Show Be Your Own J Judge udEe in Rule Change oe Your Baby By MYRTLE l MEYER ELDRED The le leaflet et Diet from 12 to 18 Months may be obtained by anyone who is interested Send your request with a a. a three-cent three s stamped t tam a m p e d self addressed envelope envelope envelope en en- to Mrs Eldred of the your baby and mine department in care of this newspaper The time to change the routine of naps and meals is when the prevailing one does not seem to be begetting begetting begetting getting the right results This time is different for different chIldren children children chil chIl- dren and that is one reason that tha we must dep depend less depend less upon rigid rigl rules and more on good sense an and personal judgment Because we weare weare are the ones who live with our children and can evaluate their actions Mrs A. A R R. I says says her her month 10 old baby is Is- Is rebelling against both his morning and and afternoon nap The moment I Ilay lay him down he begins to kick his heels in anger and to scream scream When I go in inIn inin inin in 10 JO or 15 minutes he is still kick kicking ng a and pushing with his h heels c. c ls and has his head against the bars sc screaming and hd tossing his head Sometimes he pulls himself up to toa toa i a sitting position and will shake th the bed violently for long p period Occasionally he will go to sleep leep i on Ion top of the covers and he has developed developed de de- de a severe cold from sleeping sleep sleep- ing th that t way Until recently he stayed down peacefully for the thee morning nap but then rebelled at t the afternoon one which came at He wakes at 6 o'clock and is is in bed by every night He seldom cries then hen i Apparently he doesn't care f for r two wo naps a day day- any m more re and since Ince he does himself no good by crying himself exhausted it were- were betterto etter to change the whole routine so that he would have one long nap in the middle of th the day To do this this' it is necessary to change hange the early morning feeding to o 7 1 a a. a m. m and give the cereal and milk then Give a midmorning dose of cod liver oil followed by the he orange juice and let the big meal of the day come at 11 1130 30 after the baby's bath Vegetables egg yolk and milk or vegetables liver iver soup and milk constitute this meal Then the long nap for which he will now be ready After the nap the baby can have half of a formula and a cracker If f this does not spoil his appetite appetite appe- appe tite ite for the night meal This latter is s given at p. p m m. and afterward afterward after after- ward the baby can be undressed and will be in bed at the usual hour |