New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-03-21
Babies ana Their BELONGINGS,

Happening TO visit lady who was in
blissful possession Of her first baby, che
begged me TO tell her where she could find
a corset tor the FAINT, or even q pattern to
make ore. She remeln bereG that her own
baby brothers and sisters were inciosed in
such an article. bnt she remembered its
pecullalitles OF form only in that vague wav
which ladies who are born in idleness ara
likely to reoollect. "Did you wear a corset
when you were a baby!" we Inquired
certainly Don't You zee how slight
ann We have observed it, Indeed. wa
have often perplexed our brains abou, this
ladys inquire. She was six feet one inch
in height, and as slight and graceful IA
willow, and just about as trail. The
corset explained 1t. Doubtless there was 40
much material to dispose Of somehow. and
it was forced to be oblony, az the corset re-
fused to give it room to soread itself. Now
this idea may not be scientific, but facts
are facts. My friend who was remarkably
beautiful, very lovely in all womanly WAYS
and as accomplished and cultivated as the
best masters and close and continuous cor
sets permitted, did not live to see the birth
OF her second baby. Her chest was too mar
row, and she died, as many other uecnje
do, speedily and almost painlessly, of de.
cayed lungs. Could she have found the
ln1ants corset pattern, her baby ,youId
nave followed her very soon. OF course. a
OaDy must wear q emOOth, unheumed fan
mel bandsge above it's abdom for a month.
but after that we should trust to it's rnuscles
Dress 1T In soft, white flannel next to it's
person, keep it in warm loose clothing. but
90 not permit the room to be over-heated.
or the air to be unchanged less than three
times = day. and yet never permit it to be
exposed to draft. Never remove Il from
the nursery without lifting the window, 90
that the pure oxygen may await its return.
Clothe its feet and legs with war,a long
stockings, but do not retain the long dresses
an hour after its feet become active. and the
child indicates its desire for exercise Tie
misshapen legs that are 60 FREQUENTLY sesn
upon boys, and the ungraceful carriage of
many girls and women, NAV be traced to
thai vanity OF the mothers which kept
= ,ons, un! !umpled white dress upon the
haby until it was eight or ten months old.
vi course. all the life that an infant Dos
sesses Is manifested by motion and an
petite, ana ono Is of az vital consequence
az the other. Many mothers never per.
mle scream to issue from the baby's
mouth, even when. perhaps, the noise
on.y means cry for more air in it's lungs
out ihey pass more food into its stomach. to
invite colo, which does not, as a general
,ning' refuse the invitation. A wise mother
knows that babe can not ALWAYS generate
warmth as rapidly as an older person. and
she dresses it accordingly. A tender mother
is likely to furnish too much animal warmth
~ 1vermuch caresslng, and, if she b. not
healthy, she is likely to vitiate the atmos.
phere that it breathes. No one sbonId
sleep with babe. It is not wholesome for
either party, and the rest Of the child ia
broken by the nervous stir OF the mother
or else she remains so quiet that she fails Of
proper rest, and the nourishment given to
the pane Is not likely To agree with its son.
sltive digestive organs. A BAH shonid
always sleep in crib By ita motbei' IS side
Tie Metropolitan.