My Maternal Grandmother
Having previously given birth to my aunt in 1922 who weighed a massive 14 pounds at birth, by contrast my mother when she was born two years later weighed only 3 pounds . Of course this was before the advent of incubators, antibiotics etc. etc. and consequently the doctor told my Gran that there was virtually no chance of her baby daughter surviving. "Oh yes she will!" replied my Gran and with that, she sent my grandfather down to the Off licence to buy a miniature bottle of brandy ( No doubt that was all they could afford in those far off days) teemed a teaspoon of the aforementioned liquor down baby's throat, wrapped her up, in a blanket and put her in a cot by the fire. Well it must have done the trick (obviously ) But apparently for the first 3 months of her life my mum was dressed in dolls clothes as she was so tiny. By the way my mother lived into her eightieth year!
(Mackeson_drinker, Fri 3 Jun 2011, 7:41, Reply)