For Mother's Day we visited one of my favorite places ever -
Old Sturbridge Village in Massachusetts. It had been at least 15 years since I last traveled there, but I remembered almost everything perfectly. OSV is one of the country’s oldest and largest living history museums, depicting early New England life from 1790-1840 with historians in costume, antique buildings, water-powered mills, and a working farm.
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Just arriving - you can see how excited Carina is |
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I'm so glad she doesn't have my nose |
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Mike and his brother playing with the colonial kiddie games |
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Me and my mans |
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An early 19th century breast pump |
Wait...WHAT?!?
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OMFG |
Mike spied this in the glassware exhibit. My best guess is that the cup on the end goes over your breast, and you suck on the tube? I really feel for the early 19th century Mommas; this does not look comfortable or efficient. I would imagine that it felt pretty weird to suck out your own breast milk, as well. Of course that's just a guess...I have no desire to try. Seeing this certainly made for an interesting end to a fantastic day.
So...anyone want to give this sucker a shot? ;)