Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-09
WHEN BABY Is ILL


DO not discard baby's Hannels entirely.
Substitute for the tight flannel binder n
loose, woven band of lightweight wool silk
and wool or cotton and wool. with shoulder
straps. This will prevent summer CONF
plant from sudden chilling of the bowels.
If the child perspires profusely and his
pillow is soaking wet each morning substi-
tute a hair pillow for the feather one.
Pasteurized food is the best preventive Of
the dreaded summer complaint. II you cam
not afford to buy the regulation Pasteur-
izer which will cost you 81 or trihe less,
use this method: Fill Jars or bottles with
the milk, milk diluted with water or
cruel, whatever formula you use in feeding
the baby, and fasten the corks or lids tight.
Set these bottles into deep pot of cold
water. and bring the latter to the boiling
point as rapidly possible Lift the pot
from the stove and allow the bottles TO re-
main In the water for twenty minutes.
Then set them In the sink and turn first
warm and then cold water over them, maxi
Ing the change gradually. AS soon as they
are cool set them on the fee until baby is
TO be fed, and reheat the milk until II Is
just lukewarm.
Summer complaint is form OF poisoning
and the intestines must be cleansed. If a
physician is not at hand the mother may
safely administer a teaspoonful OF castor
OIL substitute Tor the mix dlet either bar
ley water or wheat Cruel. alternated with
mutton broth and barley water in equal
proportions. Give the baby plenty of water
which has been boiled and cooled.
If, before the physician arrives, the baby
is seized with commissions. undress him at
once. lay him on the bed I'm a cool, quiet
room, put ice bags to his head and hot
water bottle to his feet. If you have no ice
bags. then wiring cloths out I'm ice water.
and change constantly. Have water ready
for hot bath If the doctor orders IL, and
If commissions continue the bowels should
be cleansed out by an enema, or If he can
swallow, give him "A teaspoonful Of castor
oil
For constirated baby avoid patent med
icines Try gluten or soap suppostorles,
and if these fail administer twenty drops OF
pure oil every morning Keep the bowels
open, because diarrhoea frequently follows
on the heels of constipation.
Baths relieve n variety of small ailments.
Fol- prickly heat dissolve three hcaplng ia
blespoonfuls of bicarbonate OF soda. or COM
nor baking soda. in a basin OF warm water
OS degrees FahrenheiO, and sponge from
head to foot. Starch baths viii also relieve
prickly heat. Fill small bathtub with
tepid water add cupful of starch and
when it is thoroughly dissolved let the child
lie in 1t for several minutes, then pat the
skin dry with soft old towels. For eczema
severe chafing try bran baths. Fiji
cheese cloth bag with a pint of wheat bran,
and squeeze this with your hands in the
water until the latter takes on n milky
OF four minutes.
When child is restless and feverish use
the alcohol bath. One or two tablespoon
fuls of alcohol C95 per cent? should be add
ed to a basin of warm water. Sponge the
entire body. When the child is weak and
exhausted try the daily salt bath. Dis
solve a small cupful of sea salt, which can
be bought In sacks, or common table salt, In
two gallons of water, and battle the child,
being careful that the salt water does not
get into his eyes.
If the baby .shffies" and breathes with
Its mouth open do not regard the matter
lightly as a summer cold" Catarrh is Sc
curing a grip on the childs system. Syr-
lnge the little nose night and morning with
a glass syringe with small rubber Zip.
Use one of the antiseptic solutions or tab
let's dissolved in tepid water. which your
druggist will recommend, or make this So
luton: Half a teaspoonful of boric acid.
one ounce of glycerine and eight ounces or
water. In administering the douche re-
member how you take it yourself. Bend
the child's head forward and syringe first
one nostril and then the other very gently.
If the child passes mucus In the bowels nd-
minister a teaspoonful of castor oil occa-
sionally that is, about twice a week. This
will carry off the mucus which the child ~
not strong enough to eXpectorate.