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Weight of Babies Whose Mothers Do Not Work During Pregnancy and Whose Mothers Work Until Birth
Title:
Weight of Babies Whose Mothers Do Not Work During Pregnancy and Whose Mothers Work Until Birth
Description:
Text:Babies whose mothers do not work during pregnancy weigh 8.5 pounds; babies whose mothers work during pregnancy weigh 7.5 pounds
It is essential for the mother and baby that women stop working eight weeks before birth
Date:
1921
Collection:
Soviet Posters
Baby's Stomach is Empty Three Hours After a Feeding, A
Title:
Baby's Stomach is Empty Three Hours After a Feeding, A
Description:
Text:Immediately after a feeding [top left]; one hour after a feeding [top right]; two hours after a feeding bottom left]; two hours after a feeding [bottom right]
Date:
(approximate)1920
Collection:
Soviet Posters
In Hot Weather Don't Forget to Give Your Baby Sweetened, Boiled Water!
Title:
In Hot Weather Don't Forget to Give Your Baby Sweetened, Boiled Water!
Description:
Text:Gardeners, don't forget to water your flowers every day with fresh water [middle, far left]
Give your dog water every day, especially in hot weather [middle, center]
Every morning give your canary a cup of fresh water, along with food [middle, center right]
Drink a lot of water in hot weather [middle, far right]
Don't forget the baby! It also gets thirsty, just like an adult. Give the baby unsweetened, clean boiled water in a clean bottle two to three times a day between feedings, but never give it an extra bottle of milk.
Date:
(approximate)1920
Collection:
Soviet Posters
How to Protect a Baby From the English Disease (Rickets)?
Title:
How to Protect a Baby From the English Disease (Rickets)?
Description:
Text:1. Breast-Feeding
2. Clean Air and Sunlight
3. Proper Care and Feeding During the Second Year of Life
Date:
1921
Collection:
Soviet Posters
What to Feed a Baby at One Year
Title:
What to Feed a Baby at One Year
Description:
Text:9 AM: glass of milk, slice of bread with butter
1 PM: half glass of vegetable purree (potato, carrot or turnip) and bowl of kasha
5 PM: half bowl of vegetable broth (with chunks), pieces of bread, meat patty, bake or raw apple or berries (cherries, wild strawberries, pears, plums)
9 PM: half bowl of kasha and half glass of milk with bread
Date:
1922
Collection:
Soviet Posters
Protect Your Child!
Title:
Protect Your Child!
Date:
1921
Collection:
Soviet Posters
Breast-Feeding Schedule From Birth to Three Months; 6 AM, 9 AM, 12 AM, 3 PM, 6 PM, 12 PM
Title:
Breast-Feeding Schedule From Birth to Three Months; 6 AM, 12 PM
Date:
(approximate)1920
Collection:
Soviet Posters
Cleanliness, Sunlight and Fresh Air Safeguard the Health of the Baby
Title:
Cleanliness, Sunlight and Fresh Air Safeguard the Health of the Baby
Description:
Text:Bathe the baby daily, and frequently change his/her underwear; Wash your hands more frequently and keep the room clean; Bright sunlight is the mortal enemy of all illnesses; Walk with your infant often in the summer and winter; Don't be afraid of the sun and air out the room every day.
Date:
1925
Collection:
Soviet Posters
Abortions Performed by a Wisewoman or a Midwife Not Only Injure the Woman, But Often Lead to Death
Title:
Abortions Performed by a Wisewoman or a Midwife Not Only Injure the Woman, But Often Lead to Death
Description:
Text:At the midwife; the consequences of abortions; any kind of abortion is dangerous; the wisewoman and midwife who conduct abortions are guilty of committing a crime; death from abortions
Date:
1925
Collection:
Soviet Posters
What Every Woman Should Know
Title:
What Every Woman Should Know
Description:
Text:Don't drink alcoholic drinks, don't lift heavy things, wash and change your underwear frequently, and during pregnancy visit the doctor several times; Swelling during pregnancy is a sign of an illness; Take the advice of a medical doctor; Down with the wisewoman! Births done by a wisewoman often end in a serious illness and even the death of the mother and baby; Knowledge and cleanliness are the guarantee of health; The nurse practitioner has gone to school and knows how to take care of the mother and baby; Call for the nurse practitioner.
Date:
1925
Collection:
Soviet Posters
What Kills Many Babies Under the Age of One
Title:
What Kills Many Babies Under the Age of One
Description:
Text:A pacifier made of chewed bread, kasha, dirt and not knowing how tot take care of a baby--this is why many children die in the village; The more literate the mother, the fewer children die; Number of eaths before age one for every one hundred births (by country): Switzerland 9; england 14; Italy 17; Germany 20; Russia 26; The most deaths per hundred births occur in Russia; Number of deaths before age one for every one thousand births (by season): spring 73; summer 144; fall 63; winter 67; Pay special attention to children, especially in the summer; The most children die from diarrhea in the summer.
Date:
1925
Collection:
Soviet Posters
Protection of Motherhood and Infancy, The (Poster Two)
Title:
Protection of Motherhood and Infancy, The (Poster Two)
Description:
Text:How It Is: Dirt and smoke cause the mother to be sick and anxious; If a child has an accident, the mother becomes upset and her health and work are affected; Children without supervision hurt each other, and make each other sick when they eat and play together; Children who are not looked after become sick, lose their bearings, and become thugs; How it Should Be: Every month the mother should take her child to the medical clinic in order to learn how to take care of him/her; If a child goes to a daycare center, then he/she will be healthy and have no accidents; The mother works calmly when her children attend daycare centers and kindergartens; Playgrounds provide children with the proper upbringing and health; Taking good care of the child will lead to the building of a healthy and honest citizen.
