Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-02-22 | Page 8 | First Bed Baby Uses Vital Factor in His Good Health Habits

FIRST BED BABY USES VITAL FACTOR IN HIS GOOD HEALTH HABITS By MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED The diet of the growing child needs as careful att attention as Write for Mrs Eldred's leaflet Diet From 5 to 8 Years or Diet From 8 to 12 Years or Diet During During During Dur Dur- ing Adolescence inclosing a self- self addressed cent 3 stamped envelope with your request The choice of a baby's babos first bed is iso isso isso so o important to his good health habits habits hab- hab its ts that it demands more than merely a trivial consideration A matron whom I once advised to provide a aofter softer mattress for her p persistently crying first born never fails to remind remind remind re re- mind me mc of it each time I m meet t her As M a matter of or fact she had the small mall soft bundle of human flesh lying ying on a thin and rigid pad in the bottom of ot a bassinet When she he replaced replaced re- re placed this with a firm pillow the aby's abys cries ceased A large lare clothes basket makes an ideal deal first bed i if one cannot purchase the he more conventional bassinet It should hould be square if Ir possible as this offers more arm and arid leg room and is easier to fit with a matre s. s But If no mattress is used a large thick hick pillow stuffed into the bottom makes a firm bed over which ma may go the padding of or oilcloth or rubber and nd then the felting or padded washable washable wash- wash able ble cover and finally the small sheet heet Babies outgrow their baskets basket at about 4 or 5 months when one should purchase c a comfortable crib with high sides that can be raised or pow low low- ered The rungs of oC these sides should be so o spaced that baby cannot put his head between them a tragic and not uncommon accident There are babies who like to bump their heads against the rungs of the I bed I Why babies enjoy this pastime Is unanswerable but so many do that mothers should know how to allay their own 0 anxiety by making the head of the bed soft enough to prevent pre prevent vent actual injury to the head bumping bump bump- ing infant It is advisable to run strips of muslin in fri and out of or the rungs and then pad them A blanket can be thrown over the rungs as another another an other aid to softening their hard surface sur face Having furnished the bab baby with a comfortable besket basket and eventually a soft and even surfaced crib the position tion in which it is placed in the room contributes to baby's comfort Do Dc Donot Donot not place a crib between en two windows windows win win- dows the draft is too intense Place the crib on a side wall with a window window window win win- dow at the opposite side Then when the window is opened as it should be an inch or so both top and bottom the draft can be shut off by a screen or a small blanket thrown over the side of the bed d. d