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Show v Your Baby and Mine I By Myrtl Mayer Cldrsd I fi TO UNO MRS. ILORCD YOUR "ROBLIM" Tvng ago I reached the ronclualnn Hint my readers believe ma rlalr-vovsnt. rlalr-vovsnt. -My bshy doean'l sleep at mslil." wrilre a dllreclJ mother, "tell ma what Is wrong " fir. "Mv bor Is a perfect little demon I can I da a thing wllh him. W ill you help ma to maka a better boy of him?" Pared with, such letter, whst would sn una do This drpsrtmrnt dally dlBcueaes ths genersl rsre of rhlldren. bow to handle Ihem lo get heat reealta. how to feed them ao that Ihey gain and aleep well, and ao nn. Kverythlng said every day appllea quite aa well tn ona child aa another. Often a problem arieea and th mother la supposedly doing sll ths right things, yet ths bshy does not reset ss shs ei ports hs should. In order tn be of ths slight-eet slight-eet particuter help la her. 1 must know definite Ihlnsa about lha child, detalla that maka apparent nhat mev ba wrong. Tha follow ln letter from Mra B. ('. V. la nf lha tvpe that puis mora gray Intn mv hair! rustr AND NIRVOUS "Purely feel that yoa ran help me aa you have ao many othere." she wrllea. "I hava a boy of 4 years, an nnlv ehlld. For the laat month ha bltea his finger nails, or plrka at them, or at hla llpa. He la out nf doors very day and ha been all winter. He Ian t a large child for his age, but so lively, slwsrs on ths go. Hs cries ssslly and I hava often wondered If he Is nervous. H esta quits well, hut Is fueay. Ihinks quite a hll of milk, cold tla that all right?! and lovea cereal. The boy doeen't get his way bv crying, so thst len t what Is wrong.' 1 m afraid that whst Is wrong Is absolutely Inderlphersbls from this Indefinite deerrlpttnn of hltn. No weight is given, but you say be lan't a large child: hs est well, though fuaav. To aea thee are alt con-trdlctory con-trdlctory at t amenta that givs me no idea nf your linl bov at all. ICold milk la all right, by the ti) ) ICNORt NERVOUS HABITS 1,1 p biting and pall biting srs both nervous hahlla. probably at firat the ehlld does It from boredom-nothing boredom-nothing lee to do. Then you f uaa about It and foam c.i attention upon It ao that he ran t forget It. and he persiau until th habit haa become an filed tliat It la unenn-acioua. unenn-acioua. Wa hava to deal with It by Ignoring It so that hs ran forget It, and by giving him active, pleasur-shls pleasur-shls things to do Willi his hsnds so thst he hsan t tlms In sit and pick at or bile hla nail. Wa must alao keep Ilia nsJIs short and very amooth ao that thry offer no nibbling nib-bling plarea. The child who crlea easily mar do It from fatigue, because of poor nourishment snd Insufficient reet. or posilbly you are too sir lit and domineering and do not give hlrn enough rhanre to art himself hut constantly dictate hla artlona. There la nothing left for Hie rhll. I to do but cry. You can't dlcUta about that. . To really know what la wrong with Ihla child. I muat hava a more complete picture nf hint hla weight, hla hours of sleep, what he doea to amuse himself and how you ere dealing with hire, severely snd dictaturlnlly, or otherwise. I should ba happy to have you write again and tell ma mora about tha boy ao I ran be of real help. Temerraw Ar Yau Weaning Yaur Baby Bator Hot Weatherf |