| Show fresh oreal to the business I 1 may bo be able toab todd to do something for liim film him at least I 1 ca diw dai st your arms a little if no more 0 o mr baby was transferred to me and I 1 immediately commenced a critical examination I 1 I 1 you must have had llad a great deal of experience with babies remarked my compan companion lou iou do see if you can tell what ails this one 12 there was wag nothing amiss with the tile child it was as healthy a specimen of an american infant as I 1 eveh ever eyer looked at well proportioned strong and act active iveas aa a young colt with flesh unusually firm and a pair of lungs rings that utterly defy ni my vocabulary I 1 say nay to that tha mother in plain ter terms nils there is nothing the matter with your baby all nil this fuss and worry is directly triai traceable to mismanagement the temptation to blurt out this truth was great but I 1 li have ave avo found after strikes that if one desires to accomplish any real good in this world we must go to work in all ca cases very gently this infant was bea beautifully Uti fully dressed in and valenciennes richly emboldened flannel ll annel annei an and d all that sort of thing and andaas was as faultlessly tidy ani and loving fiands could make it notwithstanding 0 all these advantage s of and social tioff tills 3 un ungrateful crateful baby would cr cry 14 the ile little ones elaborately trimmed skirts and what sli sil ouid meet my eyes but a pin ning blanket ll 11 an article of infants I 1 had bad supposed entirely oui oU leto lete so fastened and doubly fastened fattened that the poor child could 1166 le leg out to save its life awl cwi what lat int aa arm are you doing my companion enquired in wonder smi imi unpinning pinning Un sWi this thing I 1 answer s just look here you vou have piqued this tills blanket so short that your baby room to stretch ita it limbs 11 fea fda I 1 a moment or more baby stopped rpm crying and kicked right and left ift 0 with an evident relish for th 0 description of leg liberty and th e again it that said my compan jo 11 agli LV A cai cal cambrie cambric Abric skirt covered the tile ab oe me ie ht T onca relic of barbarism and foth oth both these amm aff lains lairs were made mado with waists or bands and fastened fifee ping pins it seems as incomprehensible C hen sible sibie to me now as it ild iid lid did ahm the casi ay iy I 1 made mado tile the disco discovery that an BI ordinarily idina ldina rily intelligent woman ven should not know that an ail infants Iliff nays nAls apparel should always be loosely j put on and here hero was the child of baft an unusually well weli and intellectual woman actually gasping for breath on account of compression caused chused by tight fight bands A all asi al removed tiie tile pins lilie the child gradually ceased ged and as I 1 removed the iasu last one suj such a grunt of relief as s came from this babas lips 1 I never heard before or since I 1 rubbed little creased created with wretched the comp res and I 1 ah the darling actually cooed coded With delight the te sald said his mother just iest the icay ivay way ho he acts neta when I 1 give liim illin his bath lath I 1 was telling his big natii er this thia morning that I 1 bellev 0 he lio would ever cry if I 1 could always keep him in the tub or undressed some way he lio seems to hate liate tobe dressed and he always se reams screams to tb the top of his hig voice just as I 1 begin to put on his clothes now it took me some time to make maee that mother understand that she sho did not give her lier child as much credit for instinct even oven as her ius lus husband ins gave gavenis gavenia lils ilis newfoundland pup up tho same age that tile 1 baby haby ab knew this thia of the tho bat i was hii bli ail all ho he was likely to get got add an d resisted ies isted naturally the idea of sug sul such cli eli terrible physical hon hod bondage dagli dagiS I 1 kept ke t on with the soothing manibu mug lations iattoni iid lid frfd arid rfd was vety very soon rewarded by seeing the tho blue c osos eyes res ses clo clos seand after atter kia hla air an i snort kort space of bf c was alep aI asleep cp if you sou donic giove just so you youil 11 waken afi y J said gaid tho uio in a huni hum A sti slither hiither eliere ay ahe bhe closets close to my side sido 1 ito I took sif no notice of her hii hit hums asyl and eslis and auld theres but brt laid iaia hi him m gently 04 04 tho tile the bed wd and not a sound bound was heard from franr that quarter quartet for thre long elong liol hours Urs row sow I irow row now 11 said my friend making maki ng sure thal that that tilo the baby was nob not likel likely lo 10 N wac wae lacni a nI must leavo my boef woof of te tea d bhairo all ali alli I order a cup for fo oti ten ott tea I 1 repeated ted after her licy won t deang erin gly ly what for jah she answered 1 I nurse nuri emy V my baby without it tea braces c up and keeps me going I 1 sil ell adult bo bagood dmd for anything without my bowl of tea three or four times a day if you want to ifil dermine undermine your own health beyond all power of restoration to I 1 help saying if you want to see your child grow up a brainless fidgety nobody keep on swilling tea and you will surely accomplish your purpose it why for gercys sake was all ti the ic astonished woman could gasp and then continued timidly IM if I 1 didat drink something I 