I enjoyed this video very much and I wanted to compare it to what a real 1950's housewife would say her typical day was like so I consulted my Grandmother. She enjoyed your video very much as well and said it brought back many, many pleasant memories when her children were young, she was young and very happy. I hope you don't mind constructive input. Some might call it criticism but it isn't. My Grandmother said it was harder for you because you had a lot more stuff than any 1950's household would have had. Children's toys for example. Each child had a toy box and ALL of their toys would fit into that toy box. Toys would not be allowed to fill the living room, ever she said. A child with lenient parents might be allowed one toy in the living room but would be made to put it up before getting another. She said she didn't have 1/4th as many things to dust as you have. Some chores were daily like sweeping, mopping, vacuuming but dusting was twice a week. An entire day was dedicated to laundry so it was once a week. There were no dryers or at least not in my Grandmothers middle class neighborhood. She says they didn't get those until the early 60's. Clothes were hung out to dry and ironed, including tablecloths and aprons. Laundry day was also baking day when breads, cakes, pies for the week would be made. Meals were planned a week in advance and they adhered to strict food budgets. Portion sizes were controlled as much for the budget as for the waistlines. 20 mins of exercise were done by the women each morning, 7 days a week because they believed it was important to maintain ones figure--not for the health benefits but to stay attractive for your husband, lol. That's what she said, i promise. A fat woman was considered lazy and other women would gossip about her. Even being a little over weight was unacceptable in middle class polite society, lol. Babies were not allowed to sleep with parents unless they were sick. Sick meant having a fever. Baby aspirin was given for fevers. The husband would take the watermelon outside and he would cut it up but the wife or an older child was assigned seed removal. Children 5 and over made their own beds, picked up their own toys, hung up their towels/clothes, set the tables and helped with the dishes/drying the dishes/putting the dishes away. Dishes were never left out over night. My Grandmother still uses Ponds cold cream to this very day and has very few wrinkles. She says TV has made us believe they worse dresses with girdles, hose etc to clean but in reality they wore house dresses which were shift type dresses that either buttoned up the front or snapped. They did were bras, panties and slips under them though and no one would drop by unexpectedly so they didn't see this. She would shower at night and put her face on in the mornings. Hair was usually washed once a week and they did sleep in rollers unless they went to the beauty shop. One or the other usually happened on Saturdays so their hair would look its best for church on Sundays. Everyone went to church. Usually once a week there was a bridge game and the women would take turns hosting them. Children were sent outside to play each and every day weather permitting. They usually only came inside for lunch. Makeup and hair was freshened up before time for the husband to arrive home and that's when they put on their actual dresses with girdles, stockings, shoes, pearls, perfume, etc because you had to look your best for him, lol. (That just cracks me up because she's as serious as a heart attack telling me ALL this stuff) Children were read to each night for about 30 mins before bed and this task was done by the Dads. Prayers were then said and this was supervised by the mother even if you werent particularly religious, lol. Children were taught to say please and thank you, they had to ask to be excused from the table and if they were over 5 years of age once they were excused they were expected to remove their plate, silverware, glasses from the table and scrap their plates out. I could go on and on because she's on a roll but I realize I've written a book here. Sorry but it is interesting to watch your video and then have it compared to reality by someone who lived it and remembers it fondly.

@helenahandbasket3016

2 жыл бұрын

PS: my Grandmother says to add the fact that they did usually have help come in once a week and that person would spend the day doing the deep cleaning like getting on their hands and knees waxing the floors with Johnson's paste wax. Sometimes they would do the baking as well if the housewife wasn't a very good baker. She also said to tell you that you're very pretty and she loves your hair.

@helenahandbasket3016

2 жыл бұрын

PPS: My Grandmother is insisting I tell you that laundry day wasn't as bad as it sounds. She says the women's house dresses were usually worn for 5 straight days, Mon -Friday. They were never worn on the weekends. So women's laundry consisted of 7 panties, bras and slips, 1 house dress, a night gown or two since those werent changed every night either(another reason you took your shower at night so that you were clean and didn't need to change gowns every night).Men typically wore suits so those went to the cleaners. You washed his shirts which were changed daily along with his undershorts, undershirts, socks and his weekend clothes. All sheets were changed once a week unless you had a bed wetter. Children werent allowed food or liquids in their rooms. Children had school clothes that were taken off and hung up assuming they didn't look or smell dirty. They had play clothes and their undies and or diapers if you had a baby, then of course all the aprons, table clothes. Still a lot to do but not nearly as much laundry was we have today. They just didn't change as often as we do and the reasons for this was to save on wear and tear on the clothes, the washing machines and irons, save money on the laundry detergents, water and electric bills. Its odd to me that people who had in home help once a week were so conscience of their budgets but she says they all were and that's probably why they could afford to have someone help out once a week, lol. Nothing was wasted and the old waste not/want not was a household rule that applied to everyone from the oldest to the youngest, regardless of gender.

@Knight-of-Sarcasm

2 жыл бұрын

@@helenahandbasket3016 My grandmother was born in 1909 and lived through the depression and I could tell looking back how much that influenced her and her spending habits. She worked as one of those deep-cleaning ladies you are talking about at various houses through the week even into her late 70's. She had a "cleaning dress" that always smelled of moth balls and starch. Even today I smell that combination and instantly think of her. Sometimes I'll smell it randomly. I believe in guardian angels so perhaps she's visiting me, smiles. She's the one that taught me Murphy's and Spic and Span but not on a waxed floor (discovered that the hard way--took forever to clean up that mess!) and other house hold names from the 60's and early 70's. She had to use Palmolive and extra hot water for her dishes (points to the Palmolive in my Soft Soap dispenser bottle that I use by pumping a few squirts when needed to ration quantity). She also did pin curls every Saturday night and wore a nylon sheet scarf on her head with them, or on windy days when she wanted to control her hair. Her bar soap was Camay. I miss her terribly and our time together. Mom's habits were more 70's housewife but I miss her too; she'd smack me if I was young enough and she saw the state of my carpets (I have to pull out my carpet cleaner; it's time again--I have a 16 year old and cats) but my kitchen is tidy and my bathroom as neat as I can get it with Erik! Mom was a bit OCDish; I did a long period of rebelling against this. Sometimes the old ways are the best.

