Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-12-04 | Page 6 | Mor May Prove Needlessly 'Cruel' in Avoiding Spoiling

MOTHER MA MAY Y PROVE NEEDLESSLY CRUEL IN AVOIDING SPOILING Old Idea of Letting Baby Have His Cry Out Heartless By MYRTLE 1 MEYER ELDRED The sch school ol child needs the ho right kind of breakfast to start the he day right Send for Mrs Eldred's le leaflet flet Breakfast for lor the School SchoolChild SchoolChild SchoolChild Child and mall your request to o Myrtle Meyer Eldred in care of the he Your Baby and Mine department department department de- de of this bis newspaper A rule which young mothers seem to take to their hearts and cuddle Is s the rut rule rube to leave lea the child alone not alone not to give him attention when he cries because he will become become become be be- come spoiled The embrace of or this rule leads often oCten to 0 o a lot o of unconscious cruell cruelty cruelly It is well enough for mothers to leave a good child chUd alone and not force attention attention atten atten- tion upon him which later he will demand as his right Rocking a child chUd to sleep tossing him about and mak making making making ing him laugh when awake holding him upon ones one's knee and keeping up upa a constant motion to prevent him from Crom uttering a n sound these arc useless use use- less lea attentions which the mother fosters fosters fost fost- ers out of her own selfish desire to have the baby near her This is 13 quite different from putting putting put put- ting a child in his bed and when he cries ignoring him for hours letting him cry it out so that he wont won't be spoiled It is true that mothers can learn whether baby's crying means need of Immediate attention My leaflet Meaning of ot Cries may be had for fora a s self addressed cent 3 stamped envelope en en- sent with your request for Cor this leaflet by name to Myrtle Meyer Eldred care of the Your Baby and Mine department of this newspaper There is a certain amount d of whole whole- some handling a child really needs When he is bathed he should Mould b be talked to gently and not rolled around and plunged into water and dried and pulled into his clothes without any loving attention accompanying It Every time tim the bab baby is changed there i. i is a natural opportunity fo for handling handlin him giving him some ev evidences evi- evi dences of ot the mothers mother's interest and a at- at One hour before bedtime the bab baby can lie he naked upon a large bed bcd I Ia In Ina a warm room and kick and coo an anbe and be talked to or sung to He may b be massaged with warm oil or given give exercises which stir up his circulation and make him healthily sleepy He should not be tossed about o ox- ox excited to wild emotion for this tends tend to keep him from sleeping But h he be does need attention If It It during the rest of oC the day h he isn't content to lie in his bed or i in his buggy with only such changes change of ot diaper r and position as any child chile needs then there Is a reason for it To allow a child to lie He about fo for hours crying and screaming is t to ignore the fact that there is a reason for Cor this Who is there to decipher the meaning of a childs child's cries except the mother It Is her business to discover discover dis dix cover why the child isn't happy when awake or ready to go to sleep within a sensible t tune time me after alter being put to bed bee She cant can't slough of off this ity by quoting some neighbors neighbor's contention con con- that if she doesn't let him alone hell he'll be taking all her time Babies tend to be happy to be contented con con- tented in their own company if they are comfortable and well fed I It If they are not all the crying they can cando cando cando do in 24 hours wont won't make them so