Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-06-12 | Page 8 | Your Baby and Mine

Your Baby And Mine By MYRTLE l IE MEYER EK ELDRED ELORED ALL CAUSES OF SUMMER IER COMPLAINT COMPLAINT COM I. PLAINT ARE AVOIDABLE Summer Summer- complaint used to be the baby's worst enemy Now we know why Mothers did not know that milk should be clean and boiled in the summer summer summer sum sum- mer time and kept ice cold until used Mothers did not know that babies even cven tiny ones were needlessly needless needless- ly swathed in wool In those days a sl summer r wardrobe was was was' little different differ ent cut from a winter one and babies grew rew uncomfortable and irritable broke roke t out with heat rash and failed to lo dig digest t their food just because of the burdens of weighty clothing Mothers refused to heed the baby's No matter how conscientiously con they catered to their own waning appetites they insisted that baby finish his bottle and presented all the allotted food to him in an an effort ef fort to 1 keep him gaining and growing grow grow- ing ng Consequently during the teething period or the weeks marked by ex ex- trem heat sickness among sm small ll children chil chU dren was commonplace Mothers grew grewo to o expect it Oh the poor childs child's teething was wa-s an excuse that covered all situations The mother refused to delve beneath th that t ready alibi and discover her part in contributing to the sickness PREVENTABLE Summer complaint still afflicts those babies whose mothers fail to progress with the times tunes But it is pre pro It is caused by poor milk milk which Is not kept cool spoiled food flies hot clothing a secondary cause which wears down the thc baby's resistance and overfeeding No one will argue that these need be active causes In hot bot weather it behooves the mother to eliminate indulgence of Unusual unusual un un- usual foods Ice cream from dubious sources source'S candy displayed on uncovered uncovered ered cred dishes in open windows or counters counters counters coun coun- cakes akes cookies and iced drinks should be bc taboo Carelessness In these particulars lack of imagination anc anca and anda a willingness to take chances are the are the pins upon upon which we must hang sum um- summer ummer mer illnesses Summer complaint will cease ceas to exist When mothers recognize recognize recognize nize its causes and take steps to avoid them Tomorrow Tomorrow-f Young Tomorrow lother Mother dered by Flood of Advice I