Pre 1970s America was not stingy in giving babies drugs and alcohol to quiet them, I can’t remember the name of the drug that was popular for babies.
The sensitivity to that came in the late 1960s forward.
Gripe water?
Butter and sugar, wrapped in a cotton swath, nipple like and started with warm water or milk. A sugar tit.
paragor?
> Pre 1970s America was not stingy in giving babies drugs and alcohol to quiet them, I cant remember the name of the drug that was popular for babies.
Paregoric I believe.