Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-02-15
KFrp eABY WARI.


Notes t.n Number OF Ever
Nursery Topics
Keeo babies warm in the first place,
doing away with aches aud cramps, anu
perpetual need OF handkerchief Keep
them well fed. and strike oil all dys-
peptic troubles; dress them loosely ana
lightly, covering wrists we'll anu II
,hey cry, nervously, 5oothe them by
outdoor airing, or warm pain OF
warm wet cloth laid over the Skull OF
by stroSing them from the shoulder
1own with both hands as they lie on
,he bed. The mesmeric influence OF
This treatment is wonderful. Not
few babies are born insane with nerv-
BUSINESS, and cry violently at shght
discomforts, which are not slight 10
them. I'm afraid of these crying
babies" said wise doctor to me one
5av. 81 have several OF them in my
practice who cry for hours, apparently
without cause. am always afraid oil
mischief with the brain in such cases.
The treatment for such highilyers is
not spanking, but warm bath when
sver the fits of crying come on. drying
with soft, warm towels and long,
leisurely rubbing or stroking as it lies
in its one gown on the blanket.
Let the baby lie undressed on pill
low in perfectly warm room, and
sprawl like frog to relieve his mus
cles and make them grow. 1t is good
for the development Of children to let
them run about warm nursery naked,
half an hour at time. after they can
walk. You remember the lovely figures
of children in Alma Tadema5 classic
interior, playing naked about the gyna-
cpum and the bath. They were nobly
built because naked, or nearly so, the
first year OF their lives; and their
houses, with their heating flues ia the
walls and under the doors, were better
than any thing we shall have In this
generation, The constraint Tat bands
and tapes and the weight of cloth are to
a baby's pulpy form and butterfly
strength can hardly be understood by
us '.grown ups" but they are quite
enough to deform in frequent cases.
Carrying child too much on one arm
will make it misshapen. Babies ought
to be held with their breasts against
the mother S, and an arm at their back,
supporting the back OF the head by a
hand carefully as it rests against the
shoulder. They should lie on their
stomachs a good deal, on a pillow or
across the knees, for change OF position
and the ease given by warmth and
pressure of the little abdomen.
Babies limbs are made symmetrical
and vigorous by leisurely, tender strok-
ing. and if they will get bow-legged
by dancing on their eager feet too soon,
there is no need to torture them with
surgical appliances and steel boots
The surgery for such cases is daily
hourly stroiling the legs with both
hands, and gently moulding them into
straightness. Clever doctors discour
age the use of appliances for straight
ening young children, prefering the
gradual traction of the mothers hands
which will be found all-efilcient. You car
do any thing with baby, except keel
him still, when awake. And there is one
rule which ought to be the Draconiar
, code of nurseries: Never wake chile
for any thing less than fire or an In
dian attack.
;, The babies who have the best chance
really believe. are those brought VI
, in homely ways, in the warm and nea
, living-rooms, along with kittens ant
, house plants and singing Of kettles, il
the sunshine Of the mothers constan
, presence, comforting voice and read
tendance. Most OF our great men ant
greatest beauties have been reared SO
The child is apt to get more of the con
ditions for healthy development in thi
unstudied way than in formal, seelude
= nurseries. Shirley Dare.