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Gosh the Shelagh / Patrick arc in this season just *chef's kiss*. Like, it's truly remarkable how they managed to sell on on that romance with mostly longing looks and a bit of music. It's all so subtle but simultaneously palpable, I love it. I love them.
I find it sadly interesting that they smear fake blood in the same spot on babies heads and never attempt to wipe it off as would have happened in actual deliveries.
I was watching a video yesterday of a childcare center here in Canada (Quebec) they set the nap cots up outside, dressed the kids warmly and they slept outside. Now obvioulsy they wouldn't do this in terribly cold weather, but I don't see it amuch different then me sleeping with my window open in the middle of winter -25C or lower at times in winter ...I sleep great in the cold, not so much in warmth
@@opybrook7766 Overheated rooms are worse for anyone's health than a cool room. But yes, babies are not really meant to be put to bed alone at all; in their natural state they would be held by their mothers (or other caregivers) pretty much constantly for their first year; the close body contact helps to keep them warm while they're still developing enough fat and muscle on their bodies. Up until the 20th century it was routine for babies to sleep in the same bed as their parents all over the world, with their parents' own body heat keeping them warm; modern medicine started discouraging the practice due to the very slight risk of a baby being crushed or suffocated. But the benefits of sleeping with the parents - especially during the winter, in the absence of central heating, when homes can get very cold - probably always greatly outweighed those risks. And even in warm countries it can still get very cold at night.
I was born in 1955. But no one left their baby outside in a pram unattended as they did in England. Why would anyone leave their babes alone, outside in all types of weather sitting or laying in the pram? Talk about child neglect! America would have arrested anyone doing such a terrible thing. I pray they no longer practice such in 2023... And many british names sound so odd to American ears. We do not name our daughters marigold or primrose, for example. Never would family services take a child away just because mom was blind. I had 2 friends, married to one another whom were both blind. She became pregnant and they raised their baby boy without interferance just fine.
The difference is America isn’t an island - if a child goes missing it’s harder to find them. On an island there are only two ways off; boat or airplane (or the channel tunnel since 1994). To do either of the three you need a passport, and the country can quickly put all of its ports on alert if they suspected someone was trying to escape with a stolen child. Add into that the fact that the UK in 1955 is different from what it is now. Back then, and in some places still today, communities were very close knit. Everyone knew everyone else, and nine times out of ten you had relatives as neighbours in walking distance. Since everyone knew everyone, and the community was tied together through things like marriages and births between families, and these places remaining small and insular, there was and still is a trust between people that everyone looks out for the local kids even if it is just some mean old person who shouts at them to behave. Ultimately it adds up to the same thing - people feel safe enough to let their kids play outdoors. They still do if you live in a small town or village. As for babies in prams this makes total sense - getting fresh air is really important for parents. Houses here are smaller and back then conditions were worse than they are now regarding overcrowding for example. It’s not the environment you want a baby to be in all of the time.
I was born in England in the early 1960s, my parents had 4 kids (tail end of the Baby Boom!); my mother told me she often would leave me or one of my 3 sisters in our big pram outside a shop, especially if we were sleeping, as the pram was big and awkward to navigate into small spaces. So many mothers did it that it was unremarkable. I remember her telling a story about my younger sister, who was a bit of a cranky baby; she left her outside a shop sleeping peacefully but when she came out shortly afterward she was screaming her head off, so hard the pram was shaking, and a bunch of nice elderly ladies were standing around the pram clucking and cooing like mother hens, trying to soothe her. My mom was embarrassed, but there was no criticism of her; they all told her, "What a lovely, healthy baby you have! Aren't you lucky!"😂 You have to understand, there was a very high level of trust in Britain, back then. Nobody would have dreamed that anyone would steal a baby out of a pram, especially not on a busy street in broad daylight. Or if they tried, they'd be stopped. There was just a common understanding that most people were good and decent and looked out for one another.
Absolutely ridiculous to have Anglican nuns in this show. Great show other than this. They should’ve just made them catholic nuns. Anglican nuns must be so remote and also just so sad and ridiculous…imagine devoting your whole life to heresy. Imagine being so devoted to heresy. This is just jarring. The thing of nightmares. Ruins the show.
Wow. What an intolerant attitude, and I was raised Roman Catholic myself (took me awhile to even realize the nuns in this series weren't RC). Anglicanism in fact is scarcely different from Roman Catholicism, or at least it certainly wasn't back that. The main difference is that divorce was allowable (although still difficult) and priests were allowed to marry. I've attended High Anglican Masses and they're almost indistinguishable from RC ones. And the show is based on true accounts of a midwife who worked for an Anglican order.
