Show Y Your ur Baby Breath Holding May Not Be Due to Anger By Iy y MYRTLE MEYER UEY R ELDRED It is a very dangerous practice when a mother acts upon the presumption that her baby's breath holding Indicates indicates indi Indi- cates temper That was once a pat explanation of this behavior but we have grown grawn wiser through th-ough ence One of the reasons not the only one but a common one why a child holds its breath until it is practically unconscious and fainting tainting is due to pressure re o of an p. p l over large rge thymus gland upon the respiratory organs Such pressure re Is exerted when the You may have leaflets on Books Bools for Parents and Toys for All Ages to answer your other questions Th They y may be had for a self-addressed self and 3 cent stamped envelope sent to Myrtlo Myrtle Meyer Eldred of the your baby and mine department of The Salt Lake Telegram child falls down or or is frightened or cries for any reason The usual procedure is to make an X-ray X photograph of the thymus gland in order to determine whether it is sized over-sized and if it is to give a aFew afew afew Few treatments by X-ray X to reduce its is size Mrs C. C M. M writes My 17 old months-old daughter has me greatly perplexed I i usually put her to bed between 7 and 8 o'clock but if I keep her up until 9 or later she gets jets so cross and if I say no to her she cries and holds her breath and gets blue and passes out When she comes to she looks look so stupid it frightens me Is there something wrong with her How can I help her to overcome this I cant can't think it t is temper because she does it for forthe forthe the he least thing but she does it of when she is tired Do take the child to a good doctor and have a thorough examination made to determine the physical source source of this behavior Also you can do your part by preventing the child from getting tired ired She should be ho in bed every night at 7 o'clock and sleep leep at least an hour in the daytime You said she cried and kicked when you attempted to put on her shoes and yet was not old enough to o do it alone But she must practice practice practice tice and I would let her play at putting them on until she is tired then hen help her It may be that the shoes are too tight or short and this is s the cause of her actions |