The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-30
FOR THE NURSERY
The Indispensable Screen.

"A hold that possesses baby for it is
II n often the only solution Of the vexatious
Every child should be accustomed from birth to the
open window In the sleeping room; yet many mothers
haunte 3D., by the possibility q ohi fail to comply
the always available no such disaster need be
feared, provided intelligent be made Of it. It
will also be found useful for shielding the baby's
eyes while sleeping from the glare of light from the
nursery Is the made after tho hispita model Of
white cambria shirred onto lightweight frame Of
woed: This can be easily washed an essential
horse, painted white, is just the thing
The Thumb Sucking Habit
The thumb-sucking habit, onee formed, is e1.
tremel difficult to break, yet 1t must be broken o.
tho baby will inevitably grow to maturity with
distorted mouth and pendulous lower lip The most
It be cured easily enough taken In hand right
at the start the simple method being to pin the
babys sleeves to his gown with couple Of safety
pins in such way that no viii be unable to get his
hands to his mouth Care must be taken, however,,
not to place them in a constrained position The
little one may whimper ittle-perhaps even scream
for while-when he makes the first few Intellectual
ica1ly; he will quickly forget all about It.
The Of tho habit u.s. in most cases. letting the
child 60 to sleep with tho nipple Of the nurdng bottle
in his mouth. It is altogether wiser to avoid this
practice, not on this Alone but ON the even more
consumed while in drowsy, semtconscious condition
Is not properly dgested and the result 70 fermcntar
ton In the stomach, with its inevitable accompani-
ments fatulence and colio 80
When the habit Of thumb-suckng Is Of long stand
ing the odfoshioned remedy Of bitter aloes seared
lightly over tho offending member, is usually effective
if persistently applied It must be used very spar
ing1y, however,as it Will If sufficient
quantity Is put on to be taken into the stomach.
The Dangerous ao-Cart(
Why mothers will take little children out In cold
weather in that abominable invention the gocart,
is problem too deep for solution. There is abso-
lutey no way Of protecting the tiny occupant from
the biting blasts that sweep thru the streets in winter
to say nothing Of the germ-laden dust that every
passing skirt brushes up from the pavement; and
the little legs hanging inactivey down, cannot be
otherwise than numb with cold after hour or more
Of such exposure. No grown person would
dream of riding out in wintry weather in vehicle
built such lines, yet seems to give thought
to the go-cart to little child, who is many
times more sesitive than the average adult.
Children who too small to walk well should
be warmly clad about the body and limbs and in cold
weather taken out for daily airing in the old
fashioned but eminenty practical baby carriage with
hot water bag, in its flannel case, somewhere
the wrappngs tho not in close proximity to the child
Children who able to walk should be encouraged
to do so the exercise being just what they need when
in the open air. It is the worst kind Of folly to per-
NIT child to ride, either in baby carriage or go
CART when it is perfectly well able to walk; and the
mere fact that the former mode Of locomotion hap
pens to be moro convenient for the mother OF
maid does not excuse it in the least