Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-07-07

If the baby @to enjoy its Journey, Il
must be dressed In accordance with the
weather. 1t seems Unnecessary to say
this, but / remember seeing two little
girls under seven years Of age, come into
a city library with their mother, on bit
ter cold day, the week before Christmas,
two years ago, wearing fur caps and short
fur sacques, and silk dresses, and with no
clothing below the knees except thin cot
ton stockings and kid shoes. chthought-
less exposure is growing less common as
knowledge increases. 1t is not often that
children are dressed too warm, but this is
sometimes the case, and the evil is quite
as great as when too little clothing is used,
In hot summer weather, babies should be
burdened with as little clothing as pOssi-
bic, and that little should be loose and
easy.
The baby, when travelling, will tire out
very soon If some one is trying to amuse
its attention to various objects. Very sim
pie things interest babies, and IL is beker
that they should be only tranquil and con
tented than to be mentally exercised with
any stronger emotions. II is tiresome TO
almost any one to look from car window
long, however beautiful the landscape.
The rapid changes and the great number
Of interesting objects weary one. One
thing that makes babies cross when travel
ing is, the indiscriminate cramming TO
which their stomachs are subjected. If a
baby is tired-simply tired and nothing
more-it must have something to eat. II
must eat if it is sleepy, or cold, or too
warm, or if it already has a stOmach-ache
from too much eating. The plain crust of
bread that might perhaps be its portion at
home would never do on a journey, of
course, so cookies are probably offered to
appease its supposed hunger, and if these
will not do, very likely there are candies
in reserve. If ever baby needs plain
food, it is when on a journey. At some
hotel tables it seems impossible to give II
young child decent meal, for sometimes
one cannot even find plainly cooked good
potatoes or sweet light bread. With
either of these and good milk, any
baby ought to make IA comfortable meal,
but meat is too difficult of mastication and
too strong food for babies, except in very
small quantities and cake and pastry dc
more harm than good. Ripe fruit proper
ly given, does not hurt quite young babies
II should not be very sour, and should be
given without sugar and with coarse seeds
and skin removed, and should be suf'
ficiently soft (of course it should be ripe
to allow of an easy separation of its part.
cles in the mouth Too large proportion
of fine crackers will produce constipation,
and cakes, candies and sugar have the
same tendency, and all tend to make the
child uneasy and cross. When the
! journey is sufficiently short-in time
rather than in distance-it is best to take
at least part of the baby's luncheon from
home. Plain light biscuits, or graham
crackers, mixed with milk, are very good
for this purpose. Nothing sticky Ol
| greasy should be given the baby, or any
small child, to eat in its hand when travel
ing. The condensed milk made in Ameri
can factories, is recommended by those
who understand the subject, as safer for q
young babe who must have regular ra
tons of milk, than such specimens o
milk as one might chance to buy in vari
ous places.
1t is an excellent plan to take along
some of the baby's familiar playthings
Both mother and child find it wearisOmC
enough to wait in strange rooms where
there is nothing that the baby may taxi
to play with. AT the house of friends thu
case is scarcely better, for an active chilC
will surely get into mischief if it find
nothing upon which it may legitimately
employ its powers. Before brackets be
came so fashionable, it was often verl
trying ordeal for a mother to spend an at
terndon with her babe in childles
friends parlor, so many small ornament
were lying about within a child's reach
1t is sometimes very annoying to moth
er, and fretting to child to have nothing
at all within reach which the baby ma,
take to play with. Every hospitable mat
rorpught TO keep something on hand b
meet such emergencies strong doll or
clean little cart, box of building blocks
or aset of cheap dishes. But every mothe
who takes journey with her baby
would do well to go equipped with a fey
small playthings. If she values her owl
peace as well as that of her child, and
she would not make her visits to he
friends infiictions grievous to be borne
she must preserve the baby's regula
healthy habits, giving it comfortabl
clothing, plain, nourishing food, plent
of wholesome sleep, and very little e1
citement of any kind. Rochester 4
! american Agrtculturist.