1 have food enough for ily lly my baby and tea seems to give me strength the llao nurse who was with me for the first six weeks after baby was bom born used to make me drink it on this point again I 1 found my rl friend r e n d e entirely nt rely uninformed with no m mome more 0 r c conception one eption option of the effect of tea upon the tho nervous system than lier her baby I 1 have Ibave had occa occasion siona slona a great reat many times to nind find fault wit with the work of certain monthly nurses but I 1 never felt so much like anath the whole army of professionals fessio nals as at it this particular time I 1 found upon inquiry that this one had not only dosed her patient t with tea but had really laid the foundation for all the misery she slie was experiencing pennen perien 1 encina cing eing pl the tho he proper person possessing a proper knowledge of lier her business arrived at bv by thorough education could have so instructed this teachable and intelligent woman in the details of that a mistake would have been next to impossible this nur nurse e had llad also aiso insisted upon constantly holding the child scarcely letting it out of her arms asleep or awake cuddling it close at night and passing it over to the mother every time it cried taking that al ways tho the cause of its unrest she J it was this ignorant woman who never had achild of her own who taught this young mother how to dress her baby or rather the best method of stopping the circulation oxblood of blood in other words the speed iest lest manner of putting an end to the little ones onea life the only weapon that child had was its voice and thisie this it made use of indefatigably so the lungs were used and made to resist the deadly strain upon them this infant was an uncommonly strong one in nine cases out of ten the child would have long before this got through trying to resist and given given it up as a hopeless job but this thib is baby was born wei wel veil inheriting a strong cons constitution n from both sides of the house so it was quite a difficult matter to kill it well wig wa wis that that after that baby awoke from its long and refreshing sleep I 1 carefully dressed it substituting a flannel shirt for the obnoxious pinning blanket making sure to give it plenty of room to stretch and turn round in I 1 drew a pair of worsted socks on the chubby pink feet laughed during the whole performance about sa six a suspicious lookin looking vial lal fal made its appearance cn its that I 1 asked babas 19 drops dropsy was the answer pitch 1 them out of tilo tile window baid said 1 I but she slie sighed there won P t be a pa particle icie lelo of peace for any of ua ug without them then issued another bottle and it took some borne time to convince her that this spartan baby did not need P para 11 ra goric gorle and anise and morphine and whatever other stuff goes to make up ulf these alieto disgusting compounds but I 1 won and am happy to say that not a drop drol of anything 5 of or the kind ha has 4 since been presented presente presented to the little ones orus lips now women are should never drink tea ten if I 1 had time I 1 could tell you iu in plain terms the reasons for this assertion I 1 do not believe in tea for any one outside the countries where it ift is raised and I 1 have no doubt that there it is a national blessing blos bios aing ame ricans need no cuts no such nerva quick eners that that tea drinking is one great cause of nervousness among our women believe every thinking man and woman will agree and I 1 often wish that our first row with our mother country had been one something worth fighting about instead of lin lyn an old tea chest cheat Oat oatmeal bacal indian meal gru gruel elaud and cocoa or chocolate are the leverages beverages to be partaken partaker par taken of by women who nurse their babies these insure quality as well as ws quantity 1 and made of good rich can be 0 freely frely partaken partaker par taken of there is no need of an ordinarily healthy woman graying gra ving ying thin because she is nursing nur shig then again hiranus infants should be held heid as little as its possible and trotted and rocked uever ii iver uee ube your b baby aby at once to the bed or crib and insist whatever your nurse may say pay to the contrary upon its sleeping alone then feed your baby regularly and disabuse your mind of the in impression that it is hungry every time tim arit it makee makes a noise ko no woman should nurse her infant oftener than twice inthe in the night and at six months this thi should bo be stopped entirely in order to guard the mother against the exhaustion ha which follows inevitably upon the keeping up of this unnatural night drag once in two or three hours during the day is also quite often enough bear in mind also that your baby wants and must have cold water to drink daily begin first and immediately with a teaspoonful allowing the child to bo be its own judge as to the i quantity give your babies room enough enough to eat of the right kind good air to breathe and plenty ef of sunshine and my word on it you will have no trouble and mothers can only do this by taking proper care of themselves the present of bringing up children childre 11 I 1 is a an abomination but what more moro ean can bo be expected with BO so little preparation for life amii and its duties on the part of our women harald herald of health |