@katherinenelson5905

Жыл бұрын

I love all your grandmother's insights!

@alexavasquez1992

Жыл бұрын

That's really cute. I'm glad some women had a good time back then

I use to have a book from my a grandmother. It was copyright 1890, & it said if your child keeps running off while a mother is doing chores, you should use a rope, & tie them to a tree. 🤣

@WithLoveKristina

2 жыл бұрын

Oh my goodness I am CACKLING

@bettyprettyprincess

2 жыл бұрын

😂🤣

@amandacowgill

2 жыл бұрын

Hey you gotta do what you gotta do 🤣🤣🤣

@zeusathena26

2 жыл бұрын

I had said this same thing on a history video about victorian life. I got back an angry comment that said it was child abuse that I was laughing about. I'm glad to know others can see the humor of it! 😅

@krystelhardesty9960

2 жыл бұрын

My grand mother and her sister did this to there kids. My grandmother would tie my uncle to the front porch on a long line. My grant aunt who is still alive and is 85 years old, had a line between to trees that she hooked her kid up to. They didn't just leave them out there they were with them the whole time. It was mainly because they lived on a river and the boys were a little crazy. My aunts kid liked to escape out the front door so much the put a chain on the top of the door because he would push a chair up to the door and undo the chain when it was in the normal place you put a chain.

Boy does this bring back memories. I am 70 years old and was the only girl with 8 brothers so I was the only "mother's helper". I learned to sweep and vacuum before I went to school at 5 years old. As my mother had this many children, it meant she was pregnant/post partum for a DECADE and had only so much energy. Kids were vitally important to household management. Happily, she insisted that a pair of brothers do the dinner dishes (one to wash, one to dry and put away) while mother and I put away any leftovers. But pre-meal prep was just for the ladies of the house so mother cooked while I stirred, mixed, and tossed as needed. I also cleaned the pots and pans (we had two of each). I did the table setting even as a small child. Laundry Day: in the basement was a pile of dirty clothes that towered over me (I used to climb on it like a mountain) and mother would select what was to be washed. Bed linens were ALWAYS on the menu. Once they were cleaned, we hauled them to the backyard clothes line where I had to stand, at her side, holding a cloth bag of clothes pins. My poor mother was terrified of bees (a generic reference to any insect with wings) so when they were attracted to our sweet smelling laundry, she would suddenly start screeching and running around our very large property as the sheet billowed behind her. Naturally, I too ran behind her creating a sort of harmonic shriek that alerted the neighbors to our entertaining routine. Everything else was just as you described. She always wore a "house dress" with the proper foundation garments plus Dr. Scholl's white leather nurse's shoes and white ankle socks. Every night she'd slather on the Pond's Cold Cream and put her hair in pin curls topped with a hair net. She dyed her own hair as well as cut it. My brothers were quite lucky that only a rotating pair of them were responsible for the nightly dinner dishes but they had men chores to do like raking leaves and shoveling snow. They also assisted my dad in washing the car on weekends. Truth to tell, I was always jealous of their men's work because all of them participated and hilarity was a regular feature of the work. DAD'S World: my father would have to commute over an hour to get to work and even longer to get home in rush hour traffic. He worked in the city but believed kids needed fresh air and space to explore. Even now, I'm amazed at his sacrifice. As he walked in the door, he always removed his fedora and overcoat and then put them away very carefully. He changed in to "blue jeans" but simply wore his undershirt (in warm weather) just as all the dad's in the hood did. Dinner HAD TO BE ready as he rolled in or he'd pace like a lion at the zoo before feeding time. He found his brood of children endlessly entertaining and we were a bunch of "cut-ups" (low ranked comedians) who eagerly reported any funny thing that had happened in the neighborhood. He ate efficiently and was always first to leave the table. Time for his household chores. He would set up his "work station" outside with a cheapo woven folding chair plus a small plastic table. Mother would bring him a hot cup of tea with his cigarettes and ashtray. Time for the lawn. He loved fine weather and would often bring out small household items that need repair to fix while he kept an eye out for our safety. Everyone in the area knew every other person in the area. If the weather was especially good during the summer, he'd suddenly suggest a ride to the local beach on a popular lake. Before he'd finished talking, there'd be a riot of rushing to get suited up and race to get in the car. As he drove slowly up the street, he'd call out to any kid he saw and they'd dash into the house for permission and bathing stuff. With a car that often had more than a dozen people in it, he'd make everyone wait as he methodically tapped each exiting kid on the head and count out loud. Same routine when it was time to go home. He would plunge into the water and swim for a few minutes. Then it was overwatch time as he scanned the crowd to insure safety for us all. All the kids in the neighborhood would play in our yard because when the ice cream man came jingling along in his colorful truck, my dad would keep buying cones until every kid in the line up had one. There wasn't ever a single time my dad had to discipline a kid. Who would be so foolish as to bite the hand that fed them a creamsicle?! I loved our growing up. As a family we had many problems especially financial trouble periodically. But we were never bored and we learned to get along. My parents didn't even like each other most of the time. But all eight brothers chose wives for life. And I'm coming up on 46 years of wedded bliss with my beloved. There's so much that could be learned from this era and I'm beyond bliss that I learned that a home IS a castle. I love being the queen of mine. Thanks for reminding me!

@JasmineTea127

5 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing!

I remember the "kid" side of the 1950s housewife thing. It was the aroma of fresh-perked coffee, and my mother singing to the radio as she worked - i.e. swept the floors, washed breakfast dishes, etc. Such warm, fuzzy, memories! The coffee 'cooking' always gets me back there!

