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Show BABY By Edna Mae Mcintosh If a baby does not make a favorable favor-able response to food, the fault might be in the fact that his attendant at-tendant might be confusing him by using too many methods of approach. ap-proach. Babies are creatures of habit and they seem to prefer having life go on in the same way, day after day, lather than being subjected to change. Feeding the infant in the same place is one means of avoiding confusion. con-fusion. It takes a surprisingly short time for babies to associate certain rooms, certain furniture ar-rpngements ar-rpngements and other specific environmental en-vironmental conditions with eating. If these conditions remain the same for every meal, developing the proper mental set toward food is automatically partially accomplished. accom-plished. 1 Consistency in the attitude of the mother, or other attendant, is important. Calm indifference one meal, a gushing, over - solicitous manner the next, and a cross, irritable irri-table approach the third can so confuse the child that his acceptance accept-ance of food is definitely affected. Needles? to say, the mother who, regardless of her inner feelings, always presents food to her baby with, a pleasant, calm and matter of fact approach, is the one who can expect consistent response and acceptance on the part of the infant. |