Out of Diapers by 9 Months: Old Style Toilet Training || One Woman is Twice Two Soldiers, Episode 38

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Let’s talk traditional toilet training from the 18th and 19th centuries. Even up to the mid 20th century, this was the primary method of toilet training infants across the world. This is the method that transcends time and culture-you see it just about everywhere throughout time on our planet except in Western cultures today. Link to diaper pattern: https://www.etsy.com/listing/4382478491/19th-century-diaper-and-pilcher-pattern?ls=s&ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=19th+century+diaper+pdf&ref=sr_gallery-1-1&sr_prefetch=1&pf_from=search&dd=1&content_source=70f11257-af7f-4485-a294-9523510c252f%253ALTe91a95453d8fb5d3d946736ce17b34ede3fcf54f&organic_search_click=1&logging_key=70f11257-af7f-4485-a294-9523510c252f%3ALTe91a95453d8fb5d3d946736ce17b34ede3fcf54f Link to Diaper Changing video: https://youtube.com/shorts/gT6WdEbVeRY Helpful links Cottage Comforts, 1834: https://www.google.com/books/edition/Cottage_Comforts/InAEAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 Plain observations on the management of children during the first month, 1828: https://www.google.com/books/edition/Plain_observations_on_the_management_of/y6vg2IU0_14C?hl=en&gbpv=0 Advice to Young Mothers on the Physical Education of Children, 1823: https://www.google.com/books/edition/Advice_to_Young_Mothers_on_the_Physical/kwxlAAAAcAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 Hints to Mothers on the Management of Health During the Period of Pregnancy, and in the Lying-in-room, 1847: https://www.google.com/books/edition/Hints_to_Mothers_on_the_Management_of_He/HiZlAAAAcAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 Advice to a Mother, 1864: https://www.google.com/books/edition/Advice_to_a_Mother_The_fourth_edition/8vpZAAAAcAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 The Mother's Practical Guide in the Early Training of Her Children, 1836: https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Mother_s_Practical_Guide_in_the_Earl/U7NgAAAAcAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 Training the child in healthful habits of cleanliness in the Saturday Evening Post, 1921: https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Saturday_Evening_Post/DMg6tp2CfwgC?hl=en&gbpv=0 1935 Breastfeeding/Infant Care Video: https://wellcomecollection.org/works/tq753m66 Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 2:04 Articles for Diapering (Diaper and Pilcher) 6:57 Changing a Diaper (Historically) 12:16 Beginning the Toilet Training Process 24:14 Primary Sources 37:50 Final Thoughts Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/prairie.flower.historical/ #livinghistory , #fashion , #historicalfashion , #19thcenturyfashion #19thcentury #19thcenturyhistory #kidsclothes , #antiquechild, #minilivinghistorians , #littlelivinghistorians , #history , #historyfacts , #kidsmakethebestlivinghistorians , #victorianchildren, #toilet, #potty, #pottytraining, #toilettraining, #18thcentury, #18thcenturyfashion, #18thcenturyhistory