Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-09-12
PROPER MANAGEMENT OF VERY
YOUNG CHILDREN.
BY MRS. o. F. M'cUSE, N. D.

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onlyclothes enough to keep it warm;usu
ally its neck and arms are bare and very
long clothes are pinned about its little
body, firing it by their weight and by
being lifted by its clothes. The skirt
bands should be narrow, and suspended
from its shoulders by straps, sewed in
stead of pinned, about its body loosely,
so as to give perfect freedom. Its arms
should have at least two thicknesses
on if the weather is cold, and its dress
should be close, ave about the neck.
Wrap 1t in warm flannel, and put it In
a warm; quiet place to sleep; cover it
warmly, all but its face; be sure to give
it fresh air when it sleeps. The fash
ion Of covering babies faces is a perni-
cious one; nurses seem to think they
have never breathed until born, and so
conclude they can do without air; so
the little things are smothered in blan-
kets until we wonder how they live.
The child should be kept quiet in II
place, so hat it may sleep most Of the
time. Don't feed it in AT least twelve
hours after birthstone say twenty
four. I've never seen any good result
in feeding babies very soon after birth.
After some years experience, conclude
to wait until the motner's milk comes,
unless it is morethsn t~wenty-four hours.
The child will cry, but we must remem-
Der all healthy children cry more or
less. If you think it must DO fed, it be-
comes q serious question what to feed
it with. | should take a few drops Of
new milk and pour on ten drops of warm
water; give it two teaspoonfulls Of it
once in two hours; remember a new
born child's stomach is about as large
as a thimble and is easily over6lled-
besides, it is unaccustomed to food Of
any kind.
As soon as the milk comes, then nurse
the baby once in three hours, and its
food will require no more thought.
Feed it regularly, no matter II it does
cry; it don't know what else to do, and
restless children will cry a good deal,
do what you will. If you persist in
feeding it regularly, it will soon want
to eat only when the hour arrives; you
also save it from collie and its attendant
evils by regularity.
When the child sleeps, put it in a
quiet, comfortable place, with a dim
light, and avoid awakening it, if posi-
BILE; allowing it to be disturbed when
sleeping not only makes it nervous and
~fretful, but gets it into irregular habits
of sleeping which are very Troublesome,
disturbing digestion and every function
Of its body.
If the mother nurses her child-which
all mothers should, unless incapable
once in three hours is often enough
and after a little let it sleep six hours
during the night il it will. The next
best is a wet nurse, provided her habits
are good. Bad food, stimulating drinks,
etc., affect the milk sooner than apy
secretion, and so the child often suffers
from causes which scarcely affect the
mother.
II the child must be fed from a bottle,
it should not have more than oue-sixth
or one-eighth milk, the rest being wa
ter of b~lood-heat temperature; after the
child is six weeks old, give 1t one-fourth
milk; aud when three or four months
old, give it one-half milk; when six or
eight months old the milk may be in
creased, IL It is a we'll, strong child.
Milk does not agree with some chill
dreu. l take unbolted wheat meal,
pour cold water, stir it we'll, let It stand
until settled, pour of the water, boil it
with a very little milk, or without any,
and give it as you would the milk. Oat
meal may be used in the same way.
When ten months old, roll a German
cracker, and put some in its food to
make it richer.
After the child Is twenty-four hours
old, or %thereabout, it should be care
fully washed in water heated to SO de-
grsss, with a soft cloth, and carefully
wiped, avoiding q chill to the surface.
As the days 90 by use the water cooler,
but never cooler than 80 degrees; when
it is six weeks old, IL strong, have a
basin ready with water at 80 or 80 de-
grees, have the warm, put baby
in, wash it quickly, take it out, wrap it
in q warm towel to dry it, dress 1t prop
erly, and it will be happy.
III Tue uOWels w uOt mOFe odCu uhy,
give it enema of water at 96 degrees at
a regular hour; this will induce regu.
larty. If it has collie, put its feet in
warm water, and put a dry, hot flannel
over the abdomen; If this does not re.
lieve it, give a warm enema, and then
quietly soothe it to sleep.
Don't, I6eg Of you, as you value its
comfort, don't dose it; all nurses know a
child cries after repeated doses, and 1t
is fair to presume it would stop as soon
with our remedy. Don't toss It about
too much; many a child cries from wea-
riness, aud the nurse trots or tosses it,
or confuses its little brain with all sorts
of sounds. Children are miniature men
and women and are affected similarly.