@WithLoveKristina

Жыл бұрын

I love this

@Rickettsia505

Жыл бұрын

Me too. Im a child of the 50s. All five of us kids helped with chores. But we played outside until dark or the streetlights came on. Bedtime was 7 or 8! Mom and her friends got together, with the littles, for a coffee break late mornings. We'd all do floor exercises with her while watching TV after supper. It was surprising that homework was rare and minimal, yet we did well at school anyway.

@chianti95

5 ай бұрын

Exactly. She needs a stovetop percolator. :)

These women took their jobs at home seriously and with great pride! Long live the lovely homemakers!

My gosh there is nothing like that sleepy baby stretch in the morning 🥰

@WithLoveKristina

2 жыл бұрын

I agreeee!

@classydiva

2 жыл бұрын

I thought the same thing 😊

@msdixie1972

2 жыл бұрын

Yes and what a sweet, quiet way to be loved awake in the morning ❤️

@lellyt2372

2 жыл бұрын

I thought the exact same 🥰 my youngest is 9 and he still twists like that when I wake him every morning 😁 it's not the same without the chubby little baby legs and the cute baby babble though *sigh Kristina Your babies are all gorgeous btw 😍❤

@jk2642

2 жыл бұрын

OMG agreed!! I have a 9 monthold and its the most precious thing! Their little bums in the air as they stretch! lol so cute!!

The way you and your baby held each other when she woke up, priceless 💕

I am retired and live by myself. My two cats got old and passed away. I have no one to blame for my cluttered house but myself. Thank you for teaching me about the 50's housewife. You are motivating me to purge and unclutter my home, as well as creating a simple makeup routine.

You waking up your baby is the cutest scene ever 🥰

I remember those days of endless cleaning and chores...a mother's work is never done. You have your hands full but you are doing it with style and grace and thoughtfulness. Remember to take those important moments for yourself to recharge.

@dougandsharonkrenz8906

9 ай бұрын

And now add a full day of work outside the home to the routine.

It was SO NICE to see a video like this from a MOM'S perspective!!! Also baby waking up...I almost cried it was so sweet! 🥰

I love how you woke her up gently...great job momma

I'd be thrilled with this lifestyle. I'm a single woman and businessowner but would be perfectly content if homemaking was my job, even if it meant looking pretty for my husband and acting like his servant when he came home from work. It would be the least i could do (assuming he was into that) for having someone else "bring home the bacon" for a change. I'm tired of being everything all at once. I never had kids because it was all just too much. My sister's husband wanted her to atay home and raise the kids and she gave up being a veterinarian for it and i think her life has been much more fulfilling as a result.

I am a child of the '50s. Thank you for bringing back lovely memories of my Mom. She always put on her lipstick.

My late mum would always throw back the bedcovers and air the bed…(I was born mid 60’s). I miss how mum did things. Mum didn’t work after I was born, was always there, always a hot meal at night and I was always tucked into bed at night. Mum did all the cooking. I remember mum sewing my school uniforms as did all the mothers. The uniform was purchased in pre-cut pieces and the mothers sewed them together and hemmed them, from memory. Dad worked and left early in the morning. Never heard an angry word from either of them. Dad would give mum a weekly allowance from his pay to run the household. I regret working now, when I had kids. I should have been there, like my mum, instead of working night shifts and always exhausted and cranky. The housewives of that era had the right approach, I think.

@miriamhavard7621

2 жыл бұрын

😐🤔

@ericaeidummckellips7725

2 жыл бұрын

Amen to that my mom did the same thing to

@selinakyle6617

2 жыл бұрын

What beautiful memories. Those times are so precious.

@elizabeththomas6571

2 жыл бұрын

Don't feel guilty. Circumstances were different back then.

@dorothyelizabeth1559

2 жыл бұрын

Don’t beat yourself up. I chose to stay at home and look after our 3 children. Last night my eldest son told me he felt I sacrificed too much of myself to please everyone, I told him it was a choice I made to ensure I’d always be there for my children as my mother was always working. You can’t please them all. I don’t regret my choices as they were mine to make, but it makes me realise that others will see it as a wrong thing 🙄 you can’t win.

I have been a homemaker for 32 years. I took Home EC in high school. My mother, who was born in 1926, taught me so much. My children were both in cloth diapers at the same time. I have always done these things so my everyday.

I love how real your home is! Right down to storing the cast iron skillet in the oven!!

@WithLoveKristina

Жыл бұрын

Haha thank you! I cannot tell you how many times I have forgotten it was in there tho 😂

As a happy housewife I very much enjoyed this video. I have never followed a book schedule before, but have created a routine of my own. Wake up and wash my face and apply sun screen. Dress 👗 for the day. Prepare breakfast and wash dishes. My day looks a bit diferente for I school the children 10-1pm. Then prepare lunch and wash dishes. Read with the children. Clean house. Work on the garden. Prepare dinner. Enjoy a bit of free time. Help the children ready themselves to bed. I know my routine makes no sense to others that’s just how I do things 😂

@justMandy

Жыл бұрын

Seems like a pretty normal organized day lol

I was born in the 1950's. I remember my mom's routines, and I helped her sometimes. I helped her with spring and fall cleaning. Turning over the mattress, polishing furniture, washing all the dishes in the cabinets for spring and fall cleaning. It seemed easier then to keep the house presentable than today. Women always cared about their appearance, and you look very pretty with your hair, dress and pretty bedtime clothing. Thank you for the nice memories.

I really like how this says to gather up all the articles into a "displaced articles" basket and remove it from the room to be sorted out later. This is exactly how I clean up and it saves SO MUCH time running back and forth between locations trying to put away one or two small items. ESPECIALLY with kids! This was a fun video, thanks for making it!

@WithLoveKristina

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I don't know why I hadn't ever thought of having a misplaced items basket before, it keeps me from getting distracted all the time while cleaning!

