MEET CROSS PERIOD OF YOUNGSTERS YOUNGSTER'S DAY IN NATURAL MANNER Almost all children even from Infancy in- in fancy have a 3 cross cro pet period during the theda da day This usually comes late In the afternoon en an hour or so before bedtime bed time Lime The baby's ability to entertain himself during this period is ex cx limited He He- wants to be moved about He throws down hIs hIsto's toys tos u as fast as they are h handed to him and frets and cries by turns tUrm of this 1 Is due to fatigue It IL continues to be a fatigue perIod for older children the time of day when their demands for attention are insatiable in in- satiable and their tempers easily aroused The mother wilt will hove ammunition against this irritation when she he is aware o of its It nature So long as adults can excuse themselves for Cor bad tempers on the plea of being be be- ing tired t they y should be generous about findIng excuses for exhausted babies and runabouts This is no notime notime time to insist on carrying out to the letter the command Every toy must be picked up It is enough If cross tired little Jimmy shows some some willingness to cooperate in this thi ceremony and the toys he leaves behind behind be- be hind can be quickly disposed of when he is in bed d. d It I. I b no time to argue that thaL every globule of cereal and every evey spoonful spoon spoon- tul ful of applesauce must be downed One needs to have some consideration for lor the captious temper a of tired chIldren The small baby is easily handled When the amusement possibilities of crib carrIage and ond living room have been exhausted he should be car car- ned Into some bedroom with a wIde b bed divested of all clothing and allowed al al- lowed an opportunity to kick end and wrIggle in naked abandon The corn com fort b both th of perfect relaxation and of frenzied activity unhampered by garments is appreciated by any baby A soothing rubdown with warm oil or a quick sponge bath en Ca warmer days then fresh end and un- un rumpled garments for sleeping will have ha an ideally soporific effect The older child who is too active to ISO participate in just an sir air bath may be entertained at this hour by a warm soapy scrub Th This s may well b be the hour for the cl cleansing bath for the runabout The diversion of by tub toys toS coupled with the fun Cun of washing his hI own hands and faca fac in quantities of suds helps the thel l il l hour to pass quick quickly Fatigue ue and irrItability need not be endured and disobedience court ed if mothers are willing to recognize nIze the period and combat it In natural nat nat- ural ways