The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-05-10
FOR THE BABY'S GOOD.
Some Suggestions Regarding the
Needs of the Little Ones in
the Spring.

The spring is the season of growth
for all nature The Towering plants
begin to start into activity, the birds
and animals of all kinds are in the
best physical condition, other things
being equal. This is the season when
the baby should be expected to grow
most vigorously and rejoice with ma
ture over the season of promise, says
the New York Tribune. If the little
one has been shut in by colds during
the winter, it is desirable that it be
taken out as soon as the winds of
March have been laid by the mild
airs of April. The life-giving sun of
the period of the vernal equinox is
what all young people as well as the
young foxes and the young birds need
to make them grow strong and
healthy. Take the baby out in the
middle of the day every day that it is
| possible to do so. AS soon as it can
go out every day it is time to wean
it or to make any change in it's diet
| which must be made before next fall
| 1t is not safe to make such a change
in the warm weather, because the lit
tie one is especially liable to disturb
ances of its digestive organs in the
summer months, and no extra burden
must be laid on it at this season. A
well-known authority on the subject
says: when two or three teeth are
| through, if the child is well, it is time
| to begin the gradual weaving of the
little one" This process should al
ways be gradual. Overlooking does
more harm than anything else. Nurse
| baby that is a month or two old
| every two hours. After the child is
| three months old extend the period
between its nursing to three hours.
| When the child is six months old it
| should be fed five times in "a hours.
Ii it is thirsty between its feeding pc
RODS, give it little cold water or bar
| ley water. Prepare the barley water
| by putting a teaspoonful of ground
| barley in half a cupful of boiling wa
ter and letting it simmer for Is min
utes. Strain it and let it become cold.
| One of the best authorities on the
subject advocates the following diet
| AOA WIN are Drought up OH
artificial food: For babies under six
months of age, prepare barley water
and weaken it with half as much
boiled milk, adding lump of sugar.
Put this food when strained in bot
| tie and give it to the child in this
| way. When the baby is six months
old, give it half boiled milk and half
| barley water. Add a few grains of
salt and the sugar. More children
! probably have been killed by overfeed-
| ing than from any other cause. This
is the most ordinary cause of summer
| complaint, as well as hot, impure air.
| Very few children suffer from teeth
ing if they are properly and systemat-
| ically fed. Mothers do not always
| know that small amount of common
| salt should always be added to cows
| milk when it is fed to a child. Cows
| milk when compared to mothers milk
is deficient in salt and sugar; hence
a child brought up on artificial food
needs certain amount of sugar as
well as salt added to its milk. The
nursing child should have neither.
Little children should have as much
| pure air and as much rest and quiet
as they will take. Wake a child. if it
is positively necessary to do so, as
gently as possible. 1t is generally bet
ter to allow any sleep to come to a
natural close. \ person with a loud.
rough voice and manner is not fit to
come near little child.