Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-09-19 | Page 6 | Your Baby

II I I f t Your Baby 1 I Suggestion Has Great Effect on Tot By l MYRTLE TLE MEYER l ELDRED The young child who has seemed beautifully trained during the summer summer sum Bum mer months not infrequently re reverts reverts reverts re- re verts to uncleanly habits when the tie I weather turns cooler Some Sone of this tiis lack of control is due to the greater burden thrown upon the kidneys when the skin no longer excretes such a large share of fluids drunk 3 Likewise children are now wearing wearIng wearing wear wear- wear wear- ing more garments than just th the thel piece one-piece and it is more mor trouble and takes more mor time tinie fo for them to come In for periodical a at- at Being eager to spend everY ever For the child who bed wets wet the leaflet on that subject ha has other suggestions which may may help the mother moth r to adopt an en encouraging en- en attitude It may b bs had by sending a three cent s 5 stamped t tam a m p e d self-addressed self envelope envelope en en- en with your letter to Mrs rs Eldred of the Your Baby and Mine department of The Salt Lake Telegram s minute possible in play they f fa fi u back into the careless habits which characterized their early Our attitude toward th their ir b be havior is typical of our aggravation n. n For Eor heavens heaven's sake is he going to start THAT all over again I Ye Yet j if f we watch a childs child's eyes when he b makes the bland eme Ive I've wet myself Mommie well wll know only too well the exhilaratiOn n. n he le feels because he is able to bj be immune to our shame or shock a and d superior to our orders and threats of punishment Since we can see very quickly tha thal our emotional responses are a spur spuro to o further misbehavior of the same kind cind we should choose better ways way of influencing the child to resume his lis good habits of control again Knowing Snowing that he can control him self self because because he has done so so we W should build up his confidence ja La himself instead of undermining It it ity by y our assumption that he has be bO become be- be come a baby again This is 0 only y temporary behavior due to the change of the seasons Next time you ou wont won't forget If he d does es then again tell him next time and b be consistently suggestive that he can control himself and that he wilL Children do live up to our expect expects ions both of good and of bad I be- be havior