@silhouettemama3610

2 жыл бұрын

I do the exact same!!! Swear I was supposed to around in this era😫❤😔

@emacwakeup

2 жыл бұрын

Did this today and oh my goodness. It was amazing. I don’t know why I didn’t think of it before. Genius.

@leeknott8687

10 ай бұрын

I trained my kids to look around, put what doesn’t belong in that room into the basket, then they could put away (parent needs to supervise at first so there are no surprises!)

You are the most adorable housewife I've ever seen! But I am most in love with your apron. The handtowel sewn directly onto the apron is GENIUS! Why did I never think of that?! Thank you for sharing this video. I got some great ideas from it!

This was really interesting, and I loved how the mother was 'strongly encouraged to take time for herself'. I have 3 kids (10 year old b/g twins and almost 3 year old ), and work 4 days a week from home. I never feel that I'm doing enough, or that I deserve to take time to do things I enjoy, so that...permission for want of a better word is just, well, nice.

@r-e_mii

Жыл бұрын

I understand what you're saying. The feeling as if you're not doing enough, that taking time for yourself isn't that important because something else is a more pressing matter is how we have been conditioned to behave as women now.

I have six children and what helped me the most is minimalism. The less you have the easier it is to clean and keep clean. As far as laundry do a load a day; wash, dry ,fold and put away.

I love when a baby wakes up and puts their little tushies in the air and the adorable way they stretch. I miss babies in the house.

This video is getting a lot of attention lately so I'd like to put out two things: One, I don't include my kids in my videos a lot (they're here and there, but not all the time) because I do not make them do any sort of filming with me, ever. These videos are just for fun, and aren't things I do regularly. So, those of you suggesting I include my kids in the routine more (which, there's nothing wrong with that suggestion it's just been in the comments a lot!) - they're not involved *in this video* because this isn't my everyday life and even if it was, I wouldn't really film them unless they actively showed interest in being involved. They do their own chores in real life, but for the video I didn't involve them because this isn't their routine and I'm not going to disrupt our actual routine for a video on KZread. ;) Two, I do not support or endorse the toxic shaming of women for "not wanting to please their husbands/being terrible wives/having messy homes" that has thankfully only been smattered in a few comments here and there. I would like to very clearly state this: my husband and I work TOGETHER to create a home and in our actual daily lives he is as much a part of the routine as I am. I love the 1950s for aesthetic, and for the fun of trying these routines, but I very much do not want to live with the sexism, ignorance around mental health, racism, homophobia, lack of rights, and plentiful other things wrong with that era. It had its good things too, and I enjoy testing those good things, but there were a lot of things wrong with the era that I don't want to bring into my modern day life and for good reason. Do not come into my comments shaming women, stay at home moms, working wives, career women, or ANY other things about women because they don't fit into the mold of a 1950s housewife, I'm NOT about that! So in short, while these are fun to make, there is a lot of nuance around loving the 1950s routines and aesthetic while also not being into the problematic stuff of the era. And while these routines ARE helpful and I DO implement some of them into my life as a working SAHM, my house is not run like this all the time. And, my kids don't show up helping because it's a boundary I've set for myself to respect their privacy. If they wander into a shot and enjoy it, yay! If not, I'm not going to make them be a part of my channel.

@scwendy6302

2 жыл бұрын

Amen, to all of this!!! I, too, love the vintage aesthetic but have no delusions about “the good old days.” Great video❤️

@athenathegreatandpowerful6365

10 ай бұрын

Love love love your cleaning videos! I dress nicely because he deserves to come home to something/someone pretty that smells nice. He's around gruff, loud, sweaty men all day and is appreciative of the fact that I care enough to do a bit extra on the house and my self. I just can't see it as demeaning or whatever. He works seriously hard all day long. He does the dishes and takes the trash out and anything else I would like done.

I LOVE 💕 This!!!! Of course, back in the '50s and the '60s we got on our hands and knees to clean our floors. There were no swifters back then. Lol I love watching your videos because it brings back all my wonderful childhood memories of growing up in the '60s & 70s.

@lindawade9647

2 жыл бұрын

I remember washing floors on your hands and knees, mopping, and sweeping the kitchen floor, and the porch.

Thank you for this! I am a 'vintagey' homemaker and mom and have always wanted to see someone do a 1950s routine, but with kids! This was encouraging and helpful. I liked the evening meal too, simple and healthy!

@WithLoveKristina

2 жыл бұрын

It's so good to know there are other vintagey homemakers and moms out there! I have heard of a few people recommended channel wise but they usually have older kids. And, as simple as our food can get, the better!

I just found your channel. I have this old habit of, waking up and laying in bed on my phone. I did well for a few months the beginning of the year! January to April I work up 330-4am meditation, vitamins, protein drink, exercise and whatever else I could get done before my kids and the world woke up. The waking up and getting up was crucial to this, as well as going to bed at a decent time and not taking melatonin or anything cuz that makes me sleep late. As I layed in bed at 330am (I find that’s a natural wake up time for me.if I sleep passed that, it’s hard for me to get up) I watched a few of your videos. They reminded me that I’ll have a great fantastic day if I get up and get going before the world is awake. The feeling of accomplishment is so amazing. My youngest sleeps with me and so I can’t make my bed and open things up. But I go out into the living room, day plan, meditate, write, this morning was a bike ride with my dog. It was awesome. I’ve been wanting to do the bike ride with her but I live in a trailer park with a lot of old ppl who like her leashed. I’ve been told if she’s off her leash one more time, they’re calling animal control. Even tho she’s always with me when off of her leash. Anyways, I let her run free range next to me before anyone was awake! I’d like to make this a routine!❤❤❤ I appreciate your content. I appreciate how real you are. I’m very much the same. Ppl appreciate that so much these days. In a world full of fakeness! The blankets over the windows, the way you speak about your adhd and how it effects your ability to “housewife”, I fully relate! I actually thought I’d make videos of cleaning so that I’d have some accountability. And my house has been a slow steady douching for a little under a year and it’s so transformed. Thank you so very much. ❤❤❤❤I love your style and confidence. I’ve had a struggle with accepting my new weight gain after coming off of a medicine in April. And beating myself for indulging so much. I’m at a point where I’m learning to love myself heavier than I’ve ever been. But all of my clothes are too small. I’m going to try thrifting thanks to you showing me so many flattering styles❤❤❤❤ let’s hangout? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Ohmygoodness this was so fun to watch and see your family! Your voice is SO soothing to listen to and felt like the voice you'd expect reading a house wife book✨

Thank you for this. My grandmother passed before my daughter was born and I found myself often wondering how she and other women managed their households in the 1950s. This made me feel close to her again and nostalgic, so thank you.

