Show I Care of Baby in Its Early Days By DR LENA K K SADLER Author of The Mother and Child and toted Rioted authority on the care of children Happy Is th the mother and fortunate is the home that can afford to have the intelligent services of bt a trained attendant attendant attendant attend attend- ant during th the first weeks weel s of ot a baby's career The time was when mothers went to their neighbors to offer their assistance but unfortunately their care was unskilled and the results results were bad Fortunately we now realize the importance importance importance im im- im- im of skilled aid at the critical period of childbirth The ease and leisure of former days are unknown and unheard of today The artificial way in which we live exerts more or orless orless orless less strain strahl on mothers moth rs of ot the present generation As a result r sult child bearing is running at at a low ebb and brings a a al certain added stress and strain that requires requites much planning to avoid and overcome dangers The mother is often otten so nervous that she is neither physically nor mentally fit to care for forIt forit forit it for tor many weeks At birth the baby's head is usually compared to the rest of the body This state of ot affairs need give no condition of alarm for the head will shape itself These soft spots should not be depressed neither should they bulge The scalp should always be perfectly smooth I Baby's eyes are generally varying tints of blue but they theS usually change I to a lI lighter or darker hue by the seventh or eighth week The whitish fur which often otten is seen en on the baby's tongue is the result of a dry condition of oC the mouth which disappears as soon as the saliva becomes more abundant Generally speaking baby's chest compared to the size of the head and abdomen appears at a disadvantage while the arms and legs are noticeably noticeably noticeably notice notice- ably short All these deformities right themselves as a rule The pulse must be watched carefully carefullY carefully care care- fully on the soft spot on top of the head The normal beat is as follows At birth to first month to one to six months about 30 six months to one year about one to two years to two to four years 90 to The respiration of your baby may give you and the nurse real concern at first Slapping the Infant on the I back or dipping it first into hot and then into cold water often otten starts res res- Should Be Weighed At birth a quiet sleeping infant has from thirty to fifty breaths a aI I second during the rest of ot the year ear from twenty-five twenty to thirty The Tho new born baby should always be weighed carefully weighed every week for the first month and after aCter that the first of ot every month The normal weight of the average baby is ia from seven to seven and a half pounds Its length may range anywhere anywhere anywhere any any- where from twenty to two twenty Inches But a healthy normal child may weigh less or more There is usually a loss of weight during the first few tew days after birth After a normal supply of milk is established the child should gain from four to eight ounces weekly until un until until un- un til it is six months old after which time the usual gain is from two to four Cour ounces a week I At birth your baby's skin i is red and soft sott This is du dud to a large coating of fine down A blue tinge of the skin means either unnecessary exposure ex exp exposure ex- ex p sure or the opening df Of the middle partition of ot the heart At the close of f the first week the red color color of Iskin i iskin skin changes to a yellow tint due duea a small amount of ot bile that appt apps pp in the blood Care of the Eyes 1 I Your baby's eyes should hould rep careful attention as early as IlS asfor pea for they are sure to be covered a n. membrane which she aho shebe ho hobo be bo wiped off oCt with a piece of la t i l cotton dipped into solution separate piece of ot cotton is used dl eye and the swabbing Is A dI from the outward The nose eyes Ito i ito to be washed dally daily by dropping tion of acid into each eachl with a a. medicine dropper separate pieces of ot gauze are to used for each eye M MAs As soon as mother and baby made comfortable baby can hate ha firth bath of ot oil The bath may olive oil sweet oil or liquid vatell J baby The bY bYo o oil must ur should be kept be warmed well fF covered e ands P 6 Ing the operation W i |