Show Your Baby Watch Tots Tot's T at atEa Ea Ears rs When Laid Down By MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED Our free tree leaflet leanet on Rickets suggests how the shape of bones depends also upon good nutrition tion To get a copy send your r request e que s t with a three-cent three stamped self addressed envelope envelope envelope ope to Myrtle Meyer Eldred of the your baby and mine department department department depart depart- ment in care of ol this newspaper It worries a mother when she feels that the shape of the baby's baby s head or ears cars is being ruined b bany by y any of his temporary bad habits She is worried if the baby's head heads is s misshapen at birth and wonders if f she ought to try molding it in her hands One can understand such worries and still be amused by y them The shape of a childs child's head as well as his ears ears alter after recovery from any birth pressures Is is inherent In m the pattern of the new Individual He isn't capable of being altered by even the most conscientious molding Of course there are habits which if if carried on too vigorously may spoil the natural shape of the ears We are less sure about the head lead When the baby is sm small ll it is easy for the ears to turn forward every time he rolls his head The mother should be careful when she he puts the baby down that his ears are straight and flat She should hould be careful when she puts on a cap 01 or oc hood that the ears are not pushed forward Usually when the ears become stiffer they stay tay in in place If they do not it is wise wise to make a fine net hood of snug nug fit fit reinforcing it over the thears ears ars ears ears' and around round the edges with a afine afine ame fine me cotton tape or muslin and keep this on baby until the ears no 10 longer fold forward so easily Such a hood will not change the he shape snape of the ears which assaid as assaid said aid before is due to the family pattern attern of ears the baby inherits But Jut But it will prevent the baby acquiring ac- ac quiring the habit of pulling at the thears ears ars or of pressing the ears forward forward for- for ward ivard and lying upon them th thus s. s Mothers worry whether temporary temporary tem- tem sree sleeping irig position w will i I 11 I change hange the shape of the baby's head ead They notice that if he likes to o sleep on his back the back of ofis his is li head a l looks flat There is a difference dif- dif ference of opinion about the permanent permanent permanent per per- manent results of this Some authorities authorities au- au claim that it has no lasting lasting last- last ing ng effect some warn that it does Be on n the safe side Make a practice with the new-born new baby of f changing him from side to side every very hour This rests him increases increases in- in creases his ability to sleep and prevents his developing any strongly strong- strong ly y preferential sleeping position At six x weeks of age he can be placed on n his tummy and then there is no danger anger of his deforming his nicely rounded head Hell He'll sleep first on onne one ne cheek then the other Do not jump to the conclusion that the net hood or stomach- stomach sleeping will make a childs child's s ears flat at or or his head well shaped But Bute we e can at least try to prevent his deforming by pressures or pulling the he ears and head nature intended him im to have |