Show DR GIBSONS GIBSON'S ARTICLE ON BABY CARE 4 I IB B ny nn DR ST Err GIn GiRSON Oi Attending Vard n Rard ard V ele Memorial Ho Chit no noA A mol mother her brings her child to the with a 11 story something like this thil Ihl My lily baby gained beau beau- beautifully during the tho first year ear Car and nd anda dma a half halt He lIe Ie took all of ot his food tood too In tact fact seemed frequently to cant ant moro more than Ins waa good for or him Now No that he ho h h his ta reached the runabout run ao age he has become very sere erv thin lIe Ito lIeIs Is 18 very fussy tussy about his liis food Some omo things ho he takes fairly well other things thing he ha won t t touch at all He HeIs His Is very active c on the go every minute I don Ion t think he is sick but I wonder what hat I can do to tomako tomake make mako him cat This Is a very sery ory problem in inmany n many households household Naturally when one encounters encounter a 0 chill who e poorly tho rho ha first thing to be doe de is whether some Bome obscure ob ailment accounts for tor the los loss of appetite Diseased tonsils 1 adenoids chronic or kidney conditions tuberculosis or some other l con disease might account for the failure to 10 take a 0 proper amount of ot foo food l Evel such such ehll child 1 should have a n physical examination Yet It 11 must list be admitted that hat In the majollY of oC such buch cases no e evid dence 0 o c ac actual Illness can be found What I li Is It II then Ihen which accounts account for tor the tact fact that so many dung n children can n not be Ind Induced to t tike take an on adequate amount of o some somo nourishing food Ilia 1113 hi fault aull ties lies not with the child l but atilt hh Its It food habits it home Iome control find and TOO MUCH SHEET SW S FHT FOOl FOOD Many have not hot bean n h trained to proper food 1 they hy are aro 1 allowed allotted candy Ice n crea-n cones cookies and other w es rt I pt between meil meals so that ehen hn meal time arrives es the Sony naturally refuse food foods wh who wh- h to them are arc less e attractive If 5 sweets were given sparingly i nil n l only a as 09 a dessert alter after a n hol some meal hid hod been ten eaten hero would b bo ho le le-ia le s complaint about re- re refusing re rC refusing fusing food Another Important cause r of o poor por appetite is fatigue t It Is la natural to suppose that tho the child 1 no l is ister 1 ver ter er active e would v 1 be the tho one ne to develop a II ravenous appetite Yet the reverse erse Is often true The nen ou child l Sono I is ison on the go from morn morning In until night perhaps pel haps without o 1 i nap Isery Is very sery apt to take less les le s food than when his hl activities are arc re- re restrained r re restrained strained It is too often forgot forgot- forgotten forgotten ten that the tile child l as well ell as a th the adult may ma bo be literally loo too tirel l to eat Cal CalIt It Is a common to find that a n child who ho Is 1 I the rho or of some HOme accident or Illness which compels hint him to lo remain in be bC 1 I for tor some weeks will III eat Cat much better Jette than he hot hi h previously done clone and gain pounds In lit weight height Rest periods the dy dl diy as cell ft ell as asa na a 0 good night s q sleep are almost almot always as helpful In Improving a achild achild achild child s appetite J Aside from the causes d dabove above there I is still a large largo group I of children who ho cat poor poorly im lim limply ply because they haw have gotten into Inlo a wrong ronI attitude as regards 01 IT food The child docs does not eat well ell The mother becomes alarmed She Ohe then begins to beg bel coax bribe or threaten the tIe child In the effort to got get et him to take his food What Whatever ever method is employed he ho soon Mon ers that he Is a tremendously Important member ot of Ih the household If It ho he can cause ue so much concern merely by refusing to eat It hi his meals The mother pe haps bps h tp talks with nith other members of oC the family about his peculiarity and he soon finds the unusual l mount amount of more gratifying gratl Ing th n eating the things which are arC urged oo upon him bins In other words cords ho ts is thoroughly That there Is 15 no actual distaste for tor food Is proven pro by a n number ot of facts In the tho first place such uch sucha ucha a 0 child when hen at a children childrens children's parts parl parlor or when s visiting relatives or UI tinder pr other circumstances circumstance which take ke him out of hi his usual en will often cat eat astonishingly 1 well v ell Moreover it is well l known that such a a child when placed in n a hospital ward soon eats Cats the same things that the he other children est cat NO G r CO IG LITRE lIT nl Some years ears ago I had the medi me medical I cal supervision of an for h taw vo 0 hundred children Being In n the dining room one lay day layat at meal time I asked the super super- superintendent superintendent ho how hon many of ot the chI Iren dren were nero poor eaters caters Sho She rt- rt rc 1 that all of th the children ato alo alov well ell In tact fact the he caretakers er were Instructed to send e every cry child olio ho tailed failed to eat cat Its meal to the In in- in so she could be sure th t such a child lias nas as ill lit In other these chU children who ho had reg reg- reg regular ular habits who sho ho had seen other children eat what shat hat hatas was as put ro rothem them who had not net been coa coaxed or begged to cat eat their meals took their food a as a matter ot of course sc se In the home hone the thC problem Is I not alwa an easy one One Ono thin thing the mother can be bo sure ot of and that Is h 1 that tho the more she abe be boss t and coaxes and the more an anxiety lety she sho shoshone sho shone because of o tho the child 3 oJ fail fail- failure uro tull-uro uro ure to eat cat the more surely will go from bad to Horse wora Un Under no circumstances the child know that hi his failure to 10 eat Cat Is the cause causo of ot the concern to the family It shoUld never be bo a 0 topic of oC coo cons th In his presence Ills food fool hoo 1 bo be put pul before him hint at the tha ablo with other members of ot the faro fan tani Ih It should be left a 0 reason reason- reasonable reasonable able ablo time If Ie it Is not eat eaten It should be taken a away assay ay without com corn comment ment and ami the child made mado to Walt alt until the next net meal lie He fie may y eat Cat esen e less leos food tood temporarily unde this regime but It if It is In Improvement almost it al a oe- oe occurs oc occurs curs after a 0 time The Tite child will III not actually starve himself and when hen lie he Ie CI s that his Ius failure to eat no longer attracts attention to himself lie he will sill be bo more read to take his food tood Copyright 1 1925 1926 NEA NIA Service cC In Inc |