St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-01-08

is only three weeks old, and during the
last week, since the mother dismissed
her hired girl, and began to take the
care of her little family, the baby has
cried IA great deal, generally resting
pretty well at night. however. The
parents have rocked it and walked with
it, and the little thing wants to he
tended in some way almost constantly.
| asked if there seemed to he any dan
ger of ii rupture from its crying. Since
no danger appears. | could only advise
the mother to keep us still and quiet as
she can herself, eating plain nourishing
| food and resting aS much us possible,
and try time and patience instead of
soothing syrup. The Agricultural
quoted a statement from the California
Medical Gazette, IL few years ago, that
this popular syrup contains nearly IL
grain of morphine to an ounce of the
| syrup, so that the dose for a child three
months old, is equal to ten drops of
laudanum In San Francisco, where
about 100, 900 bottles of soothing syrup
that one-third of all the babies there
died under the age oftwO years. Sooth-
ing syrup indeed
~ ntlSuboI W illlS v
mother some kind of patent pills. which
had wonderfully quieting influence
upon his babies years ago but non" of
lis know what these sugar pills contain.
Others would recommend, some one
thing. and some another, all with Il
view of quieting the baby. The child
needs healthy mother more than any
thing else, and its mother wrongs it 10y
her well-meant efforts to do more work
! than her present state of health will
warrant. Calves and colts are not so
treated. and they have no need of drops
and syrups. If baby cries. it is proba
bly, uncomfortable in some way, though
| suspect it has already learned to want
''tending." can hear my neighhor's
little one. and it seldom sounds to me
like IL cry of positive pain. If my own
babies only cried like that, it seems to
me that | could bear it more easily
when they get into il crying spell. |
wonder if 1t can possibly he because
this one is not my child and does not
pull upon my heat strings No.
hardly think that explains the differ
eucc. for | WIS glad /" find that my
care of my neighh"r'S new baby. while
/ its mother WAS unable to dress 1t. called
ont the same tender. mothcrly. and
worShipful feeling toward the innocent
new conner. that | had felt for each of
my own babies.
| have noticed Il great difference in
the CRYING OF children. Some babies.
and some older children. when they
cannot have what they want. or when
they feel unwell, keep up such Il mndrr-
/. l. l..
/ is much affected thereby. Other babies
/ cry with all their might. going 50 near
frantic if theiI pain of body az mind i
not allcyed. that all in the vicinity are
nearly driven frantic also. This differ
cI &c depends much upon temperament.
but sometimes it seems TO lc the result.
in considerable measure. of different
methods of culture. But. oh
dear, how can We know Just the right
way each time \ baby is such Il
complex thing 1t has in il the blood
of 80 many ancestors. ali of which may
modify its mental and physical con>li-
tuition in ways We little dream of for |
have little faith in the rather common
lattcr-da! doctrine. that parents are
wholly Responsible for the peculiar or
gauization~ of their children.
what i the matter with that child.
that il cries 50 - Fir>tlN. i it Il stick
ing pin !''-.'N"." Has it been hunt
in anyway !'-"N"." lis it the collie -
/ II 81. it draws up it, legs and iticlimc>
to double itself together while cry ing.
and perhaps it, feet are cold at TIA" same
time. Warmth, 10y external app.ica-
ton of warm cloth over the bowels. 81
simply Il warm hand underneath. rs the
little one lies face downward. i the
simplest and best cure for collie. and Il
gentle patting upon the back AT the
same time may help on the cure. DOn'i
try the various teas 81 generally recon-
mcmded. II Nou begin on one. YOU will
probably have to follow it up with an
other. Not drop of any kind OF 'hcIl
tea have any of my babies taken. But
what is the matter with the screaming
baby ! Eaiachr perhaps, as several
times with mine after hot Tjndy weather
lately. Get Il piece of cotton wool pull
ii ont of Il bed quilt or comfortable il
You have no other and wet il with
sweet oil or glNccTinc. aud stuff it into
each ear of the sufferer to soften the
WAX, the hardening of which. from I'M
due exposure to cold ur wind causes the
ache. If the baby Is tcrthing and its
gums are Troublesome. ii may br best Ia
call the doctor, but look carefully to its
diet and keep its nerves as quiet as pos
sible. II You can not find the source of
its trouble. and il still cries. wet IL clean
napkin or Il Sofs towel in cool mot cold)
water, and lay that gently over its head
and forehead, and possibly it will stop
crying at once and drop asleep i'll il few
minutes. | have tried this more than
once, with success. After all, perhaps
the baby WAS only hungry. and having
asked i'll vain. by all the pretty ways of
asking that it knows, it has cried out in
/ despair or rage. or earnest entreatN.
while it h = been tossed. and trotted.
and chirupped to. and sung To. and
doScd, perhaps, all for nothing. You
| thought it was not time for it to he hun
| CRY, hut its last meal may have been
/ spoiled in some way, So that it got little
orwas obliged to throw it up almost as
soon as swallowed. But do not offer it
the breast until you are sure that some
| thing else is not the trouble. 1t may
he suffering from too much food al
ready.
1t is not very simple and easy thing
to bring up modern baby in the midst
of modern civilization. Nevertheless.
it is the most interesting work and
study tina know of at present.
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