The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-02-05
BABY'S SLEEP.
Hints Useful to Mothers Who Have tn
Care of u Child.

care OF ChHu.
Sleep for the child is even more of
vital need than for an adult, and its
sleep will be more natural and healthier
if it is not rocked. II accustomed from
the first to be laid away in quiet, dark
ened. but well ventilated room at Il GER
tain hour. the baby will form the habit
of falling asleep. and will never know
any other way. A light should not be
left burning at night; it vitiates the at
mospherc. and sleep is not as sound as
in the dark. A child thirteen months
of sleep and darkness that, in travelling,
whenever tunnel was entered, he
would drop down for nap, and seemed
very much astonished at the shortness
of the night.
Don't let the baby learn that he can
keep YOU with him by refusing to go to
sleep. He will soon come to have an in
stinctive knowledge that mamma de-
sircs to 90 out for the evening, and be-
come tyrannical. A child accustomed
to going to sleep on the bed will not
readily go to sleep in arms. but will try
to slip out of them, and when put down
upon its bed, will draw sign of relief
and drop TO sleep at once. A child will
have more profound and healthful re-
pose if not nursed to sleep. Let its
time for eating come when it awakes.
One should not be i'm too great n
hurry to take up the baby when it mani
tests signs of awakening, nor should it
be allowed to lie without attention.
Take it up rs soon as fairly awake, re-
Numbering always the formation of
habits of cleanliness and regularity. A
child should never lie wet, either by
night or day. For the first few weeks
animal heat is best maintained 10y Sleep
ing with the mother, but on no account
should child of any age sleep between
two persons. as by so doing it must, OF
necessity. breathe the emanatiOns from
their bodies, and scrofula and other evils
result. A crib can he placed so near that
self as to the child's condition without eX-
posture to herself. If sleeping in the
mothers bed, it should have separate
covers. The best bed and pillows are of
cotton-batting. Feathers are too heat
ing. A child should never be awakened
from sleep to display to friends.
Neither should older Children be allowed
to fall asleep in arms. or on sofas, be-
cause company is present. When the
bed hour comes, the first duty is TO the
child. 1t is cruelty to let the little
ones fall asleep with their clothes on,
and then arouse them to the annoyance
of being undressed. Never put child
to bed with its feet cold.
The habit of forenoon maps should be
continued as long as possible. Putting
to he'd after full midday meal is OBJ
jectionable. Children often need rest
when not needing sleep. l have seen a
two-year-old child leave his play and
stand by the bed, saying: 'Mamma.
baby cross; baby 20 bed" He had
learned the remedy for the crossncss
which arose from fatigue. A very
soothing process for children of all ages
is rubbing with the hand. especially if
the rubber be not physically exhausted.
Flex and extend the limbs. roll them be-
tween the hands, rub both limbs and
body towards the heart. Manipulate
the bowels from the right side up. acrOs:
and down the left side. Turn on the
| face and vibrate each vertebra gently:
percuss the whole surface with q fiat
hand and timber wrist, and finish of
with soothing passes down the spine.
Walking with the child, soothing
syrups, teas and cordials are all bad
methods of promoting sleep. II care of
the skin. attention of diet. ventilation,
| dress and all sanitary laws will not pro-
| woke sleep, the case should be COM
mitted to an intelligent physician. The
habit of breathing through the nose dur
ing sleep should be formed by care in
pressing the lips together when ever
! they fall apart. The Indian women is
| said to be wise enough to do this. BY
| this means colds and coagestiOns of the
lungs may be avoided, and dangers from
| contagious diseases lessened.-Congre-
| nationalist.