Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-12-01 | Page 12 | Occasional Change Will Not be Harmful to Infant's Schedule

OCCASIONAL CHANGE WILL NOT BE HARMFUL TO INFANTS INFANT'S SCHEDULE Mother Make II 4 Attempts to All Al Baby's Automatic Reactions I Bring Brn your p problems about diet general care and management to Myrtle Myrte Meyer Eldred Your questions ques ques- Hosts ton will wl be bc answered promptly If I you ou will wU a a self self-ad sel dressed cent 3 stamped envelope envelop with wih your our letter leter to Mrs Eldred In care of ot the Your Bab Baby and Mine department of ot this news news- paper The aim of the mother mother and and a good goo aim m it i is i. i too too too-is is s 's so to regulate the baby's aby's day that tat his eating sleeping airing ring bathing are gone through with automatically His Hi stomach comes to expect food foo at t regular hours he goes gos to t sleep bythe bythe by the ic clock cock he wae wakes and cries cre for at at- tenton with regularity When baby is i used to a routine there lere is i a n conscious anticipation of it It a conscious satisfaction conscious satisfaction when it i s 's s completed and everything goes more smoothly because became of this thi But there are arc always alway complications no 10 one can foresee nor eliminate nor There never could be any kind o oi of regime which would not at some time suffer suler disruption Mothers get sic skit sick or go away on visits and someone e ke else e must put baby through his hs p paces s with ith some natural change at least leat in time me and ad method metho Babies Babie get sick and are cared for forby forby fory by y nurses nurse or are not expected to t live liven Ive on pa n schedule Inc Instead d of f being bIng put into nto their beds bed and told to go to sleep w with th the door dor firmly closed coed and th the tha light out out the baby may b be held or rocke rocked to sleep and his light will wi be belef left lef ft on and the door open All AU of these thee things while momentarily momentarily momen momen- disjointing a good go routine I need not necessarily destroy detroy it it If I a habit is i of real strength and meaning it will wi be b easier resuscitated than de The baby used for long months to t a closed cosed door and a lightless lightless light light- less les room will not long demand a alight alight light and an open door when denied Sometimes Sometime the habit has to be b reinstated re rc instated casually Close the door a alte I little more each night night Put the light out in the te hall hail hal then in a distant ditt room rom romand and eventually snap it i off of entre entirely It I isn't necessary to say harshly Now you just cant can't have hac the light any more youve you've got to gc ge used to sleeping without it it That's Tats Tat's a challenge challenge chal chal- lenge to any child Hell He'll Hel resent it with wih loud and prolonged cries crie It should be a comfort to the moth mother er to to realize that when a nurse nUr or other adult adul takes tes care of a baby dur during during dur ing an illness ines his new habits habil his spoiled ways are firmly connected with wih that person When helps when there is a a new baby and spoils her first grandchild the new ways grandma introduces introduce will wi be bc forgotten when she departs The baby or child chidi is i used to what his mother does docs doc and the way she does doe it it The spoiling he enjoyed under a temporary ruler will willdie willdie wi die a natural death w when n the old boss bossis bos is i back on the job Good God foundational habits habit are ae outlined out lined in our leaflet The Te First Six Weeks and Routine fo fa for the Preschool Preschool Pre Pro school Child They may be had upon request Send a self addressed cent 3 stamped envelope envelop to Ita Myrtle Meyer Eldred in care of the Your Baoy BaDY and Mine department of this th news news- paper