Show SUMMER CARE FOR BABY I I 4 43 A I JJ 4 C 1 t te e z 4 I- I EDITORS EDITOR'S This NOTE NOTE This III i ithe 1 the first of a series of artIcles on summer care are of babies pm pre prepared pared especially for readers by bythe bythe bythe the U S public health service I MATERNITY Care of the ibe he baby should begin Ith care of o the thc be mother before the birth o ot of the he baby Every expectant mother should eally consult a good physician or a awell well ell conducted clinic or health center and should ha base haic e one complete ph examination In inthe lithe the tho early months of o and an another soother during the last month rora Foa a first child the ph should 1 e the pelvis I IA A teat of o the thc blood 1 1 shows that some expectant e mothers I require thorough medical tr treatment to insure not only h her r on own but also her baby's health alsol Examination of or the urine once a i month up to the sixth month and once every 10 das da s or two to week after that hat ma mai sn e sa sae e the mothers mother's mother s I U life I Her Tier food It plain holesome and 1 nutritious may include anythIng that agrees with her Pastries and fried food should however be 8 and tea and coffee used 1 sparingly it lr at all alt Four or five lve i Ight meal meals meala Instead or of o r heavy ones may help belp against morning and vomiting FRESH AIR NEEDED If IC constipation Is troublesome as asIt asIt a It may be in the later months mila miia l laxatives may be prescribed by the physician Clothing should be loose and comfortable and should have no constricting bands other than special maternity corsets One or t tw 0 o hours a day should be sp spent nt in the open air In walking or light exercise Light household work Is good but the ex cx mother never ne be bover over fatigued She would best besl take takone one or twp 1 naps a with day day with her feet elevated it J the veins In the legs tend lend to enl enlarge rge Hea Heavy y work ork ox ex I use of the sewing seng machine and heavy liltIng lifting should be bo avoId etl ed la itt the later months Pregnancy Is i no longer considered to bar den dental dental dental tal work It If the expectant mother has bas had hadI hada hada I a previous miscarriage she should take a complete rest for Iwo two or days at the time when men was to be expected A bloodY v discharge calls for tor the lib phys physician s- s ician at once During the last l two to 0 months prep preparation for or nursing should be bo made for few things are so Important to the baby as ns the ability of or Its moth I I I er to nurse It bottle boUle fed babies are four times ab as likely to di dip as breast I ICed fed Ced babies Anoint the nipples 1 nightly with ith white vaseline or abo- abo abolene lene and carefully remove e It I abo-I In inthe lithe the morning with a Ii bland soap and arm varni water walH I It II the nippes are small flat fist or depressed consult the physician SYSTEMATIZE BABY Severe and constant vomiting re- re repeated or constant headache nose ness about the face hands handa or legs blurring of vIsIon 1 spots spols e the c eyes yes scanty urine muscular twitching ot of bl bleeding are warnings to call the doctor for two w weeks after bab com comi-a comi 8 the mother should rest In InI libed I b bed d and for several we weeks ks longer she should do no really heavy beavy work I Serious rious female lemale troubles may folio disregard gard of oC Ihl this ad advice adIce Ice Her food tood foo I should be plentiful nutritious abd abdI I wholesome holesome for of or course the baby I must be nursed at the br breast ast Plen Plenty ty of or milk and little or no tea or 01 coffee Is Indicated I dally daily life liCe nursing times bath sleep and outdoor periods period should be systematized If baby Is 1 often otren fretful seek seck the doctors doctor's ad advIce advice vice Under no cIrcumstances circumstance should It il b be given soothing I and th the like Make sure that baby's birth has bas basI I been registered Registration may ma some diy y be extremely Important to It Ask the doctor It If he has at- at attended attended attended tended to this Breast feeding and diet for baby will be discussed In the next article 00 00 |