1946 is what i am looking at…
When I was born in 1970, my mother said she was the only one among the 6 or so in the maternity ward that breastfed.
She says she also had the following conversation with the doctor late in her pregnancy:
“Now, you’re going to have to get some bottles and formula ready soon, in case the baby comes early. I recommend…”
“Actually, I plan to breast feed.”
“Oh.”
… No further help from the doctor on the topic whatsoever.
My mother, born in 1940, was breastfed (“nursed” was the term my grandmother, and actually many of her generation, used), but it was seen as something the poor/lower class did.
My sisters, born in the 60s, and myself, born in the early 70s, all were bottle-babies as that was just what was done, according to my mother. The conversation Maggie the Ocelot’s mother had with her doc was much in keeping with that same kind of thought process.
FTR, I breastfed my two boys. One exclusively for 4mos (he then went to 50/50 formula/BM), the other for 6mos. With my second, I never actually had to buy formula; he went straight from the boob to table foods. I nursed both for the last time around age 13-15mos. I received a ton of encouragement and support from my OBs and pediatricians.
My wife donated milk to the Mother’s Milk Bank. Some thing to consider.
I am too lazy to dig out the book, but my mother’s Better Homes & Gardens Baby Book had not only typical formulas, but my specific formula, which was evaporated milk and Karo white syrup (i.e., high-fructose corn syrup, I think). Yum!
Also when I had colic? They gave me paregoric.
Yes, I did grow up to be a soda pop-swilling drug addict!
Love that Wiki:
~VOW
And tying together the main thrust of the thread with the typo-inspired hijack, I can report that in 2005, the most famous Bootle native singer, Billy J. Kramer, recorded a song entitled “Cow Planet.” 
Just found this quote:
"… In the 1940s and 1950s, it was common to feed infants a fat-free milk formula – skim milk with sugar. After some months, these infants developed eczema which could be cured by providing lard, which is about 10% PUFA. "
on this page
OK, this is the wrong forum, but is that a great book or what?
I wouldn’t mind being fed by these Bootles.
After all they triggered one of the great headlines of all time:
Bootles Eye Beatles’ Boodle
It’s a freaking *awesome *book! There’s a reason it’s out and used, rather than stuck in a box somewhere. Which I still have not located (the correct box with all my other old cookbooks/health manuals). :smack:
Karo is just regular ol’ corn syrup, not high-fructose. (I am not part of the anti-HFCS hysteria, but did want to clarify this.)