St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-10-27

sens Valuable sssgestions Sc
lnfornation Of Young
Mothers. -

There 10 no tonic which can pc 9lv'
en- 70 q fretful baby, sick with rteet h
ing, which is equal to q salt bath
Little children suffer great deal
from. the heat, and become restless
and nervous, so that it is not strange
that they OFTEN fall a victim to The
more or les serious disorders Of the
digestive organs, which re are.apt to
attribute to thing Because thy &c
cur when. the child is cutting, teeth,
saws the New York Tribune.
We now know that great deal OF
sickness is laid to the account OF the
teething which is due to improper
feeding, improper air and similar
causes. Teething is natural process,
and in healthy child, Systematically
and sensibly fed, it should not be &C
companied by any violent sickness,
but merely by slight disturbance OF
the system. A great many children
cut their teeth so easily that the
mother does not know they are teeth.
ing until the teeth appear.
When the second summer falls at
the time the canine teeth (the eye
and stomach teeth are cut there il
likely to be more disorder of the
child's system, owing to indigestion
and to heat as much as to teething.
The canine teeth may be expected any
time from the fourteenth to the twen-
ieth month If the child is delicate
they may be delayed later. They are
irregular in their order. 1t is inn
portant that the child should sleep
regularly and should have plenty OF
outdoor exercise. The more child
stays outdoors when the weather will
allow the greater the child's chances
Of healthy teething.
The salt bath is tonic to nerv-
Gus, fretful baby, which is better than
any medicine. Use it ut night, il
the child refuses to 60 to sleep at
his regular hour. The best salt il
pure rock. Dissolve half a cupful in
q child's bathtub full of lukewarm
water. Be careful to dissolve the salt
thoroughly in water before adding to
the tub. as sharp crystals may other
wise cut like glass the delicate skin.
A restless baby feels the soothing
power of this warm bath as soon as
it is put in it, and will often go to
sleep after being taken out of it be-
fore it can be dressed for bed. Dry
its skin with = soft, absorbent dam
ask towel, and DO not try to rinse
of its salty bath. 1t will only keep
1t awake. Put it to bed after feeding
it, il 1t is near its feeding hour, as
soon as possible. A feverish baby will
often go to sleep outdoors who re-
fuses to close its eyes indoors. Keep
its carriage outdoors under the trees
and let it take its maps and its meals
outdoors, in the daytime at least. It
will awake with the lark whether it
is sick or well, and it is natural that
it should. 1t should be taken out az
soon as possible after 1t wakes up, to
get the benefit of the undoubted balm
for all physical ills that is found in
the early morning AR, laden with the
perfume of opening flowers. If the
little one is disposed to be up in the
as healthy, active babies
are. let it toss itself about on thick
wooden creeping blanket spread on
the grass in shaded place, but a
place which during part of the day
is subject to the rays of the sun, so
there will be no poisonous germs
there, such as lurk in damp places
where the sun never comes.