Your baby girl waking up was the cutest thing ever! 🥺💛

Great video! Whether or not you choose to continue keeping up this routine, I have two recommendations for you. First, your vacuum cleaner will sweep up dirt and crumbs, once you pick up the general debris, so it can spare you a little sweeping time on your feet -- use one tool for two jobs. Second, if your family members aren't clearing their place at the table, save yourself a few steps and use a tray to cart it all from the dining room to the kitchen. Your feet, knees and back will thank you when you're in your 70s. I remember the 50s well. We had an automatic washer and dryer, so Mother washed whenever a load piled up. She hung everything but towels on the line, though. Bath-linens went into the dryer. She ironed EVERYTHING, even dish towels and my father's boxer shorts & t-shirts. He was a US Marine, so she had to wash, starch, and iron his daily uniforms. Keep in mind that this was post-war life, so all the things you and your children have accumulated would only be available in limited numbers in a 1950s household -- large supplies of toys, books, tchotchkes and nick-nacks were quite uncommon, as I recall. I had a set of jacks and a Ginny Doll with clothes and a trunk, also a set of stilts; my brother had a basketball, baseball, bat & glove. We both had bicycles and roller skates. Unlike some, we did change our clothes and bath-linens every day, sheets once a week. Mother never dressed up to clean house, and once I was old enough to help out, I was assigned many of the housekeeping tasks. Looking good for a man was important, probably because there were so many available women after the war, so wives were always aware that someone else might lure Hubby away if they didn't maintain their appearance.

Took me back to growing up in the 1950’s. So many things you mentioned I just took for granted as family life. Thanks for the memories!

I loved this! Growing up in the ‘70’s, ‘50’s housewives were ridiculed (and remain so today in my circle), but the truth is, they knew a great deal about running an orderly home and lovingly bringing up children...as your video attests! There are also hints in your video (beauty routine before bed, for example) that they knew a lot about marriage. 😝. I particularly appreciated the expectation that women rest and take time for themselves, while not looking like utter slobs, as we do today. (When will this era pass?!)

@1Melody1963

Жыл бұрын

Not meant to be mean, but you should get new friends. I say this, but don’t have any friends either lol. I am a stay at home house wife. And I love my life.

@PheOfTheFae

Жыл бұрын

I feel like the attentive 50's rearing of kids led to the Gen X experience of "get out, go play outside, don't bother me, come back for dinner/when the street lights come on, latchkey kid." Like you ever notice how people with really strict parents often become rather lenient parents, and people with lenient parents often become strict parents? Generationally, I feel like 50s kids had a lot more attention, so Xers/elder Millennials got ignored, and then after that you saw "helicopter parents." Like it all swings back and forth.

@makeuplover6852

Жыл бұрын

@@PheOfTheFae my take on this as a Gen x, I am 55, my Mother is 73. By the mid 70's my Mom was working full time, cost of living had increased dramatically from the 50's to the 70's, Mortgage rates were in the high teens for those with good credit, or people like my parents with poor credit their motgage rate was a whopping 32%. So I grew up taking care of myself. I have one sister who is almost 6 years younger than me. Mom worked as a Librarian in the local town ( we lived in a VERY rural farming community of 300 people) with a population of about 1000 people. She worked Tues- Sat and took my sister to work with her when she was quite little, she jut kept her in her office for most of the day she had a little desk/ play area and a little bed. There was a children areas in the library and my Mom ran story time for all the local elementary schools ( well there was only 3) each grade came on different days so my sister would just sit in on the story times if she was awake. By the time I was 6 I was coming home from school by myself and a friend who lived close by who was 2 years older than me. At that age I was preparing dinner every night, Mom did leave out all the ingrdients and directions and my friend did help me sometimes. I never really saw it as being abonded or my parents not caring it was simply how most houses where at that time. Very few of my friends had a Mom who did not work, in fact I cant think of any, so to me, this is a huge difference between the 50's Mother and the 70's Mother.

@wendyeames5758

11 ай бұрын

​@@PheOfTheFaeIdk what world you grew up in, but what you're saying is the exact opposite of what I experienced. I was born in the 50s & my childhood & everybody in my neighborhood was, you are out of the house in the morning & you came back when you saw your dad's car pull up in the driveway for dinner. As a young teen I was even allowed to walk to a neighboring town a few miles away, get on a commuter train, and go walk around downtown Chicago with my friends. There was so much more freedom than what I've seen in subsequent generations. Now, if you even let your child walk a few blocks to a park you can get CPS called on you.

@leeknott8687

10 ай бұрын

True, my parents built their last house in 1959. They spent an enormous amount - $40,000 - and had a 3% interest rate mortgage. Had 4 kids by then so over 2000 sq. Ft., corner lot, on an acre of land, pink and blue baths with Roman sunken tub and wool carpeting at $30 a sq. Yd.

My spirit yearns to live in the 50's .. I enjoyed this SO MUCH 💯🌹

Thank you. I grew up in late 1950s and early 1960s. This brought back memories of grandmas house. Thank you so much.

@WithLoveKristina

2 жыл бұрын

Ahh thank you!

