It's a Baby in a Bath Tub
@BelleStarr (61047)
United States
January 7, 2021 8:19pm CST
Early in December @Jabo had a post about her mother washing her hair when she was a child. I told her I remember my mother had a photo of me as a baby in the enamel bathtub on the kitchen table. It was 1951 so I was at least 7 months old. Jabo said she would love to see it.
I went looking for that photo this week and I found it. I think I look a lot like the Gerber Baby, lol. And yes, I was a chunky monkey!!! The head needless to say is my mother, my Aunt Pauline must have been there because she was the photographer in the family.
While washing my hair today I got a sudden backflash to how my mother used to do it for me when I was little. I used to hate it. We didn't have a shower or...
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@RasmaSandra (74633)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
8 Jan 21
That is so cute. My mom fed me well I had chubby cheeks and thought I looked like Quess Victoria on the throne.
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I checked my photos and this is me, end of July 1951, 6 months old. I was in the backyard of the farmhouse of my grandparents in Italy.
@rebelann (111581)
• El Paso, Texas
8 Jan 21
Sounds like what dad told us about Aunt Louise, she was the only blonde and had brown eyes @BelleStarr Dad and Uncle Rudolph had jet black hair and steely light blue eyes.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
8 Jan 21
lol Well, thank you. I had rather attractive parents so got some decent genes. My brothers on the other hand were even cuter, both blond-haired and blue eyes. I was rather a shock with my light brown hair and brown eyes.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
9 Jan 21
I'm sure I probably was babies love to splash water lol
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
8 Jan 21
@DianneN No not wrong but I taught him Tuesday, yesterday he had his online math teacher for an hour but Kasey has been swamped and I told her I can't do it every day, it is just too much. So we had a lot of work today. He had 5 paragraphs to write and he hates writing. And lots of other things but we got it all done and even caught up Wednesday and did his grammar for tomorrow so after 5 hours I couldn't even cook supper, I just made us leftovers lol Plus I have not been sleeping well, I get this way some times, no reason. I even figured out some of his "new Math" which is what I think fried my brain lol
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@DianneN (247205)
• United States
8 Jan 21
@BelleStarr I understand. That's a lot of work to handle on your own. If you need help, let me know. I taught all that and may be able to give you some ideas.
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@Aquitaine24 (11653)
• San Jose, California
8 Jan 21
@BelleStarr How old is Jack?
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
9 Jan 21
Yeah we take it for granted these days but it is relatively recent in lots of places.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
8 Jan 21
lol Thank you, I am still a chunky monkey lol
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
8 Jan 21
lol I look like most babies of the time period I guess, a typically New England Irish, English French baby Thank you.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
9 Jan 21
Oh yes my mother was very proud of every wrinkle, lol I think as a child she never had enough food and she wanted to make sure I had plenty!! Evidently, I was on board with that lol
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
9 Jan 21
Yes those were the days, I don't know if anyone had colored pictures in the 1950s.
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@thelme55 (76634)
• Germany
9 Jan 21
@BelleStarr I think colored photos started in the '60s.
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@LindaOHio (160417)
• United States
8 Jan 21
What a cute picture. It's always fun looking through the old photo albums.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
10 Jan 21
It has been a few years since I looked through these so it was lot of fun.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
13 Jan 21
Thank you, I was quite the exhibitionist lol
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
9 Jan 21
lol I really was a very good-natured kid and my mom adored me but was a pretty no-nonsense type of mom so I'm not sure what was on my mind lol
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