The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-27
BABY IN SUMMER.
tDme Valuable Suggestions Regarding
Food and Clothing.


Now that the warm season is upon
IS, the mother of the baby who Is just
aYtering upon his second summer"
sells her heart sink with dread. She
told on good authority that physi-
.ians have decided that the second
summer is no more full of dangers for
oaby than was the first. But she knows
mat the little one is cutting those cruel,
pack teeth, and the wisdom of people
whose own the lamb Is not, avails little
10 console her. Still, forewarned is
.orearmed, and she may oy personal
care guard against the dangers con-
aected with this critical period. That
L is critical, and even fatal. 10 many
.hildren, is largely due to the fact that
Is soon as baby cuts enough teeth
TO masticate, the enterprising mamma
Of nurse Is fired with a desire 10 let
the little one eat a little bit OF every
thing, or to experiment with his diet.
The old adage, more forcible than ele-
CANT, that 1T Is a bad time TO swap
horses when crossing a creek" is one
that applies to mother aud baby now.
PIE as possible during the heated term,
Ind, so long as it agrees with him, avoid
innovations of any kind until the au-'
tumn. Al the risk of being consid-;
tred "fussy" insist on having baby'si
milk steriiized, and all the water be
drinks boiled for 40 minutes Broths
with rice in them, bouillion, beef-juice,I
l.
toast will furnish a sufficiently variedl
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
summer mornings. Let him have his,
Earm-water plunge bath and his break
last, and then, unless the day is damp,
send him out OF doors for his morn
lng"s ride in his perambulator. II the
weather is hot, by half past ten be
should be brought in to the house.
His morning nap and MONDAY dinner
disposed of, he may be kept indoors
Or on the shaded veranda until the
sun loses its ferceness. He may then,
take another outing, care being eI-
ercised to have him in the house be-
fore the dew begins to fall. 1t may
seem hard on the little fellow to put
him to bed just as the evening damp
ness cools the air, but it must be re-
membered that while the night at
moephere and the twilight are CRATE
full to grown people. they are almost
certain 30 make baby i'll il he is ex-
posed to them. In his crib, with the
windows in his room open, he viii get
nll the outside air that is good for
him. AS he is generally the first one
N the house TO awake in the morning,
he ought 10 go to bed early.
Whatever the weather, the baby's
abdomen must be protected by night
and by day with a band of soft fan
mel. This is one of the most efFeotusl
preventives againset the summer ills
to which baby flesh is heir. To these
directions let the mother add n cheer
full courage of her own, not taking
fright every time the little one is a
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 cart
attend him. Take the baby to the
country if possible. If you cannot do
this, let him have days outing often.
-Harper's Bazaar.