I love this video! I was under the misconception that the 1950s housewife worked herself to the bone but I love that there was time in the schedule set aside for rest and self care! I’m going to have to try this out! Oh and you and your home are absolutely beautiful!

@Julia29853

10 ай бұрын

My mom took a little nap for 20 minutes every afternoon after lunch. Doctors ordersvwith 5 children! She lived to be 97 so it was a good thing for her! My mom was a wonderful “housewife” and mother and loved her life. She had a college degree but loved being home to take care of her family. Im grateful to my dad for making that possible.

It seems like most vintage KZreadrs are single, or married without kids, and though their content is still great, as a wife and mom myself I appreciate your videos! I'm curious if you ever buy vintage/vintage-inspired clothes for your kids? I used to, when mine were quite young, but now they're a bit older and have their own fashion opinions!

@WithLoveKristina

2 жыл бұрын

I thrift dresses for the girls and I have a few 1950s garments for them too, but honestly most of what they have is modern/thrifted. The 50s dresses tend to be too delicate for everyday play so we use them for weekend dates or whatnot!

@yahoussein2484

2 жыл бұрын

Please can you give us channels of single vintage youtubers you like? Thank you very much! 🌹

@Aphrodite_ErosLuvChild214-80

Жыл бұрын

If that's what you notice it's because we have become so out of whack in our family dynamics and so far away from any moral and ethic way of life we all once embraced, we really need to get back to basics so that we leave behind a great America for our kids kids

@jennifergribbins4560

Жыл бұрын

Where did you get your stockings. I can’t find thigh highs that fit my leg size

@marydesiree2638

11 ай бұрын

Hi. Just wondering if you dress like this in real life or just for the videos? Fun video!

Your hair wrap, color and texture had me burst into tears. 😢 So much like my grandma I miss her immensely ❤ I love you did this ❤

This is the ABSOLUTE BEST 50s routine video! Thank you for all the research, resources, and making it realistic, accessible and not overwhelming! PERFECTION! ❤️

@WithLoveKristina

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this comment! made my day!

I’m a modern homemaker, my routine is so different! Even down to what rooms to clean first and the order of the cleaning each room and when it’s time to shower.

Really nice & well put together routine & video! The sweetest was waking Freya & her realization the day had begun & recognizing herself on the camera, too cute. I appreciate the work that certainly went into this, and keeping it real, momma. I cannot imagine doing all this in one day, my goodness. Thanks for sharing!

@WithLoveKristina

2 жыл бұрын

I loved that she was like "oh hey, it's me!" that and when she walked off with the peppermint spray are my two favorite moments. Thank you!

@lellyt2372

2 жыл бұрын

@@WithLoveKristina Freya walking off with the spray bottle made me laugh, so cute "yes, this is me-sized and mommy hasn't seen me, time to make a break for it" 😂🥰😍

I love all your strawberry kitchen things. 💕

so cute to see the little baby wake up ! my children are all grown up, I forgot how cute they were !!

For the laundry I found a way that works, and it's really easy... Instead of putting clothes on a drying rack to dry, use coat hangers, it's easier than playing Tetris to fit everything standard drying rack after fighting with it to unfold. I would always have clothes piled up never being able to find what I want, this has solved the problem. As for things like towels underwear etc that go in the dryer, I fold towels as they come out then they sit in the basket right in front of the shelf they belong on for least 3 days 😂 so it's not perfect, if you are as terrible as me...but it deals with most clothes, and nothing needs ironing, give them a shake before hanging up. I bought a rail to dry them on, and once done can transfer them all to wardrobe, and even when I don't until I need the space to dry more things, it doesn't look untidy. 👍👌

This video was worth watching just to see the baby waking up 🥰. They grow so fast I miss my baby girl. Love how calming and entertaining this video is, definitely subscribing.

I had a better home and gardens baby book from the 40s and one from the 50s from relatives, and I totally used those feeding and sleeping schedules! They helped me so much

Your hair did look amazing after the brush-out. Good for you for your commitment to the schedule.

LOVE this 1950's mom & house wife content! So so refreshing to see, I've always been curious what their days accurately consisted of back then but especially how they managed it with little ones. I'm excited to try this with my two toddlers but we will see just how much cleaning I'm able to get through.. 😂

This is teaching me a lot at age 65. Thank you for doing this. Times are ahead.

Oh wow bub waking was the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen! Adorable 🥰

Sweet babies. Such a good Mommy.

I love seeing all the vintage things around your home. My mom had all of those strawberry 🍓 dishes and accessories in her kitchen!!!

You did a great job! This routine sounds like it wont be bad at all once the base cleaning is complete. I wish I wasn't in west Texas and could open the windows more when I clean, that fresh air and sunlight while cleaning would be a real mood booster.

@WithLoveKristina

2 жыл бұрын

You'd have to get up SO early to get cool air in TX! Oh goodness

@Ritamichaels1

Жыл бұрын

You are correct about West Texas! When I first moved to West Texas, after living in Phoenix, AZ, I decided to open the windows because it was such a beautiful day. Oh my, the dust! I couldn't believe how much dust could arrive in a matter of minutes.

What a precious little baby. They’re so cuddly when they first wake up.

This just popped up in my recommended section and it did not disappoint!!!! Cutest cleaning video I have ever seen 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

Love these. Reminds me of my grandma so much :) what a hard working day the woman had! My grandmas both worked full time as well! One was a fantastic homemaker,, wife, mother and worker. Not only that but a asset in her community. The other grandma she worked six days a week outside of the home. Oh she was a angry person. She n my grandfather had their own business. Seven of eight kids where literally slaves to her. One was her sickening favorite. You look so beautiful n do such a great job in your videos. Love the music too!

The basket idea is interesting! I usually call my children to put displaced things away.

@diahill1945

2 жыл бұрын

Mine had a choice either they collected it or I threw it in the bin

Most fun part watching that darling baby wake up ❤

I love this video! Thank you for making it!

