Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-10-16 | Page 18 | Adjust Hours of Sleep to Infant Need

Adjust Hours Hours' I f Of Sleep to Infant NeBy Nee Ne l lI I I IBy By lUY MYRTLE TLE l ELDRE I am always happy when mother Jj with up hurry-up problems send m self-addressed self and cent 3 stamped envelope s so so that I can answer th them m promptly It worries me to feel fed that they are waiting and waiting to see their answer in the column which is not the swiftest way to get help front from this depar department ent Mrs L. L M. M A. A writes I I have a healthy little son of 18 months wh who has been perfect up to the last three weeks Now he wont won't lie his bed He stands up and screams and three times in one day fell feU o oi fr er erthe the sides He cant can't be persuaded or forced to lie down I know th there Th This r rIs is some remedy for this but I c cant can't t figure It out I Try Shorter Rest Period I This is a a. question without any helpful background to fit it to H How vi many hours does the child chUd sleep counting day and night time sl sleep ep Since he has had such excellent habits dont don't you think it possible that he has reached an age at t which he rebels against so mu much h sleep in daytime and his only r reT reT- course is to make makei you miserable until you take him out j It might be feasible to note how he would react to a rest t tonly only one hour in daytime Put th the clock where he can see it and so some i toys for him to play with Sh Show W Whim him where the hand will be wh when I he can get up Dont Don't force lie He down but hut make it attractive f for ir him to do it of his own accord It May Work accordi j Right lunch is the natural time for him to rest and if it he CM can be given the opportunity to pl pI play quietly or sleep as he chooses the themay may choose to sleep Then he will willbe be ready to go to bed at night with without out a fuss I To keep a child quiet is a necessary necessary necessary sary preliminary to sleep You g gain l nothing by penning him in and in-and and l ling b bIng be being ing helpless to end his screams of f protest I find this a most frequent t type of behavior at around this agIt agIt ag age It usually means that the child h has hal S reached a a. new stage of development and should have some Iome change m midi made to accord with it J Our leaflet on Hours of ot Sleep will be besent sent you for a cent 3 stamped self-addressed self envelope sent Myrtle Meyer Eldred of the You Baby and Mine department of The I Salt Lake Telegram fl 11