Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-09-20 | Page 5 | What'll I Wear Today?

r1 WHATLL I WEAR TODAY? BABY HEALTH ADVICE . A. i By l .NTLL SAM, M. D. In dressing the baby, he should be handled as little as possible A little baby's body is very tender and If handled han-dled roughly or too much, ho will be made very uncomfortable. All th clothing should be drawn on and oft over the feet Instead of over the head When he is dressed completely, baby has on a band, shirt, diaper skirt, dress and bootoes. None of this clothing should be heavy or stiff. It Is better to dres3 a baby lightly anO slip on a little shoit Jacket for cool mornings and evenings. When bal'v Is a few months old, ii Is a good plat on a hot summer day to take off .ill hi: clothing for a few minutes lo the middle of the day and allow him ic ro 1 1 and play -n i bed. I fill i borate or fancy trimmed garments gar-ments have no place In th,- lii'.b babys wardrobe. Btll mother am babj are better off without tker.i especially es-pecially if the inothe-. must care foi the garments herself. Lace about the neck of a little baby's dress Is liable lia-ble to Irritate the lender kin ar.e cause tho child a gr.-at deal of discomfort. dis-comfort. Bfl Will starched gai.iionts Sometimes these irritations urer dlffl cult to heal. For the few weak of life, the new baby does little but eat, sleep am: grow Ho needs i lunv clean lothe-and lothe-and these should be of ihe fclmideal and most coiufortanle kind. Th- following are all that are necessary. nec-essary. Kor everyday wear there miou'1 til six plain Slip Th- s should i.- cui b the kimono ileavu pattern and . tape run through a lacing aroun I tin neck and sleeves, if they are in. ah' twenty-one Inches long from rhoulde' to hem thev will not need shortening They shoulel never be made longei than twenty-seven Jnehc3. Two Sun day slips may be ltta.de with biatinj sleeves and a little -Miibroldery on the front. Set-in Bleevesaare mor - difficult diffi-cult to put on a little uabi For we-n under the slips, bab) needs also foui flannel skirls, pl'ine -e-ss ? t I Fur ho weather these may be made of the very lightest weight flannel or pari flannel and cotton Baby needs four "nighties'' oi sleep'ng bags of white outing flanm-or flanm-or knitted material. Kor winter wear the sleeves of the nightie may bl made two inches longer and the bottom bot-tom eicht Inches longer. Draw tape; mav be run through the sleeves aiic the hem and baby's hands anel feel I protected from tho cold. Sleeping bags are made thirty-three I Inches long and twenty-seven lnche. -Wide, C'pen down the front The baby I Is l ild in ami the bag buttoned up. Ho l ean be chnnged without taking him . out of the bag.