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Show 1 BABY'S HEALTH t eel Nam, M. IX. Telia Matters ef Little Ones V k TKICTllIf. Q. ' My bahy is three months old. T'n-tll T'n-tll about t wo weka ago I hate not had any trouble with Mm, hut now he la so restless and does not sleep as much aa he should. His gums seem to be troubling him and I believe he is teething. His bowels, too, are not right. A. While, it Is not at alt uncommon uncom-mon for the first teeth to s ppear In the fourth month, tlf majority nf children chil-dren do not beain teething until about tho sixth or seventh month, and some bexln much later. Restlessness and dial urhed sleep In Infancy are most frequently due to hunrer or to Indigestion from Improper feeding or overfeeding. Ked nim regularly every three hours end do not let him nurse lunger than fifteen or twenty minutes. I HOI.IlU liKKATH Q. My 14-month-old bahv loses her hrath and we can't do anything with hr at nil to brak hr from the habit. 8he surks both of her thumbs and fore fingers. A. The holding-breath spelts ou describe are due to an extreme Irrlts-LtlUy Irrlts-LtlUy of the nrvou system It Is very common in winter and early spring. Nervous children of this type should he kept fre from excitement, given plnty of sleep and fresh air, and fed very carefully. I.TR Tt:KTHIG Q My tittle girl. ) months, has he teeth, neither any siajn. Is there something some-thing lacking In her food? Hhe drinks three pints nf milk a day. also eats anything, although I never give her any fried fodo, except egg. and no meat. A. I-ate teelhina; may sometimes be acrild to conditions arising from a faulty diet, hut In many healthv biibtes no teeth appear before the leaih month. . WKIUHT Q. My little erf rl, tj months, weighed " pounds at birth. What should she weigh now? A. The' average girl bahy weighs a Htt! more than It pounds at nine months of ae. but. since your tau-was tau-was smaller than the average a' hirlli. h- mav re'iulr a little more tima to reach this standard. Moms OK SLLKKPIAC Q. My baby. months eld. sleeps until in to ll o'clock In the forenoon and takes a two or three hour nap in the afternoon, and then la awake until 10. zi or 11 at O'ght. Thtrn she wakes up every two and a half hours to eat until about 4 o'clock, then she sleeps soundly until 10 in the forenoon. A. Tour hetyts verv Inconvenient hours of sleepinr are dn to improper methods of feed I nr. A eine-month-old bi.ny should not be fed oftener than on" It four hours. ,Kgtn her feedlnr at a. m.. giving her the o ran are juir at ff a. m. Her other regular feedlrgs will be at 10 a. tn.. 2. $ and io p. m. and a. m.. enH sft-r this s-hedule is fully established, estab-lished, your own rest at night will npt be disturbed. , |