Show 1 i r r J 4 II T tJ w 5 re F r r. r f 4 s L i rl S f J J s 7 f jj d I l i 3 t. t r r rJ r cc J i YS f pt faz tW tANJA r La L j BEFORE Here Is a room which has had nothing done to dreary looking and uninviting but it it from t the he decorative standpoint It is corn com has good possibilities if one uses imagination I YOUR BABY AND MINE Allow Nature to T Take Its Own Course I When Your Baby Starts Developing J By Myrtle Irtle Meyer Eldred It is characteristic of young oun parents to want to push their children into the next stage of ot their development They cannot seem eem to wait until events e take place because of natural growth but must hurry the baby into them then Mrs G. G G. G G is harassed by a a. relative who is urging her to help the baby to sit up pretending pretend pretend- ing that unless she does this the baby wont won't learn the art She writes I read your column column column col col- col- col daily and I have great faith in your our advice Here is my lem My baby is just five fhe months old and my sister-in-law sister is of the belief that I should put him in a high chair with pillows behind his back I disagree with her I think he should learn to creep first and then sit up by himself My shoulder bones stick out and andI I want him to have a fine straight back I will do whatever you think is right An Innate Capacity I am glad that you realize that your relatives relative's impatience to seethe seethe see seethe the baby sit up is part of that Impatience which afflicts so many adults In a sense they want to feel that it is due to their zeal that the baby sits up at all Babies do not need pillows in order to sit erect It is the strength of ot the muscles hitched to their own backbones that makes this act possible once the muscles have developed the necessary strength Creeping Conies Comes Later Creeping is a behavior that belongs in a later stage of development development development devel devel- so dont don't try to hold the baby from sitting up just be because because be- be cause calise he hasn't crept yet Your part is to feed him well and generously generously generously gen gen- of all the proper foods and give him the complete freedom freedom freedom free free- dom to use his muscles when he feels the urge to do so You may omit all pillows and all efforts efforts efforts ef ef- ef- ef forts to help him learn to sit and you may be assured that he will do that in natures nature's own good time lime |