I love this, it's very helpful and also very charming. What a beautiful life you have! Thank you so much for sharing x

Ive always stated that I want to be a 1950's housewife! Its my career goal lol! Loved your routine and I will try it myself.

Your house is so cute it reminds me of my childhood home. I grew up in the 50.'s and love a cleaning routine.

OMG the little baby stretches!!! Adorable

After watching this video (more times than I could count at this point), I have been sticking to that morning routine a lot! It's definitely added some structure to my day and it's definitely gotten me paying attention to being more presentable before interacting with the rest of my family members, haha. Thank you so much for this video :D

I love this. I always wanted to live in the 50’s. I was feed in a baby seat like you showed. I was born in 1960. I absolutely adore Mrs Myers 🌹 it is a bit of heaven

@Knight-of-Sarcasm

2 жыл бұрын

1968 but I had a seat like that too! I also remember going to day care 72-73 and the babies there were fed in those seats as well. In 1998, my son's daycare had a table with multiple seats for the toddlers! :)

Awesome job, lady! I’m a stay at home mom Gen Xer, and my kids are almost grown now. Raised by a feminist mom, I had ZERO schedule or plan, and I was definitely totally disheveled. I love how the new young moms are keeping these secrets alive of how to run an orderly house and home. What a treasure.

I love these kind of videos. I am fascinated with this decade along with the 1940s. I would have loved to have lived back then. Life was so much simpler. Watching these videos is a great escape from the craziness going on in the world today. Thank you for posting!

Here from your tik tok I just found, excited because I prefer long-form content!

@WithLoveKristina

2 жыл бұрын

YAY hello!! I'm so happy you found me!

The big where your baby was waking up was just exquisite!! I really enjoyed this, and it was great to see someone who looks more like me, and with a normal house doing this sort of video. Subscribed.

My Mother would have thought she was on a wonderful vacation if this was how she spent her days. She worked a 9 hour job with about 2 hours total drive there and back. Then she had to do everything in the house at night. Plus sometimes she had a night job too. We had home cooked meals every night, clean, ironed clothes and a spotless house. She worked very hard and I appreciate everything she did back then.

This video just popped up on my feed and I loved seeing your homemaking routine. Seeing that baby wake up was absolutely adorable. Sweet morning cuddles. Loved reading the comments and routines of others back then. All of it was heartwarming. ❤

It’s so funny how little has changed. I tell my babies “you can clean or you can play outside”

For laundry, I find it easiest to catch up with folding in the evening just after the kids go to sleep. I fold it up while watching an episode of something, or occasionally husband will read out loud if the current book is something of interest to both of us, then the folded items are returned to the chair to be put away in the morning, especially items that need to be returned to a room where someone is sleeping. If it is kitchen bathroom or linen closet items I might go ahead and put them away before bed. I keep a small basket for everyone's socks and it's the kids' job to match them up, which occupies and prevents them from any "helpful" folding that needs to be redone. They have recently learned to fold wash cloths so those also go into their basket. If you are already taking a basket from room to room for cleaning, you might preload it with clothing that needs to be put away so you'll have to do that first in order to have the empty basket to use for cleaning.

@ED80s

2 жыл бұрын

I fold laundry while watching tv and I have a basket for each person so it's easy to sort and I just bring each basket to each room.

@sarahtara5546

Жыл бұрын

And when do you do laundry? Once a week? I have a small, hand crank laundry machine and very limited space to hang the washing. I need more clothesline ugh

@ch1ckmom217

Жыл бұрын

That's actually a good idea, I just leave it in the dryer if it's late and in the morning I let it dry for a while so it won't be wrinkled and then give the clothes to my kids to put away. This sounds better though.

@ch1ckmom217

Жыл бұрын

@@sarahtara5546 A hand crank machine, you win the prize on laundry, that's gotta be exhausting. I don't know if you live in an apartment or place with no regular washer but why not go to the laundromat once in a while. Yes, I know it's not the same drying it, although that eliminates ironing most clothes, and I do remember hanging clothes in our backyard growing up (1980's) and I think it made the clothes smell better and I would be the one that would help my mom iron and for some reason the clothes look better this way. You know what I don't know where I was going with this, never mind. There is some clothes that I will still hang in my laundry room, I live in an apartment right now, so I really can't hang it out to dry in the sun all day and I swear it smells way better. Anyhow, you should go to a laundromat still once in a while just to give your hand a break.

@sarahtara5546

Жыл бұрын

@@ch1ckmom217 i do go to the laundromat sometimes when i can't keep up. We do not have an electric washer or dryer where we rent, and we don't have the extra money for it right now, so this has been working alright.

This video was so encouraging! My grandma alway's got herself fixed up showered & had oat's on the stove. Before she passed she told me not to let myself go, I see girl's back then were really well groomed & fixed up. I think I'm going to try this routine. I think it is so beautiful thank you for sharing!! God bless you & your beautiful family!!

Mom getting a big carb bomb to start her day in the 1950’s. 😅 After her lipstick of course. Enjoyed the wake up moment of you and your baby. So sweet.. this was lovely.

Oh my goodness, I'm in love with all of your strawberry kitchen decor!! Sweet Freya waking up, so cute!!! Your hair turned out beautiful, I just love this video!!

@WithLoveKristina

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Freya waking up was my favorite moment. xo

These tips make a lot of sense to me! I think I'll include some in my family routine.

Thank you so much for the precious footage of Freya waking up. It so reminded me of my own children and grandchildren. It warned this 70 yr-old heart.

Oh my goodness I could watch your videos all day. You are such a good, loving, confident mama with a BEAUTIFUL family. Thank you so much for taking us along in your day and especially for making all of the information available and easy. 💚

I've been waiting for this one! I very much appreciate you taking care of you, and posting videos when you feel ready to do so ❤️

@WithLoveKristina

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you lovely! It was nice to take extra time!

