Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1901-03-07
REALM OF THE NURSERY.
Advice to Mothers on the Care Of IL
fants-The Healthy
Child.

1t is claimed by medical men gen
orally that the average child Is born
healthy, and the mother who aims 10
preside over a well regulated nursery
will ..put forth every effort to keep
Aer child in its normal condition, says
the New York Tribune.
- There are training schools for
nurses and for cooks, but for a young
woman to be trained to- proper moth
.erhoed is something: yet to be accom-
pIished in the new century.
The careful mother. begins by be-
ing systematic and punctual in ell
that is done for. the baby. She his
time for everything, and sees that
everything is done at the proper
time. She has learned that the i'm
portant things necessary for the
beautiful development of any child
are exercise, air, cleanliness, correct
feod and sleep. ~
The most beneficial exercise for q
baby to indulge in. is a good, healthy
cry. The mere fact that an infant
breathes is not enough; the lungs
must be expanded, and this healthy
cry is the thing intended 10 Do It.
but a whining, fretful cry Is not q
healthy one. 90
1t is claimed that baby cannot
have too much oxygen, and while a
very young infant ought not TO be
taken out in the open air, yet the
/ air in the nursery can be changed
frequently, at least twice every day,
when the child can be taken from
the. room while the bad air is blown
out" through open windows. If the
temperature of the room is lowered
too much, wrap the child up in a
blanket when returned, until the
right degree is reached.
A most important item in the
baby's training is the bath, which
means more than little sponging
off once day. The child should be
allowed to splash in a tub of water
each morning about an hour after
feeding. Fancy soaps should be avoid
ed, a pure CASTLE or white soap be
ing the best, and the massage Of the
muscles and rubbing of the skin
which a bath makes necessary bear
a large share toward making the
healthy child.
= a baby whose food is received with
absolute regularity seldom suffers
from Indigestion, If the nature of the
food Is carefully looked after. The
feeding hours should be so arranged
that the evening meal will come At
seven o'clock. Before feeding, baby
should be made ready for the night,
with no wrinkles IN the clothing or
safety pins to irritste the tender
flesh, and with both hands and feet
made. warm. A young infant gen
orally requires feeding twice. during
the night. s.s
MIX that is to be used for food
for infants should never be put in
an open vessel in the refrigerator
where meat and vegetables or varf-
Gus things are kept, for nothing will
absorb Odors more quickly than milk
Neither shonld it be kept in tin, but
in covered glass bottles or jars. The
simplest way ITO perserye milk for in
fants is. by Pastcurization. This is
done by. submitting the milk to "a
temperature of about 155 degrees FOR
IS minutes, and then allowing it tc
cool rapidly. The bottle Of milk may
be placed in q vessel of boiling water
at the right temperature to Pssteur
lie it, thus destroying ordinary
germs without giving the milk q
iElboiled taste, 1t is best to prepare
the food. for an infant in sufficient
4 quahtity each morning to last through
the day 3
/ When the baby rs old enough to be
taken cut for an airing, the wrap
~pinEs must be carefully considered
II is found that the majority of in
! iants in their baby carriages on th'
streets in winter are too. warmly
wrapped up. The child that is 81
lncased in fur. that it perspires from
svery pore is in fair condition fol
IAN attack of pneumonia or any on'
4ofsth throat. troubles which attacl
4 infancy.- 1t is of vitariimportauce
lahQweyer, that the feet and hands
should be kept wa-m, in whichscas'
! the child is not likely TO suffer. froH
cold. Better than a. fur rug undel
e child is a hot water bottle, 10
1laid close up against the feet. bu
far enough OFF to let the heat radi
n ate from the bottle. The small hnnds
incased-in wooleng can be tucked lin
der the carriage blRnketioins. extri
When the baby is taking an, airing
the strong. wind SHOULD be AVOIDED 7
that IS, facing it, The. sun OF. stronl
/ light should never be allowed to shin
's'npon. the baby's eyes when ASLEEP, il
nag carriage, as 1nHef> harm. result
,bfrom this, often ssrf6usIy'ff not per
IS,manently injurihg the sight This j
!, an unfortunate mistake which .fsicon
!, stantly being made by ignorant moth
J ers among the poor. - 800 -
81 - 3ssT7T57 ~ ETTT-TET u"
A Don't BE Sparing of Your love
~ The powereto' love isfohei afE tn
; lseteatests gifts to- humanity. 1t gen
II eratesthe sunshine of the, morai' mi
,,4yerses without which life Wouldab
a, desert waste. Use. this divine pow
! 81. without stint. BE prodigal Of you
love, Let II rad 1 4, freely RELY & t :Sl
. brighten the dark places. IT Wi
I llipiadden the sorrowing. IT viii. fff
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