The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-05-20
The Care Of Children.

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M Willie the baby Is down for creep,
draw little stocking legs over his arms
and secure them bya safety pin.
A baby should sleep on its side. When
lying on lis back the food sometimes
rises in It's throat and chokes it,
II scurf or milk crust appears onthc
head do not apply water, but brush often
gently with soft haby's brush
No child should 60 10 bed hungry, but
food taken near the hours of sleeping
should be of the simplest nature n
cracker. bit OF bread or glass of
milk
Parents should teach their children to
gargle their throatS for il may be the
saving Of their lives 1t is easier TO
teach them this difficult and awkward
feat in health than when Frustrated by
disease
Let Nature wake the children; she
viii not do it prematurely. Take care
that they go 10 bed at an early hour
let il be earlier and earlier, until il is
found that they wake up themselves in
time to dress for breakfast.
G've your children plenty of outdoor
air; let them sniff it until it sends the
rosy current dancing joyfully TO their
checks and temples. Air is SO cheap and
good and so necessary that no child
Should be denied access to il,
Just before each meal let a child have
some ripe fruit or some fruit sauce. APP
pies and berries are wholesome, Or
anges should never be given to children
unless the skin and thick white part UNI
derneath the skin and between the quar-
tiers is carefully removed.
To prevent child coughing at night
boil the strength out Of 10 cents worth
of Seneca snake root to one quart of
soft water; strain through a cloth, boil
down TO a pint, add one cup of powder
ed sugar made into thick molasses.
Give one teaspoonful on going to bed.
Children are affected often with ulcers
In the ears after scarlet fever and other
children's diseases. Roast onions in
ashes until done, wrap In strong cloth
and squeeze out juice, To three parts
Juice add ono part laudanum and one
part sweet oil, and bottle for use Wash
ear out with warm water, shake bottle
well and drop few drops into the ear.
Bathe children in the forenoon when
possible, or if not too tired an hour be-
fore the evening meal; never for at least
All hour after eating. When possible
battle before an open fire, or in warm
room near, and rub dry before an open
fire. Ii is injurious to battle children on
rising, before breakfast, especially in
cold weather. Washing the face, neck
and hands and dressing is enough bo-
fore refreshing the body by eating,
For sore mouth innursing babies, take
a teaspoon each of pulverized alum and
borax, half a teaspoon Of pulverized nut
gals, and tablespoon of honey; mix and
pour OF il half teacup of boiling wa
ter let settle, and with clean linenrag
wash the mouth four OF five times q
day; or simple borax water is equally
good. Half an even teaspoon of pow
dered borax in two teaspoons soft water
is strong enough.
Dr. OSgood recommends ns night
suit for children single garment end
ing in drawers and stockings. Over
this, in cold weather, may be worn a
flannel sack AZ severe seasons, instead
of putting an extra coyerlct on the bed,
he advises the use OF o large bag made of
a light blanket, into which the child
may be securely placed and closely but
toned around the neck Light cover
ings generally are preferable to heavy
ones, if the night clothing and the room
are sufficiently warm, as they do not in
duce persplr0tlon uorcheck eXhalatons.