Show First Fl Fi Fresh Air Ai r for Baby Is Explained By MYRTLE lEl l MEYER R ELDRED How old must baby be before he can be taken out for tor an airing Must his his- face be covered 1 The repetition of ot these same questions from young oung mothers indicates how eager and how timid they are arc about exposing their babies to fresh air Ordinarily the baby Is from four to six week weeks of or age before a mother begins those dally daily leisurely perambulations perambulations peram peram- up and down the street with baby wrapped snugly and warmly in his carriage Even these dally daily airings may not be in order if the tIre temperature Is low the weather raw or blustery or rainy Open the tho VInd Window w. w Bab Baby can cart can then take his airing Ina Ina in ina a room two windows open so that there is a brisk circulation of air Baby can be wrapped as if It for fora a street airing and then take his lon long nap in such a well aired room doing him exactly as much good as asIf asif asif if his mother moth r walked him about for foran foran foran an hour or more Our leaflet Airing the Baby at atAll atAll atAll All Seasons offers otters more advice and may be had for a self addressed and 3 cent stamped envelope sent lent to Myrtle Meyer Eldred care of the Your Baby and Mine department department department depart depart- ment of ot this newspaper Let Jet Him Have Ha Air Only in very old books on baby care do we ever run across the warning warning warn warn- ing to put a veil on baby Such practices belong to the era when air was vas considered something from which to protect the bab baby Now we use every artifice to give baby the benefit of nil all the good fresh air there is to be had To cover baby's faco face gives es him the dubious privilege privilege privilege lege of breathing his own breath obviously a foolish procedure if It what we take him outdoors to get is fresh air He should be dressed sensibly for his airing not loaded down with covers so 80 that he grows to hate the imprisonment of heavy circulation impeding clothes Let the mother Imagine herself out in this particular particular particular ular weather and the amount of clothes she puts on baby should be just the amount in which she herself would be comfortable I 1 If identically situated |