Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-07-20 | Page 4 | Your Baby and Mine

I Your and aud Nine nt By Dy MYRTLE MEYER En ELDRED SPOILED I DEI CONSTANT CONSTANT CON CON- STANT ATTENTION I Our estimate of behavior beha is 15 very often the result of at our own moods at the he moment Children are bad when we are tired and little angels when we are rested but their behavior in the he two situations may be identical That is 13 ono one reason why questions of ot such uch general genera Import as How can I Irain train rain my child to ro behave and What shall I do when she demands so o much attention lea e me limp What docs does behaving mean to one mother What does so much attention atten- atten lon lion mean lYean to ro another NO SET RULES There are ale no exact rules for conduct conduct conduct con con- duct Just outlines which may be adJusted adjusted ad- ad to ro Individual families leha- leha vi lor vior or is not to be bo taught by a system ot of f rules but by a method of living JivIng In n every overy article I write I try t to emphasize emphasize em em- the desirable attitudes which arc are preferable for tor the mother to as- as mate ume If Ie the mother can assume that hat pose which is both interest and Indifference consistency and reasonableness reasonableness reasonableness reas reas- all rolled Into one then she he should know how best to deal with individual situations as s they arise Mrs K F. F B. B wants to know how she he shall go about training her year ear earold old Id child chUd The child chUd has an nn awful temper emper I live e with my mother mother-In- law aw and the bab baby is badly spoiled I havo tried spanking scolding and loving oving all to no avail She will not drink from a cup or glass Do you OU advIse weaning her from the bottle REGULAR ROUTINE E IMPORTANT Spanking and scolding are dIsciplines disciplines disc disc- and in my opinion are entirely entirely en en- out of ot place in training a child Have lave you ever tried Just acting The baby aby Is only one year old If It she follows follows fol- fol lows a regular routine which routine which is a legitimate kind of discipline if if she is s properly fed ted which is excellent for tor any baby's disposition then you ou are re certainly capable of ot preventing guchan such guch an n amount of at useless attention that she he demands it in tn excess of ot her needs Of ot course the first forward step tep would be taken if tC you and your husband and cl child ld lived alone It Is difficult enough for tor one mother to tobe tobe toe be e consistent It Is ruinous to any child to be the center of oC attraction with two women who by the very ery nature of ot things will probably differ In their Ideas of ot what should or should hould not be done Send me a self addressed ed stamped envelope for my leaflet called Wise Management of oC the Child and also Teaching the Child to Drink from froma a IJ Cup and Weeks Menu from One Oneo Oneto Oneto to o Two Years With these and a conscientious conscientious con- con desire to follow them you should make some headway with the training In prolonged bottle feeding you oU are also the boss This Is another situation sit sit- in which you can act Even Event t If the baby does not drink mill mUk from froma a 0 glass or cup now that is 15 no excuse ex cx- cx cuse for tor retaining bottle fee feedings dIngs af after after atter at- at ter the first year ear You cannot advance advance advance ad ad- vance by standing still bottle feeding feeding feed feed- ing lag Is definitely an infantile way of feeding which must be discarded when the baby is able to drink Instead Instead in instead In- In stead of at suck S Tomorrow Rich Milks nave Have Characteristic Results in Infant Feeding