Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-01-07 | Page 5 | Your Baby and Mine

YOUR y I Mr Mrs Eldred wit b be glad d to answer all question questions perI pertaIning pertaining per per- I taming to babi babies a and children A stamped damped and selfa self self- a addressed envelope ope op forwarded t te Se teT T The ii h Telegram will viII brIng brine a pr pwe 2 conal lonal reply KEEPING THE CHILD INTERESTED INTERESTED INTERESTED INTER INTER- ESTED A AT sT HOME The mot mother who has th tho- tho care of two children under school age would do very well to borrow for her hel own use In the various nursery s schools It has been my good fortune to visit quite frequently these last few months a very well known nursery school in connection with a a. large Jarge university The behavior of oJ these tots from 2 to 4 years their happiness happi nc ness s their thel initiative and the good habits they aro are learning could be duplicated at home if the mother is willing to make mako the effort For Instance provide the child with both indoor and outdoor toys The indoor ones may my be dolls and andall andall andall all dollhouse material colors and crayons books blocks of oJ all types toys to pull about balls tools things of ot this sort The outdoor toys should encourage more vigorous vigor vIgor- ous play balls and Kiddy cars velocipedes ve ye- doll carriages and toy wagons teeter boards swings swings- things s to climb One hour morning and afternoon can be devoted to outdoor play and these hours should be regular One- One half hour in the tho morning can be given up to a L regular rest period and one hour in the afternoon to a nap or similar rest period Orange juice should come ome at a regular time each morning and lunch on the dot I at noon both of ot these meals to be accompanied by the proper ceremony ceremony ceremony cere cere- mony of oJ going to toilet w washing hands and combing hair and putting on napkin and sitting quietly at the table The table should be small and the chair fit nt tho tim childs child's size Let him play with his toys as he ho chooses even 1 if the mother would prefer he do something else or stick to a thing longer Allow the child to follow his own inclinations Insist on toilet going at regular intervals The mother may have to watch the clock for this but if this happens every day at exactly the same times Umes the child soon becomes EO to accustomed to these that should his mother forget he will so go 0 himself him him- self or ask to be taken Thus Thug the good habit of or going to toilet be becomes becomes becomes be- be comes annexed to tire the better habit of going without being asked or told to go and training is With little friction the child thus comes to expect regular play periods periods peri pen attention to toilet periods for tor eating and rest and he acquiesces acquiesce to these without disagreement The children enjoy everything every thinS thinS' they do just because it is attended with the sort of habitual ceremony I which appeals to them