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Show By Edna Mat Mcintosh. Has your baby been a little more fretful lately? Perhaps it is too warm. When babies are born during the winter months, parents are apt to become so accustomed to dressing them warmly, they fail to make the necessary adjustments when spring arrives. It is a scientifically proven fact that babies produce much more body heat, in proportion to their size, than do older children and adults. This is partly because their internal body processes go on at a more rapid rate and partly because be-cause they are so active. Because of this difference in heat -produc- tion, it is difficult to judge what it ; takes to make a baby comfortable. However, at least a mother can try to decide whether she would be comfortable dressed as the baby is. Tin's is a good starting point and beyond that, she will have to use her own good judgment. Nature's most effective way of keeping humans cool is through evaporation of perspiration. This I is taking place constantly, usually so efficiently that the person is not conscious of it. Because of this, it is most important for the baby's clothes or bedding to fit loosely. .Using lighter weight clothing and having fewer layers is another means of keeping the baby cooler as warm weather approaches. Adults usually want a little more water when they're warm. Offering cooled boiled water more frequently frequent-ly might therefore prove .effective in keeping the baby comfortable. It all resolves itself into a practice prac-tice of the Golden Rule. Put your, self in the baby's place and act accordingly. |