Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-09-19 | Page 14 | Your Baby and Mine

Your Baby and Mine By MYRTLE MEYER MEYR ELDRED EVERY OBJECT ON FLOOR FOOR FASCINATES CREEPING BABY As soon as baby begins to t creep around aroud on the tile floor for the tile po possibility arises that everything e he lIe picks pick up will wi go into Int his mouth All Al baby's baby experiences during the early months of his hi life Ie make this a natural thing to o do Everything he has ha had ha in his hands has been both and chewable His Hi mother managed to t keep keep his hi toys clean and controlled the he things that went into his hI hands He discovered that he could eat his hi dress dres his rattle or his own toes tos with without without Wih- Wih with with- out causing cuing any ay fuss fu But things are different when baby Is s put on the floor foor His sharp shar little eyes eye discover everything From his hi vantage point pint h he never ml misses c a dropped match a pin pi needle neele or dust fluff fuff His Hi mother is i on edge all al the te time KEEP KEEP CONSTANT WATCH The campaign to prevent baby's putting uneatable uneatable or dirty objects object into int his mouth begins begin the day he is I put on the floor foor If I he is In a a pen keep a clean cean m mat t under the pen If I he Is i roaming about he must be wat watched hed constantly When Ten he picks up something the mother must mut say Instantly Give that to mother Until Until Un Un- til t he learns earns what she means she Ehe must mut tl take e the object from him Wm She may keep a handy hady little box into Int which he may drop what he picks up and if i she always says Give that tat to t mother and presen presents the box the baby is eager to t show her that he understands her words and will do what she asks aks If I he cut cut- scuttles ties tes away with wih the object she has ha ino no recourse but to go after him and take It iL away putting it into it the box He knows kows then that there Is i no hope hop All Al objects object picked up must go into the box This Ts makes make It possible t to avoid the confusion which must be In i baby's mind when he Is 1 eating and drops the food fo on the floor for If I mother makes make a wry lace face fae and says Dirty dirty she only confuses the child He cannot be expected to understand why at one moment the food fo is i all allright allright al right and at the next moment it Is i dirty But If i he is habited to t putting all al objects object picked up from the floor or Into Int a box he expects that the dropped food fo will receive the same treatment BE MATTER FACT 1 OF FAC If I the object happens to be b a toy ty and and baby is agile agie at dropping toys tys hang them by a string from the te or high chair so s that they may be easily retrieved If I he throws them out substitute another toy and give back bak the te fallen falen one later latr a The mother can cn avoid making a great fuss fus about abut objects picked up She onI only Inspires the baby to t a keener hunt for pins and needles and whatnot if i she makes excited demonstrations dem dern- over their discovery Accept Accept Accept Ac Ac- this thi matter of mater of Say Give that to t mother over and ad over again following the words by the ac action action acton ac- ac ton tion until baby becomes thoroughly habited to t obeying her In time becan he be can be trusted to follow the mother around waiting for the box into int which treasures treasure he can cn drop his discovered