Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-12
WHY THE BABY CRIES.

A crying baby-that is to say. one
who cries at all sorts of Bile
hours. and without n apparent
cause-is one of the greatest troubles
a household can possess.
81 have seen mothers looking pale
and haggard-quite worn out, in fact
As a result of nervous over-strain,
brought on by the worry of a crying
baby. The subject is therefore one
quite worthy of some study, for, as a
matter of fact, when a baby is con-
tinually crying 1t is nearly always
somebody's fault. A healthy, we'll
cared-for baby does not make home
a thing to dread by its frequent wall
ing.
An infant generally cries for one of
foul reasons:
l. Because 1t is hungry.
2. Because it is uncomfortable.
5. Because it Is in pain. or Ill.
4. Because it is angry las. for in
stance, when a toy is snatched from
1t by another child, or 1t cannot get
something II wants..
All these are causes that are quite
preventable,, or hat can soon be set
right.
1t is when sufficient are is not
taken to find out the cause of the
continued crying of a baby that this
! goes on and on, to the distraction CT
everyone who hears 1t.
Is He Hungry?
Take the first cause. A baby who
is regularly fed on food hat is
sufficiently nourishing does not cry,
except for a few minutes occasionally,
from hunger.
If, however, it is given milk that is
too much diluted with water, or food
containing too much starch arrow
root, for instance, or corn -four,
which it cannot properly digest. it
may seem to be getting enough.
while in reality poor baby is half
starved.
If, therefore, you have anything to
do with a baby who frequently cries
for long periods the first thing to
do is to make careful inquiries as to
the kind of food it is having. The
whole root of the trouble may be
just there.
Even breast-fed babies sometimes
cry from hunger. in spite of the facl
that they are constantly (perhaps toe
constantly at the breast.
This is because the nourishment
the mother gives. though perhaps
plentiful In quantity. is very poor il
quality. This should be suspected
when a breast-fed infant does moi
thrive and is constantly crying.
A change in the mothers diet may
set things right. She may need NOR
meat and eggs, and 1t is always quite
worth while for her to try this before
weaving the baby from the breast
and putting it on the bottle.
Or the mother may be sufferine
from Indigestion, because she drinks
too much milk or cocoa, under a mis-
taken idea that she ought to do so in
order to be a good wet nurse.
The popular idea Is that mill
makes milk" This is a doctrine with
which many physicians disagree. DR.
Vincent, of the Babies Hospital
Westminster, says that beef and NUT.
ton Is much better for this purpose
than milk, and that one pint of mill
a day is enough for a nursing mother
to drink.
Are You Properly Fede
If, therefore, you are nursing on
"slops," and the child is fractions,
restless and troublesome. try going
on more solid food.
This cure may appear strange to
some people, but it is a fact that, as
a general rule, solid food is more
easily digested by a weak stomach
than much liquid n~ourishment.
A very good way to take milk is
cooked with rice. Rice boiled In milk
makes a simple and most nutritious
dish. YOU merely put a tablespoonful
of rice, without having previously
washed it, into a pint of new milk
and let 1t stew slowly until the rice
is thoroughly soft and creamy, having
absorbed the milk.
Another cause of the natural milk