Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-06
BABY IN SUMNER.
Some Good Advice to Young Mothers
About Care and Diet.

Some Good Advice to Young Mothers
About Care and Diet.
From Harpr's Bazaar.
Now that the warm season is upon us,
the mother of the baby who is just enter
ing upon his second summer" feels her
heart sink with dread. She is told on good
authority that physicians have decided that
the second summer is no more full of dan
gers for baby than was the first But she
knows that the little one is cutting those
cruel back teeth. and the wisdom of people
VIII Sc own the lamb is not avaIIs little TO
console her. Still. forewarned is forearmed.
ard she may by personal care guard
against the dangers connected with this
critical period. That it is critical, and even
fatal to many children, is largely due to
the fact that soon as baby cuts enough
teeth to masticate. the enterprisng mamma
or nurse is fired with the desire to let the
little one eat a little bit of everything or
to experiment with his diet The old adage
more forcible than elegant. that lit is u
bad time to swap horses when crossing q
creek is one that applies to mother and
baby just now. Let the teethng child 8
diet be as simple as possible during the
heated term, and. SO long it agl eeS Will
him, avoid innovations of any kind until
the autumn. At the risk of being COrSid-
cred fussy," insist on having baby's milk
SteriliZed. and all the water he drinks
boiled for forty minutes. Broths with rice
in them, bCuillon, beef juice. thoroughly
cooked cereals. and milk toast will furnish
a sufficiently varied menu for Master Baby.
Forbid fruits and vegetables. He will do
admirably without them until he is two
years of age.
Baby's outings must be planned with dis
cretiOr. He will awake early on summer
mornings Let him have his warm-water
plunge bath and his breakfast and then,
unless the day is damp, send him out of
doors for his morning ride in his perambu-
Ia II the weather is hot, by haif-paSt
10 he should he brought into the house
His morning nap and MONDAY dinner dis
posed of. he may be kept indoors or on the
shaded veranda until the sun loses its
herceness. He may then take another out
<. care being exercised to have him in tn.
house before the dew begins to fall 1t
may seem hard on the little fellow TO put
MIN TO bed just as the evening dampness
cooIs the air, but il must be remembered
that while the night atmosphere and the
twilight are grateful to grown people, they
are almost certain to make baby i'll if he
is exposed to them. In his crib, with the
windows in his room open, he will get all
Of the outside air that ID good for him
AS he is generally the first one In the
house to awake in the morning he ought to
go to bed early.
Whatever the weather, baby's abdomen
must be projected by night and by day
with band OF soft flannel This is one of
the most effectual DreventiyeS against the
summer ills to which baby flesh is heir
To these direC tons let the mother add a
cheerful courage of her own, not taking
fright every time the little one is bit out
OF sorts. Baby will have ups and downs in
our variable climate, but he will probably
come out on the right side if common sense
and care attend him Take the baby to
the country, if possible. If you cannot do
this let him have days outing often.