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Show Uncle Sam, M. D. TEETHING k' Mj bub Is three month old Until ; about two weeks ago 1 have not had any trouble with him but now he Is so restless rest-less and docs to t sleep as much as In should hi' Brums seem to be troubling lUmStnd I hellcvi i. is teething. FUs bowels; loo, nxi i "' plgbt. .. WIiIIh ii is not at all uncommon for (.be firt leeth to appear In the fourth month, th.- majority of children do not begin teething until about ih' sixth or seventh month, and som- heKin much '.it -r i Restlessncas and disturbed sleep in Infamy In-famy are most frequently, due to hunger i or to Indigestion from Improper f -- 1 1 1 k . r overf feulng Feed lilm regularly every three houi'.i, I and do not lot him nurse longer than 15 or ZQ minutes. HOLDING-BREATH SPELLS. '. My 14-month-old baby loses her breath and w i a:'t do anythinp with her at all lo break hjsr from the habit She sucks both of her t.'iumbs and f.r-fingers. f.r-fingers. A The holding-breath spoils ypti do scribe are iKie to an extreme Irriiabilll of the nervouK system, ii Is verj common com-mon In winter, atvd early spring. Nervous children .f tills li.- should be kept free froni excllemenl, given plenty of sleep and fresh air. .and fed very carefully. LATE TEETHING. Q. Mv litlle irl. UVj months old. has, no vtetth neither any sign. Is there something lacVing in her foixi" She drinks three jilnts of milk a day, also ' . ats at the tah with us. two meals a day; she eats anything, although I never her any fried food, except egf and no meat. A. Late leethlng ma' somellins be " ascribed to conditions arising from a i fault;, diet, but in n'.an; healthy babies no teeth appear hefcre the tenth month, i WEIGHT Q M) little sir). y'2 months, weighed! ."S, pounds at birth ha; should she I V' I . U 1 1 YlOW? A. The average ciri baby weighs .1 ' little nv.re lhan 19 . iiiids at nine nt nth of age. but since your baby was smaller 1 j than the averaa at birth she may re- quire a little more time to reach this standard. HOURS OF SLEEPING i Q. My baby, in, months bid. sle.-os until m ir 11 o'clock m the forenoon! and lakes a two or three-hour na.p in ', i the afternoon, and then Is awake until 10:30 or 11 at nlghl Then s!.e wakes 1 up every "' hours to eat until about t i o'clock, then' she sleeps soundly uni'l 10 in the forenoon, A Vour baby's very inconvenient hours of sleeping are due t. Improper methods of feeding. . ninc-month-old baby should nqf be fed oftener than into, i in four hours. I Begin her feeding at fi a. in., i i.-i Iter I : the orange juice at P a. m II. t other , regular feedings v. ill be al 10 a. nr. 2, 6 and 10 p m. She will nor require niiv feeding betweon 10 p. m, and G a m.. and afier this schedule Is fully esiahllsh'd, your own resfl hi nlcht will not be. dls-turbed, dls-turbed, 00 |