Becoming a great grandmother, 1960s fad diets & 'the burning of the bras' w/ my Grandmas
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What was it like holding Abby for the first time?
What was that like holding Abby for the first time? It made me cry.
This is terrible. Oh, it's okay. This is where I get it from, man.
Did you guys even put your baby in a car seat? Was that something that you did?
There wasn't even a seat belt law then. It wasn't a real safety car seat. If you'd throw the brakes on, the baby'd probably fly. Oh my gosh.
Through your life, do you feel like you've seen women's rights change a lot? The opportunities for women have multiplied tremendously. Didn't you have a mantra you had to say at your fitness class? We had a thing we said. My ex's poundage is there for all the world to see. What a fool I've been.
Wow, the times have changed.
I feel very blessed to have such close relationships with both my grandmas. It's going to be funny having them together on this. We're going to get a little sassiness, a little humor, and it's going to be really sweet because I think the relationship I have with both of you guys is very special.
Did you use car seats for babies back then?
It is really sweet. And I think what's so interesting, Diane and I were on a one hour drive to get here. I picked her up from her place out east and we were driving and we were just talking about all the differences between your generation and our generation. And I kind of want to get into that because something I was thinking about is when I brought our son home from the hospital, I was so nervous about driving well below the speed limit on the highway and getting him perfectly positioned in his car seat. But when you guys drove home with your children from the hospital, did you guys even have car seats? Did you put your baby in a car seat? Was that something that you did?
I had those plastic... It wasn't a real safety car seat. It was just a... a seat that you could put a seat belt around and carry around everywhere.
But it had no protection. If you'd throw the brakes on, the baby would probably die.
Oh my gosh.
Did they go in the back seat? No, I think I carried the baby in my arms sitting in the passenger seat. I carried the baby home.
You literally carried your baby in the passenger seat on the way home from the hospital, and that's what everybody did.
I think that's what I did. I don't remember, but I think so. I know. It's been a few years ago. In the front seat? Wow. Yeah.
Was there even a belt to buckle in the baby carrier thing back in?
There wasn't even a seat belt law then, was there? Oh, I'm sure not.
And I don't think they had those cross pieces. I think the seat belts were just around your waist.
How have women's rights changed over the decades?
really yeah the the seat that you put the baby in was called an infant seat and it was just a plastic wasn't it was it just i think and you'd put a blanket in it and put the baby in it and hope for the best wow hope for the best don't throw the brakes on
And your infant seat probably didn't turn into like a baby carrier or turn into a stroller like we have today.
I had a stroller. But it was a separate stroller, right? Yeah, separate. It wasn't part of the plastic infant seat. Because you've seen how all these like pops into a stroller. No, that's new age to me.
Yeah, it's even new for now.
Was that even a thought when you're holding your baby in the passenger seat on the highway? Were you thinking, hey, maybe they should invent something to make this a little bit safer? Yeah.
No, I don't think so. I was an inventor.
Were you allowed to have your husbands in the room when you had a baby back then?
No.
See, I heard that because actually I was watching I Love Lucy and I was like, that's crazy. But that was before when you guys were having babies. But still, I wonder when that was that you could have your spouse in the room.
You say before. I mean, I remember watching I Love Lucy on TV as an adult. Didn't you? Sure. Yeah.
Well, it came out in the 50s. I'm just talking about when they filmed it.
Okay. Wasn't it the 50s? I remember watching it when I lived at home with my parents, I think. I remember my mother really cracking up. The 50s.
That goes way back.
You're almost at the beginning of television there. I was 10 years old in 54. Oh.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What was it like holding Abby for the first time?
0:00–0:55
2
Did you use car seats for babies back then?
0:55–2:29
3
How have women's rights changed over the decades?
2:29–4:54
4
What were the differences in childbirth experiences?
4:54–14:04
5
What was the experience of being a grandparent like?
14:04–1:22:52
Speakers
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