Salt Lake Telegram | 1951-01-19 | Page 12 | Build Baby's Bones before Encouraging His Walking

YOUR BABY AND MINE Build Baby's Bones Before Encouraging His Walking B By BI Myrtle I Meyer Ie cr Eldred There is a wholesome tendency tendency tendency ten ten- dency these days to counsel the parent to allow the baby to develop develop de de- de- de at his own rate of speed There Is no specific timetable for when the baby will be able to sit stand walk or teethe There are only average ages at which children manage these things Some babies sit up well at four tour months the average baby does this at six months the slow baby may not until the eighth month Teeth may come in at four months the average age is five to eight months and some babies do not have a tooth until the first year or later You have known babies who have walked around their pens at seven months and independently independently independently at nine But the average overage baby pulls himself to his feet at nine months and walks by bythe bythe bythe the first year while slow babies may not manage this until 15 months or later All of these ages then can be considered to be within the range of normal behavior and nothing to be alarmed about Comes Natura Naturally What it is wise for the parent to know is that she does not have to prop the baby up in order to show him how to sit she does not have to stand him himon himon himon on his feet to encourage his delight delight delight de de- de- de light in walking These are capacities capacities capacities ca ca- ca- ca which grow with the baby and when he is ready to exhibit them wild horses could not keep him from it We Ve hasten to add to that that that- when he has the opportunity to todo todo todo do so Always the baby needs strong bones and muscles made of food materials which he will get daily doily in a generous diet He needs vitamins D and C. C He needs all of the time an opportunity opportunity opportunity to move about freely in ina ina ina a play pen in his crib this is I second best or on the floor He must not be hampered by clothes which impede his ability to move his legs so that he cannot pull I himself to a sitting sitting- or standing position or crawl about the II floor Our leaflet No 37 The First Year discusses development It II may be had hod by sending a stamped self-addressed self envelope with your request to Myrtle Meyer Eldred in care of the Salt Lake Telegram