I enjoyed looking at this post again!
UNSER KIND’ – OUR CHILD , this is the title of a book Mum used for recording notes about my development. Here are some of the notes:
“Uta was born on Friday, 21st September 1934, at 19 hrs and 55 min. in Berlin-Schöneberg. Her birth weight was 3200 g, she was 51 cm in length.
Friday, 5th October 1934, Uta 14 days old. This is the day when she was outside for the first time. She had her first solid food on the 23rd December. She enjoyed eating biscuit with orange juice. On 2nd April 1935 she drank out of a small cup all by herself.
On 27th February 1935, Tante Ilse’s birthday, she wore a dress for the first time. She congratulated Aunty with some violets in her hand. When Uta was four months old she raised herself up into a sitting position for the first time. She could…
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Those are really lovely photos, Uta – and important social documents. You were a pretty little girl with very good-looking parents, and certainly not too plump. I think little girls who are sturdily built do tend to think of themselves as fat, when it’s usually muscle sometimes combined with big bones. Comes the next growth spurt, and they are suddenly long and slim again.
Wonderful photos. Seeing images of those days in Europe always makes me ponder how this was just before all hell broke loose. Everyone looks (and is) so innocent of what is to come.
Such sweet precious priceless photos, Uta! 🙂
(((HUGS))) 😉 ❤️
Thank you Cat, Linda, and Carolyn for your precious comments!
HUGS, Uta ❤