Show Your Baby and Mine By l MEYER rEYER ELDRED INDIFFERENCE TRIUMPHS IN INMANY INMANY INMANY MANY MOTHER CHILD SKIRMISHES SKIR- SKIR 1 A childs child's temporary rebellion against established good habits would probably end promptly were it not notor for or the astounding and pleasurable response such revolt always excites To see a child break over the traces and nd stop naps develop an aversion to 0 cleanly habits spurn bedtimes or baths nearly always fills tills the mother with an anger er and helplessness Here Heres is s an art instance of a good habit which for or the moment has been thrown overboard A SLEEP PROBLEM I have a little girl 2 years old who is s extremely high strung and nervous She he had colic when a baby but is otherwise healthy We have always had lad difficulty getting her to bed but butic the ic last eight months she ha has gone without much fuss But not for the thelast thelast last ast five days She would sit in iri the bathroom for foran foran an 1 hour before beCore she would admit that she ic was ready She wont won't be left alone lone If I dont don't stay in her bedroom with her she insists she must go to tole the le toilet again If I stay she forgets that hat I have tried giving her a new toy oy at bedtime I have tried spanking I her cr but this makes her h hysterical and andic she ic is hours quieting down She sleeps from Crom 1 to 3 and I thought that nap might help But she stayed awake until 10 that night She has us a rl rash h and is cutting her molars She he seems irritated b by that I have received other leaflets of yours ours which have hl helped me Have you one on onI I stubbornness Help me if it you OU can NEGATIVISTIC PERIOD r The leaflets which relate directly to this period are How low to Manage I j the Child Wisely and How to Meet th th eCh ld's Opposition Opposition- You may I have both of these by sending a 3 self self- I addressed sed stamped envelope with your request for them to Myrtle MyrtleI Meyer Eldred care of oC the Yo Your r Baby I and Mine department of this news news- paper Remember this is IS the net negativistic t. t IV I S t. t Ie period The child knows hI m what I triumph over you she can would ways manage this situation a I little Ittle oil Il to differently Give her cod liver help the mineral balance which may maybe maybe ay be out of kilter Nervous both related to this and the rash are arc of imbalance Give two tea cod liver oil oil daily in d divided doses Use some soothing lotion on the rash rash not will healing and Calo tc lotion is Js ruin the bedding as IS a salve saive might TRY INDIFFERENCE Limit the daytime nap t to one one hour from 1230 to Dont Don't stay m in her room but leave the door open Move around aroud within hearing until she wak wak- for several I ens Take her outdoors I hour hourt in the afternoon Bathe herat herat her herat at at and serve her dinner and then hen take her upstairs at al Leave I her in the bathroom for not more than fifteen minutes busying yourself with other duties and paying no attention attention at at- to what she is doing Put her herin herin herin in bed leaving on a small light or giving gi her a favorite to toy and go o out I Of oC the room If the child is que quiet relaxed and sleepy but not fatigued the chances of or her having a a. a temper tantrum of any Jen length th are minimized Act as if iC you expected her to go to sleep without without with with- out an any more attention I If she cries loud and long straighten her out give her a drink of oC water and md say soothIngly soothIngly sooth sooth- Go to sleep A child knows knovs when you are disturbed and when you ou arc are quite unconcerned by her screeches and walls wails If your indifference ference is real shell she'll U settle down and call it a da day Tomorrow It If Baby Refuses Cup CUI I Dont Don't Revert Re to Bottle Botne |