| Show Your Y our Baby And Mine By MYRTLE l MEYER lE ER ELDRED GOOD HABITS SIMPLIFY SI LIFE OF MOTHER AND C CHILD ILD Our lives arc are enormously influenced by our habits We Wc are distressed by untidy homes if Jr we have espoused the habit of orderliness We are uneasy when meals are arc delayed if iC we ve have always eaten each meal at a specified hour houn We fly into tantrums over trivialities i if we have not built buill up upa a habit of self selI It matters little littie lit lit- tie tic whether the habits are arc of cleanliness cleanliness clean clean- liness hiness regularity or self restraint they undeniably set the thc pattern our of characters HABIT FORMATION The Thc biggest job the mother molher faces is isto isto isto to cst establish desirable habits in her child chUd Irregularity may be more convenient con con- for her but it soon works havoc with the baby When baby isn't accustomed to meals at regular times he howls for them at any time If his howls are arc inconvenient enough the mother feeds him This in turn teaches him the very reprehensible habit of howling for his every desire and no one can deny that that is a disastrous state of affairs At this stage the mother is bewailing her In Inability inability inability in- in ability to manage the child Unless baby is possessed of good and orderly habits his every action is influenced solely by his momentary desires whatever they may happen to be He has never learned to wait wail for anything to happen until it is time for it to happen Had he learned this his mother would have discovered that thal a repetition of these orderly habits habits habits hab hab- its would be a real satisfaction to the baby ITS IT'S EASY It is absurdly easy casy to set up good habits in a baby In just a few days of ot waking the baby at the thc regular hours for nursing he learns leams the Ule habit habil and becomes as regular as an alarm clock in demanding his meals at those hours If he is bathed at al the same hour if his bonnet bonnel Is donned and he heis heis heis is taken out for a walk at regular periods pe pe- pe- pe nods his whole body yearns earns for these ceremonies as the hour for them approaches ap ap- ap- ap The Thc mother who has never carried out a re regular routine has not the slightest idea of how bow quickly the healthy well-fed well child accepts with pleasure these regular rhythms of activity Once the thc habits are arc established even a temporary abandonment of them will not erase them As soon as the thc temporary disturbance is ended the thc habit can quickly be established again VALUABLE ASSET When the thc child is old enough to rebel rebel re re- re bel at his mothers mother's wishes and demands de de- mands these fundamental habits so long established become more valuable an asset It should be obvious obvious obvious ob ob- ob- ob that if it the mother can eliminate nate conflicts over eating and sleeping sleeping sleep sleep- ing and nd bathing and nd toilet habits she hc has diminished the number of issues over which she and the child come to battle There are numerous enough causes for conflict in an any home without without without with with- out going to the thc mat over naps and bedtime hours baths and whatnot The matter of toilet training is one of the thc mothers mother's earliest problems My leaflet Training in Cleanly Habits has helped thousands of mothers If It you have not received a cOP copy write for tor one today enclosing a self ad dressed stamped envelope with your request Send it to the Your Baby and Mine department in care of this newspaper By the second year car toilet habits should be established sleeping habits in conformity with the childs child's age firmly set and the need for punishments punishments punishments punish punish- ments for failure to perform them should not exist If a child hasn't had the training to establish good habits let lel the mother start that instead of sitting up nights trying tring to concoct punishments for tor his various crimes of omission Children love make Big boys set get et tremendous pleasure out of their baseball suits imagining themselves themselves themselves them them- selves regular Babe Ruths Luther folks have just as much fun from being being being be be- ing dressed as Indians cowboys s cowgirls cowgirls cow cow- girls and so forth With spring Riving giving everybody's ima imagination a lift it is logical for young youngsters to crave the enjoyment of imagining the they the arc something different different differ differ- ent and dressing the thc part Costume are relatively in in- expensive er E Every pattern company c carries patterns that mother could make up in no time Materials are so cheap this year that when such suits are made at home they cost next to nothing And the thrill of pride they give ive boys and girls not to mention the way they actually save their school clothes wear and tear is well worth the effort in obtaining them A new way to fix eggs Benedict is isto isto isto to use fresh asparagus instead of spinach Cook the thc asparagus just eight minutes In boiling water salt sail just before taking it il off Then place stalks in casserole top with egg and sauce and bake |
