Salt Lake Telegram | 1902-03-01 | Page 11 | Don't Rock the Baby

I Rock ock tl t thie e Baby Dr ArthurW rth W Yale Tale le- le gives gives' s' s the following good advice to mothers motherS' and prospective pros pros- mothers mothers r In the W Womans Woman's ma ns n's Home Horne Companion nut Lut doctors are not as a general rule greatly influenced by purely sentimental sent senti 1 mental mental c considerations and nd they have issued the mandate Babies should rr not of b be bt Pocked locked to see This would at first seem cruel cruel and and arbitrary ry but It is t s not as unreasonable as as- would appear It is vastly better for the baby to tl be undressed and laid d down wn In the crib with a a. cool fresh pillow under the Litt littlehead little littlehead de head to drop into a quiet sleep than to be held in mothers mother's s warm arms clo close se against her breast and rocked for half an hour more With most babies a very little training will be sufficient to Induce them to sleep when laid down if they have never been accustomed to the rocking If you are not Spartan Sparta n enough to leave the baby while he is s vigorously protesting against this procedure pro pro- pr o- o sit by the crib and gently t st him to sleep After awhile even this lS wIll will nil not pot be necessary It is not only better for the child but also for t the h e mother as the rocking habit if persisted in soon b becomes comes a tax rather th than a n a a. pleasure i 1