The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1882-01-19
THE CARE OF CHILDREN.
Some Valuable Hints on Their Care.

Some Valuable Hints on Their Care.
While the baby is down for creep,
draw little stocking legs over his arms,
and secure them by safety pin.
A baby should sleep on its side.
When lying on its back the food some
times rises in its throat and chokes it.
II scurf or milk crust appears on
the head do not apply water, but brush
often gently with a soft baby's brush.
No child should go to. bed hungry,
but food taken near the hours of sleep
ing should be of the simplest nature
cracker. bit of bread, or glass of
milk.
Parents should teach their children
to gargle their throsts, for it may be
the saving of their lives. 1t is easier to
teach them this difficult and awkward
feat in health than when prostrated by
disease.
Let nature wake the children; she
will not do it prematurely. Take care
that they go to bed at an early hour
let it be earlier and earlier, until it is
found that they wake up themselves in
full time to dress for breakfast.
Give your children plenty Of
outdoor air; let them sniff it until it
sends the rosy current dancing
joyfully to their cheeks and temples.
Air is 80 cheap and 80 good and so
necessary that no child should be
denied access to il.
Just before each meal let child have
some ripe fruit or some fruit sauce.
Apples and berries are wholesome.
Oranges should never be given to chill
dren unless the skin and thick white
part underneath the skin and between
the quarters is carefully removed.
To prevent child coughing at night
boil the strength out of ten cents worth
of "Seneca snake root in one quart of
soft water; strain through cloth, boil
down to q pint, add one cup OF pow
dered sugar made into thick molasses.
Give one teaspoonful on going to bed.
Children are affected often with ul-
GERS in the ears after scarlet fever and
other children's diseases. Roast onions
in ashes until done, wrap in a strong
cloth and squeeze out juice. To three
parts juice add one part laudanum and
one part sweet oil, and bottle for, use.
Wash ear out with warm water, shake
bottle we'll, and drop few drops into
the ear.
Battle children in the forenoon when
possible, or, if not too tired, an hour
before the evening meal; never for at
least an hour after eating. When pos
sible, bathe before an open fire or in a
warm room near, and rub dry before an
open fire. It is injurious to bathe
children on rising before breakfast,
especially IN her: Washing
the face, neck siad hands and dressing
is enough before refreshing the body
by eating.
For sore mouth in nursing babies
take a teaspoon each of pulyerized
alum and borax, half teaspoon of pull
verized nut gals, a tablespoon of honey;
mix and pour on it half teacup of
boiling water; let settle and with a
clean linen rag wash the mouth four or
five times day; or simple borax water
is equally good. Half an even teaspoon
powdered borax in two tablespoons soft
water is strong enough.
DR.. Osgood recommends as night
suit for children single garment, end.
ing in drawers and stockings. Over
this, in cold weather, may be worn a
flannel sack. At severe seasons, instead
of putting an extra coverlet on the bed,
he advises the use of large bag made
of light blanket, into which the child
may besecurely 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 induce perspiration nor check ex-
halations.
Best AntidOte Against Infection.