Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-01-13
Crying Bahie..

In Faith Rochrster'~ Home Topics, in
the -1nlerictu -4yrirHltlri|. we find the
following:
Y Young mother and Il ncighl,or inst
called in Il moment To ak me. Dill You
ever givc 500 hing syrup t. any OF Nour
children -" Nvvcr. -. | dldnt know
bat had better grt some for my htbV, |
can't bear to Incur him cry -. 1t l. Ger
taimlr very hard for til" moth 7 t" bear,
an it must be hur, for the hany, bat
soothing syrup WUuldn't help either of
tIcm in til, end. Ihe blhy i only three
weeks old and during the last week. since
tire mother dismissed her hircI glrl. and
brgtn to TAX. care If her LITTLE family. the
b1hv hn> cried Il great deal. generally
resting pretty we'll at night, however.
Inr parents have rocked il and walked
with 1t. and the little thiny wants To- be-
zen .t,l in some WAY almost constantly.
asked if tn rr seemed to be any danger
OF Il rupture from it> CRYING. >inr no
danger appears. | could only lri~' thu
mo;Acr to keep tx still and ,Iljrt ~ she
can h rSelf. eating plain. npurI~hing fp 81
and resting IL much a. possible and try
time and pltiencr ins:ctd Of soothing >yr-
up. The .lyrbuItriT qpo,rd Statement
from the California Noatruu G,t.,Ht. 4 few
wears AGO, that this popular syrup con
tain~ nearly Il grain of morphine To m
ounce of the syrup. 50 that the du-, for Il
child three months old. i equal t. ten
drop, of laudlnum. In Sun Francisco.
where ahou. 1Uo.oO0 bottles of soothing
syrup wclc sold annualIv it WIS also til,
ease that one third of all the babies there
died under the are of two Wears. >1oth-
in@ SYRUP indeed
\ neighbour recommend, To- dis Voumr
mother some Kind of patent pills. which
htd :, wonderfully Iiicting Influence upon
his babies wears ago; but none OF IL know
what these sugar pills cont.,in O hers
would recommend. some one thlnY ana
some another. all with Il view Of quoting
the baby. The child needs Il healthy
mother more than ANYTHING else. and it,
mother wrongs it by her Wcll-m ant efforts
to do more work thIn Ii L present state OF
health will warrant. Calves AMI col, :
are not 50 treated. and they htVr no need
of drops and >yrups. II baby cries. it j.
probably uncomfortable in some WAY,
though | suspect it has already learned to
wInt "t,ndnr." can hear my neigh
bor> li;tlc one, and it seldom SCUM l. to
me like Il cry Of positive pam. If my
own babies oAly cried like that, it Gems
to me that | could bclr it more easily
when they get into Il crying spell. Won
der it it can possibly be byc.tI~r this olc
is not my child and does no. pail upon
my heart strings? No. hardly think
that explains the Il If renee for was glad
t. find tlG my care of my neiTnb1r> new
baby. while it, mother WIS unable to dress
it, c.dlci out the sumo tender. mothcriv.
and wor-hipful feeling toward The nnoccn,
new conner, that had felt for each of my
own babies.
have noticed great difference in the
crying of children. Some babies. ana
some Older chil,rcn. when they cannot
have VIII 1t they want or When they feel
unWei, keep up slch Il moderate kind OF
" boo-hUo-hUo, that no one is much affect
cd thereby. O,hcr babies cry with all
their might. going 81 nearly frantic il
tIc!r p tln of body or mind i not all We
thtt all in thu vicinity are nearly driven
frantic also. This difference depends mach
upon temperament. but sometimes it SEEM
t. he the result, III considerable measure.
of different methods of baby culture Bul
Oh dear. how c,n We know Just the riynt
way each time? y baby i such Il com
PICK thing 1t has in it the bIooI of 50
mtny ancestors. all of which may modif,
its mental AMI physical cons ,ltution in
WAYS We little dream of-iur have It'll,
illIl III the rather common lttttr-,liv doc
trlne. that parents are wholly responsible
Tor the peculiar organizations of their
children.
"What is the matter with that child.
that 1t cries so??'-'' Firstly is it Il stichin.
pin? -" No. -" HIS it been hurt in any
way? - No."-''Is it coIic?"-I 50, it
draws up its leg and incl mes to doubl
Itself together While crying. and perhaps
is feet are cold at the sumo time. Warmtu
By external application of warm cloths
over the bowels. or simply :; warm han.
as the little one lies f,ce down
ward. is the simplest and best cure for col
c, and L gentle patting upon the back t.