Here are the Rules, according to S. Josephine Baker.
"Don’t give the baby herring"; "Don’t give the baby beer to drink"; "Don’t leave the baby run in the mud-gutter"; "Don’t let the baby eat dirty things from the floor that she threw down at first; also pickle"; "Don’t scream on the baby"; "Don’t try to awaken its intelligence and make it laugh"; "Don’t leave the baby alone in the carriage and play with your friends"; "Don’t give the baby sour cucumbers"; and, as a lurid touch which probably recalls some harrowing experience of the family next door: "Don’t leave the baby sit on the stove."
The above is completely stolen from the below.
http://nyrbclassics.tumblr.com/post/62741563679/dont-leave-the-baby-sit-on-the-stove
Everyone has a better way to do things. Keep pickle, laughter and stoves away from babies.
"Don’t give the baby herring"; "Don’t give the baby beer to drink"; "Don’t leave the baby run in the mud-gutter"; "Don’t let the baby eat dirty things from the floor that she threw down at first; also pickle"; "Don’t scream on the baby"; "Don’t try to awaken its intelligence and make it laugh"; "Don’t leave the baby alone in the carriage and play with your friends"; "Don’t give the baby sour cucumbers"; and, as a lurid touch which probably recalls some harrowing experience of the family next door: "Don’t leave the baby sit on the stove."
The above is completely stolen from the below.
http://nyrbclassics.tumblr.com/post/62741563679/dont-leave-the-baby-sit-on-the-stove
Everyone has a better way to do things. Keep pickle, laughter and stoves away from babies.
