Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1896-07-04

some Valuable suggestions RoRardiias
Food and Clothing.

some Valuable suggestIons Rogardiakg
Food and Clothing.
Now that the warm season Is upon
us, the mother of the baby who is juat
entering upon his Second summer"
feels her heart sink with drend. She
Is told on good authority that physi-
clans have decided that the second
summer is no more full of dangers for
baby than was the first. But she know
tnat the little one is cutting those cruel
back teeth, and the wisdom of people
whose own the lamb is not, avails little
TO console her. Still, forewarned is
forearmed, and she may by personal
care guard against the dangers con-
nected with this critical period That
Il is critical, and even fatal, to many
children, is largely due 10 the fact that
as soon rs a baby cuts enough teeth
to masticate, the enterprising mamma
or nurse is fired with a desire to let
the little one eat little bit of every
thing, or TO experiment with his dict.
The old adage, more forcible than ele-
CANT that lit is n bad time to swap
horses when crossing creek" is one
that applies to mother and baby now.
Let the teething child's diet be as sim
pie as possible during the heated term,
and, so long as il agrees with him, avoid
innovations of any kind until the au
tumn. At the risk of being consid-
cred "fussy' insist on having baby's
milk sterilized, and all the water he
drinks boiled for 40 minutes. Broths
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thoroughly cooked cereals, and milk
toast will furnish sufficiently varied
menu for Master Baby. Forbid fruits
and vegetables. lie will do admirably
without them until he is two years of
age.
Baby's outings must he planned with
discretion. He will awake early on
summer mornings. Let him have his
wu1n-water plunge bath and his break
fast, and then, unless the day is damp,
send him out of doors for his MORN
ing's ride in his peTambulator. II the
weather is hot, by half past ten he
should be brought in to the house.
ils morning nap and MONDAY dinner
disposed of, ne may he kept indoors
sun loses it's fiercepess. He may then
take another outing, care being ex-
ercised to have him iii the house be-
fore the dew begins to fall. 1t may
seem hard on the little fellow to put
him 10 bed just az the evening damp
ness cools the air. but il must be re-
membered that while the night at
mosphere and the twilight are CRATE
full to grown people, they are almost
certain to make baby i'll II he is ex-
posed to them. In his crib, with the
windows in his room open, he will get
nil the outside air that is 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, the baby's
abdomen must be pro.ee ted by night
and by day with bsnI of soft fan
mel. This is one Of the most effectual
preventives againset the summer ills
10 which baby flesh Is heir. To these
directions let the mother add a 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 care
attend him. Take the baby to the
country if possible. If you cannot do
this, let him have days outing often.
--Harpcr's Bazaar