The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-20

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quietly and the baby Immediately re-
turned to his bed or crib. He should
also be having two maps day, from
8 to IL in the morning, from / to 8 in
the afternoon. II he sleeps too late in
the afternoon. he will be wakeful at 6.
the hour set for going to sleep for the
night.
After his first birthday, Baby has
only one daily nap. in early afternoon,
but the twelve hour sleep at night is
essential to his health until he has
passed his sixth birthday. 1t is non
sense to say that young child does
not want to sleep. Nature cries out for
sleep. Parents interfere with nature by
starting the baby off wrong ana teach
ing it not to want to sleep. The best
argument Is that the baby who is
kept up to romp with Papa in the ev-
ening, at the age OF two, three or four
years, Is a late sleeper In the morning,
irritable and heavy.
The baby should not be rocked to
sleep, nor should he be tucked into
! carriage and then trundled to sleep In
clear weather, he may be snuggled up
in his carriage and set out OF doors in
corner screened from draught or d.
rect rays Of the sun for both his
morning and afternoon maps. At =
o'clock, he should be undressed, made
; perfectly comfortable. fed and then
laid down on a firm hair mattress
without pillow, to go to sleep with
out further attention. Do not form the
habit of singing baby to sleep or
holding his tiny hand till he drops off.
There will come evenings when you
/ are too tired to sing. or there will be
other work for your busy hands to do
and Baby, not understanding, will
!! raise his voice in protest
! From birth, the baby should sleep
/ alone. in dark room well ventilated.
!! Baby knows no fear and needs no
I light. Neither does he need the
1 warmth of an adult body. There have
i been sad tragedies of babies smother.
ed by tired mothers, too heavy with
i sleep to know they had rolled over on
1 the tiny, helpless form. There have
i been other cases where babies permit
! ted to sleep with adults, afflicted with
! chronic disease, have contracted the
i ailment and died.
4 Ventilation is important. Occa
/ sionally We read of unusual cases
j where parents boast that they have
raised nine or ten healthy children il
) unventilated bedrooms. These children
: have been constitutional1y strong
enough to survive such doses Of vitiat
81 ed air. The modern mother does no
I. take the chance. She supplies fresl
ri air to her baby from birth. The 1ittl,
; crib should not stand in a draught, bu
$ the window should be dropped from
, the top and raised from the bottom t,
D create s current Of fresh, pure air
Il The crib, with its little sleeper, may b.
protected by screens.
81 Above all things, do not start you
+! ibaby's sleeping habits with the warn
q Ing Hush" Have the room in whicl
S he sleeps as free from noise as you
Y household habits will permit, and d
O. not permit other members of the fam
lily to disturb him unnecessarily, bu
$ when he is asleep on the second flool
i do not demand that everybody tipto
i and speak in whispers on the groun
s. floor. Remember a healthy baby
e not nervous invalid whose nerves
i. must be saved in every possible wa,
j Take 1t for granted that he was sen
8 into the world with sound nerves an
normal appetite for sleep as well a
s food.
d The baby's habits OF sleep are reg,
IT lated largely by his physical comfor
v and this In turn is dependent upon tn
,rl way in which he is clothed. So tt
next talk on Babyology will deal e
* clusively with clothes for the baby.
le Copyright, 1913, by the Woman
n. Home Companion.)