Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-02-16 | Page 10 | Parents Look for Methods to Unspoil Child

Your Baby Parents Look For Methods to Unspoil Child By MYBTLE MEYER ELDRED Many of the probltma for which parinte demand aid are brought upon themselves, either through thoughtleesneaa or pure selfishness The tiny baby would be content to aleep. If laid In hie warm, aoft bad. and logy with food. But no. Vliltora arrive and the baby muat be die-played. die-played. If be ao much aa opena an ye, It la an excuse to ahow Dim off. Hla mother says. "He needa to be changed," and makaa a ceremony of It while the vlaltora ceo at baby The nolae, the attantlona, deprive the child of the dtalre to aleep and whan he ia put to bed he crlaa. pleadingly, for more attention. Whan he doea not fall aaleep Immediately Im-mediately at night there la no matter-of-fact acceptance of It "He probably haa a little pain," aaya Grandma, who longa for the chance to rock him. When mother demure ahe reminds re-minds her. "He'e ao tiny he couldn't tell you what the matter la. Just leave him to me. I'll get him to Bleep." and weakly mother submits. But rocking and cuddling only whet the Infanta appetite for more of the aame. Of what uae to go to bed and aleep when he can be whirled backward and forward until ao dlasy he cannot keep an eye onan? Naturally, we want baby to be comfortable. None of us enjoys hearing him cry. But when he has a comfortably full atomacb and ie put to bed In a warm bed, he ehould be left there. If he erlee a little after feeding, all he may need Is to be picked up and his back patted gently. Bablss too young to ahlft their positions may be nagged by the Inability to "burp" and ao fuss until someone movee them and the annoying bubble of air comes up. Bablee don't cry to make nuisances nui-sances of themsslvea and most of the bad habits they learn are taught to them by mothers and grandmothers grand-mothers who In their first fatuous adoration of the little etranger can't let him alone. Once he le spoiled then they want foolproof remedies for nn-spolling him. It's much much easier to avoid problems than to solve them. Our free leaflet on "The Flrat Six Weeks" may be had by send- Ing a three-cent stamped, self-. self-. addreeeed envelope with your letter let-ter to Mrs. Eldred of the your baby and mine department In care of the Salt Lake Telegram.