Show Your Baby And Mine Dy By MYRTLE 1 E MEYER METER ELDRED MOTHER MAY MA CREATE WILFUL IN CHILD The moment the mother embraces the Idea that she has to make the child eat she sIte runs on head-on into trou trou- ble Despite the fact that mothers arc are w warned repeatedly not to make a fuss luss when children wont won't eat they find Ind this difficult advice to follow Something in the mothers mother's very nature nature na- na ture ure forces her to show stron strong emotion emo- emo tion ion In the face of even wh while her better judgment tells her that it Is not only useless but also actually increases the ness WilY WHY What every mother can do since it is essential that she do something is to try to discover why the child has las no appetite If she thinks that the eruption of several teeth Is temporarily temporarily tem tern robb robbing n him of appetite by byall byall byall all means do nothing about it it As soon as the teeth have erupted and the baby bab is comfortable again the appetite will revive Sickness of even the most trivial kind Is certain to make baby indifferent indifferent ferent to food It is well vell that he is The system Is in no condition to wrestle wres wres- tle tie with heavy meals and this is no notime notime notime time to make an Issue of ness Give the child an opportunity to get well and let the appetite take care of itself BID nID FOR ATTENTION If the child h has s learned that he can create a satisfying disturbance ance at atthe the table by saying Im not hungry or even by pushing his food away stubbornly stubbornly stub stub- it would be a strange child who wouldn't repeat this perform perform- ance Mothers know this They h know kno quite as well veli that they should ster sternly quell any desire to make a mountain of this molehill But do they Not to my knowledge They simply grow desperate and show their desperation and baby plays upon this wild chord to get more attention rewards rewards rewards re re- re- re wards and favors Smart child My leaflet Physical and Psychological Psychological Psychological Psycho Psycho- logical Reasons for enumerates enumerate all the well known causes for or appetites to curl up and die It also warns mothers against those universal universal universal uni uni- versal practices at the table which eventually make the childs child's pretended his greatest and most effective weapon Any mother may obtain this leaflet by sending a self- self addressed stamped envelope with her request to this department WANTS BOTTLE Mrs G. G D. D H.'s Hs boy of ot 17 months refused milk unless he could have it itin itin itin in his nursing bottle When the bottie bottle bot bot- tle tie was taken a away alY lY from rom him he refused refused refused re re- re- re fused milk altogether Now his mother is sure that he will starve to death She admits that he is cutting about five teeth and she is suspicious cious that this may be a temporary cause of his but she hasn't the courage to wait and see what will happen after alter the teeth are arc in I suggest Mrs G G. D D. H H. that nothing nothing nothing noth noth- ing at all be done at the moment Feed the child three times a da day Cook his cereal in milk and put some milk over it Offer a small cup of milk to drink and be calm if he pushes it away awa At noon give meat or cheese or eggs perhaps some m milk lk used over his vegetables and a pudding made madel with milk At night repeat the mornin morning morn morn- morn morn-I in ing meal If It he gets orange juice daily dally dont don't fuss about the fruit sauces at night or try some other varieties toward which he has developed no nol distaste Be certain that such a healthy I child Is not going to be in any way injured by this imposed sell fast The doctor gave Jave you the best possible ad ad- vice You have no problem except of your own makin making Tomorrow Childs Imagination Confuses Exact Truth |