My stepmother gave me a box of letters that my father (George) wrote to his parents while he was in college and during the first couple of years of his marriage to my mother. Among those letters were letters written by my mother to my father’s parents. Her letters covered several topics including her first year with her newborn (me).
Below are some excerpts from those letters.
A good 4-hour cry is what every newborn needs along with this highly nutritious formula
Of course, once you are one year old you can supplement your diet with rocks
And clearly, I wasn’t the smartest one year old. I wasn’t sure what this toilet thing was all about.
I survived to adulthood. It’s a miracle.