Date:
(approximate)1925
Collection:
Soviet Posters
Protection of Motherhood and Infancy, The
Title:
Protection of Motherhood and Infancy, The
Description:
Text:This is how they protected the health of the mother and child [left column]; During birth the wisewoman forced the baby from the abdomen onto the dirt; not knowing how take care of the baby will lead to his/her death; heavy physical labor after childbirth, instead of rest, will make the woman ill; what led to death or crippling of the mother; filth and not knowing how to take care of the baby caused the mother to fall ill and the baby to be blind; How to safeguard the health of the mother and baby [right column]; Giving birth in a hospital will ensure the health of the mother and baby; newborn baby should be bthed in clean, warm water every day; when the mother has a cold, she should cover her nose and mouth when feeding the baby; the mother should learn how to take care of th baby by going to the children's medical clinic; once the mother learns to work, she should put baby in daycare, the baby will be in trustworthy hands; in kingergarten your child will receive proper care, reliable upbringing and wil be healthy.
Date:
(approximate)1925
Collection:
Soviet Posters
Cleanliness Safeguards and Strengthens the Health of the Child
Title:
Cleanliness Safeguards and Strengthens the Health of the Child
Description:
Text:Every day before going to bed the child should wash to the waist, wash his/her feet, and brush his/her teeth. In the morning the children should wash his/her hands and face and rinse his/her mouth; It is necessary to wash your hands before every meal because dirty hands may introduce infection through the mouth. Bathe the child every week in warm water and with soap. This will keep the child from itching and having all kinds of pimples; Cut the finger nails every week; Be sure that the scalp and hair are clean. Cut hair often; Change the child's underwear as often as possible, but no less than once a week, and change the bedding (bed sheet, pillowcase and top sheet) no less than twice a month; Give the child his/her own towel and toothbrush; a shared towel and toothbrush transmit infection. The basin, soap dish and towel should be located so the child can reach it easily.
Collection:
Soviet Posters
Protection of Motherhood and Infancy In the Village Is In the Hands of the Peasant Women, The
Title:
Protection of Motherhood and Infancy In the Village Is In the Hands of the Peasant Women, The
Description:
Text:Visits to the health clinic will keep the baby from getting sick; It is best and safest to give birth in a hospital (maternity ward); Remember that failed births occur when the doctor is not summoned; Volispolkomi, cooperation and committees of self-help should help the mother and child; We don't want to trust the wisewoman anymore. We demand nurse practitioners; Help us establish summer daycare centers and clinics; We demand a maternity section at the medical clinic; The district doctor should devote one day a week to seeing nursing mothers; Summer daycare centers free the mother from concerns and safeguard the health of the baby; Protect against flies; We demand nurse practitioners and not wisewomen, fresh air and sunlight, and healthy parents.
Collection:
Soviet Posters
How to Breast-Feed a Baby
Title:
How to Breast-Feed a Baby
Description:
Text:The breast of the mother is indispensable. A baby fed cow's milk weighs 8 pounds at six months. A baby that breast-feeds weighs 18 pounds at six months; Babies that breast-feed are seven times less likely to die than those not breastfed. Don't feed a baby more than seven times a day. Don't feed during the night--give yourself and the baby a rest; Milk in the child's stomach right after feeding; Milk in the child's stomach one hour after feeding; Milk in stomach two hours after feeding; Milk in stomach three hours after feeding; A healthy baby doubles in weight by six months and triples in weight by one year; At birth--8 pounds or 3000 grams; At six months--18 and 1/4 pounds or 7, 300 grams; At twelve months--25 pounds or 10, 000 grams; Take the baby to the fields when you work. Breast-feed the baby until six months of age and don't give her/him kasha or bread; It is necessary to feed the baby after six months; Feed the baby kasha at six months; Feed the baby kissel, mashed potatoes, grated carrots, and grated turnips at seven months; Feed the baby cow's milk, soup and bread at nine months; Feed the baby fruit and meat at twelve months; What a Nursing Mother is Allowed to Eat; What a Nursing Mother is Not Allowed to Eat and Drink (Homebrew, beer, wine and liqueur).
Date:
1925
Collection:
Soviet Posters
To All Wisewomen, You Must Know How to Bring Up a Child
Title:
To All Wisewomen, You Must Know How to Bring Up a Child
Collection:
Soviet Posters
Washing a Baby; Powdering a Baby
Title:
Washing a Baby; Powdering a Baby
Date:
(approximate)1920
Collection:
Soviet Posters
What to Feed a Baby at Eight Months
Title:
What to Feed a Baby at Eight Months
Description:
Text:6 or 8 AM: slice of dry, white bread or cookie soaked in water
10 or 12 AM: [illegible text]
2 or 4 PM: bowl of Semolina, buckwheat or oatmeal porridge. May add 4 tablespoons of pureed vegetables
6 or 8 PM: half glass of cranberry Kisel 19 or one teaspoon of unboiled fresh juice. Breast-feed.
10 PM or 12 PM: Breast-feed.
Date:
1922
Collection:
Soviet Posters
Sun Is a Baby's Best Friend, The
Title:
Sun Is a Baby's Best Friend, The
Description:
Text:Bright sunlight is the greatest enemy of all illness [bottom]
The clinics are full, and the graveyards for children are empty
Date:
(approximate)1920
Collection:
Soviet Posters

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