I find with my family of 7, having fewer clothes really keeps the washing more manageable and prevents the dirty clothes from piling up, because more clothes means you can wait longer to do the laundry, when you have fewer clothes, you have to wash more regularly but it is no longer overwhelming. Very adorable cleaning and family life video.

@WithLoveKristina

2 жыл бұрын

Oh yes, for sure. I have been slowly getting rid of clothes because we just have too much!

What a precious family ☺️

I love this so much. I love the vintage lifestyle but being a mum as well I've never been able to find a practical vintage routine that worked with my child as well. I will definitely be referring to this video often once I'm over my cold. Thank you. X

@WithLoveKristina

2 жыл бұрын

I hope you're feeling better by now! xo

@laurabeddis1339

2 жыл бұрын

@@WithLoveKristina I wish I woke up as sweetly as your baby. My goodness what a poppet. 😍

Oh I love this!! I also have 4 young kids and the struggle to keep a clean house is real! However we also homeschool so I'll have to see if I can make something like this work with our schedule.

@WithLoveKristina

2 жыл бұрын

we homeschool as well! I start my routine a lot later IRL, so that we can get school done early.

Kristina, thank you so much for finding this routine and sharing. 🤝 I used the Fly lady system before, but I always felt that things were not “in order” there. 🧩 When I tried to follow the routine of a 50s housewife, everything fell into place. 😍👏👏👏 I feel like this is something I’ve already done, but forgot ❤️ Another addition: I don’t do a full cleaning every day - I only wash where it’s dirty. 🧼🫧🧽 I also follow the weekly schedule for rooms, where I pay more attention. 📝 🗓 Monday - kitchen (pantry), Tuesday - laundry, Wednesday - bathrooms, rugs, bed linen if you need to change and wash, Thursday - living room and dining room, Friday - hallway, garage, Saturday/Sunday - family day 👨‍👩‍ 👧‍👦🎡🎠🎪

Your kids will have the funnest memories of this. I really appreciate that you did this with children in the house. You are lovely and so is your family.

Very similar to my day while raising the girls, now that I am an empty nester and have all my physical issues hubby helps with things like dishes and laundry and of course trash and each morning feeds the birds and refreshes water in window boxes. I keep up with floors, dusting and counters etc and I straighten up main living areas. We tend to split laundry and as we are remodeling the bedroom looks like a war zone lol ...over all even as empty nesters we have kept the routine we established years ago, it really does help.

@WithLoveKristina

2 жыл бұрын

Having routines is so important! I love hearing about yours my friend!

@RubysMusings

2 жыл бұрын

@@WithLoveKristina It really is! Aww thanks. Did you get your bathroom wallpapered?? I am actually returning rug and valance I shared, realized I just so wanted roses ... so ordered rose print lace valance and rug and rose wallpaper.

here from tiktok and this was so fun to see! all throughout the video, i couldn’t help but think of my grandma who is in her late eighties & still does most of this routine daily right down to the lipstick and lotion 🥰; [and also thought of] my great grandma who recently passed at nearly 100 - she quit school early to help keep house and run a laundry business. she must have done these things as well! i’m definitely curious to know if this list feels more manageable after doing it for a week or so, because I’d love to try but it seems overwhelming for sure 😳🙏 thanks for sharing with us!

@WithLoveKristina

2 жыл бұрын

Awww I LOVE IT. It definitely feels more managebable the more I do it, some days I still am just like UGH but overall my house stays cleaner and less cluttered if I'm at LEAST doing the routine every other day or so.

I love this! It's comforting in these crazy times.

Seems like a wholesome way to live imho - thanks for sharing!

This was lovely! I can definitely use sone of these tips with my own cleaning routine. I tend to gravitate to more of the 1970's housewife

I am so trying that cleaning routine. It makes sense and maybe my home won't get as messy as usual throughout the week.

So enjoyed your video! You are an adorably sweet mama….and your little one getting the fruit on her fingertip was precious. I loved all 3 of my little ones…and they grow up too fast! Thank you for this lovely post! ♥️

I love being a housewife! Our home is beautiful and happy... im very lucky to be a stay at woman in today's society, home is where the heart is! I love your video ❤❤❤

This is so great, it's almost exactly the routine I follow myself so it's lovely to have another vintage Mamma to clean along with 💗 Thank you so much also I LOVE your sofa! Xx

@WithLoveKristina

2 жыл бұрын

Oh thank you!

Whoa, that's a lot to do in one day. I use the Slob Sisters index card system which spreads things out a bit more over the week and month. I don't have kids though, so there's that, lol. Speaking of kids, Freya running off with your spray bottle was adorable

@WithLoveKristina

2 жыл бұрын

ooh I've ever heard of that! Having kids does make a lot of the pickup necessary because THEY ARE SO MESSY lol. But I could see if you didn't have kids, this routine would be kinda extra

I'll look at this video. It brought back so many memories of my grandmother's and even my mom. And all the comments were fun to read. You should get a 1950s percolator and perk your coffee on the stove. It is the best coffee you'll ever drink! I found one at an antique store and I love

@WithLoveKristina

Жыл бұрын

I have the percolator glass bits, just not the rest of it! I would love to find one someday, because it would be so fun (and delicious!)

This was so cute! I'm a 1940s gal & read my era stuff but I love how you showed it. I would love to help w/ laundry if you can deal w/ unscented, gentle soap & no dryer😂. Seriously I love doing laundry but I only have 2 kids. Also, your voice is so calming in this. Thank you

Oh my gosh your end table in your room adorable the way you have the suitcase. Such a lovely put together video as always. Your shorts are adorable. And your hair was stunning ! Dinner looked fantastic! This was a wonderful video.

@WithLoveKristina

2 жыл бұрын

Hahah that suitcase end table is called "I hoard vintage suitcases and it's a problem"

@amber7253

2 жыл бұрын

@@WithLoveKristina lmao.. oh it's beautiful .....