being fed by a bottle. It was an infant and he dies soon after due to some fever or something. I thought the storyline is set around the time of Civilwar or earlier. Anyhow, I thought in that day and age breastfeeding was quite common and considered the major if not the only source of nutrition for the baby. I didn't know they used bottles back then. I just saw this episode recently (got Seasons 1, 2 & 3 on DVD for Christmas). Caroline Ingalls does have a son, and she does breastfeed him. They don't show it, but when the baby doesn't gain weight well Doc Baker tells Ma that her milk is "no good" (or something to that effect). I seem to remember her giving the doctor a look when he says that, kind of like she's been hurt by what he said or taken offense. He tells her to feed the baby by bottle...I don't remember if he said cows milk or not...but I know that later we see Ma heating the bottle and showing Mary how to test it on her wrist. The baby still doesn't gain weight, so they end up taking him to the city to see a specialist. No one knows what is wrong...they say this just "sometimes happens and they don't know why" and the baby ends up dying. I believe this story is supposed to be taking place in the later 1800's...maybe between 1870-80...and I think that breastfeeding was the norm, at least out on the Prairie where the Ingalls family was. Not sure about the "fancy city folk" though. Kathy |
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"ted" wrote in message
om... When I was on maternity leave I used to watch lot of TV. I noticed that in one of the episodes Ma Ingalls has a son after the three girls. The baby was shown being fed by a bottle. It was an infant and he dies soon after due to some fever or something. I thought the storyline is set around the time of Civilwar or earlier. Anyhow, I thought in that day and age breastfeeding was quite common and considered the major if not the only source of nutrition for the baby. I didn't know they used bottles back then. I can't say I've ever really watched the TV show, but I read the books as a kid. I believe Laura wrote them in the 1930s but she was pretty old by then, so maybe her youth would have been around the time of the Civil War(?) |
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ted wrote:
When I was on maternity leave I used to watch lot of TV. I noticed that in one of the episodes Ma Ingalls has a son after the three girls. The baby was shown being fed by a bottle. It was an infant and he dies soon after due to some fever or something. I thought the storyline is set around the time of Civilwar or earlier. The Civil War was 1861-1865. IRL that baby was born in Nov. of 1875 and died at 9mos. The only reason given is that he started to lose weight and could not be saved despite the doctor's efforts. I have no idea how the TV show handled it though. I can't wait until my kids are old enough for me to read them the book series. My second grade teacher read it to us and at the end of the year we went to DeSmet. I was lovin' it :-) -- Nikki Mama to Hunter (4) and Luke (2) |
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Lucy wibbled
ted wrote When I was on maternity leave I used to watch lot of TV. I noticed that in one of the episodes Ma Ingalls has a son after the three girls. The baby was shown being fed by a bottle. It was an infant and he dies soon after due to some fever or something. I thought the storyline is set around the time of Civilwar or earlier. Anyhow, I thought in that day and age breastfeeding was quite common and considered the major if not the only source of nutrition for the baby. I didn't know they used bottles back then. I can't say I've ever really watched the TV show, but I read the books as a kid. I believe Laura wrote them in the 1930s but she was pretty old by then, so maybe her youth would have been around the time of the Civil War(?) Laura was born in 1867, her sister Mary in 1865, so yes, just about Civil War time. Charles Frederick Ingalls (Freddie) was born between Carrie and Grace but AFAIK was not fed any way other than normally. He died in Minnesota aged 9 months, after the family left Walnut Grove (Plum Creek), and is part of the reason Laura never wrote about their time in Iowa (where they moved to get over things, and where Grace was born), and why On The Banks Of Plum Creek and By The Shores Of Silver Lake have a gap between them, unlike the other books in the series. Jac |
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"Jacqui" wrote in message
. 7... Laura was born in 1867, her sister Mary in 1865, so yes, just about Civil War time. Charles Frederick Ingalls (Freddie) was born between Carrie and Grace but AFAIK was not fed any way other than normally. He died in Minnesota aged 9 months, after the family left Walnut Grove (Plum Creek), and is part of the reason Laura never wrote about their time in Iowa (where they moved to get over things, and where Grace was born), and why On The Banks Of Plum Creek and By The Shores Of Silver Lake have a gap between them, unlike the other books in the series. Jac Wow! I didn't remember any of those details! Although it's been about 25 years since I read them!!! |
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Nikki wrote in message
I can't wait until my kids are old enough for me to read them the book series. My second grade teacher read it to us and at the end of the year we went to DeSmet. I was lovin' it. I bought Allison (my 11-year-old) the series of books for Christmas. I loved those books when I was a kid. I want to read them when she gets done again. ) -- Sue (mom to three girls) I'm Just a Raggedy Ann in a Barbie Doll World... |
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Nikki wrote:
The Civil War was 1861-1865. IRL that baby was born in Nov. of 1875 and died at 9mos. The only reason given is that he started to lose weight and could not be saved despite the doctor's efforts. I have no idea how the TV show handled it though. I can't wait until my kids are old enough for me to read them the book series. My second grade teacher read it to us and at the end of the year we went to DeSmet. I was lovin' it :-) Me too; those and the Anne of Green Gables books (and others by the same author) I can't *wait* for Sproutkin to be old enough for! IIRC, Laura Wilder believed it was too sad a subject for a children's book. I know that "The First Four Years" was only a rough draft, but she did include the death of her own infant son in that one, which I found interesting (and sad). And IRL I believe she was never able to have another living baby after that. I've read speculation that it may have been due to the long-term effects of malnutrition (during The Long Winter), but she did have a healthy daughter so I'm not sure what the current thought is there. Mary S. mom to the Sproutkin, 22 months and a new wee babysprout, due October 1 |
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Mary S. wrote:
And IRL I believe she was never able to have another living baby after that. I don't know if she conceived again later or not. I always suspected that Almanzo was sterile after his severe illness (prolonged high fever can do that). --Helen |
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