The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-11-01

FAMILY tub Is used, 1t must be cleaned |
scrupulously before baby is put into |
the water. The skin of the newborn
baby is very tender and infection is al |,
ways at hand. At the Better Babies
Contests l heard more than one ply !
sician trace an eruption on a baby's
skin to careless bathing or care Of the
tub. Doctors say that bad cases of
boils can be traced to an infected tub.
In fact, there are women who love
their babies, yet so thoughtless as to
leave diapers soaking in the bath tub,
where, after a superficial rinsing off
with warm water, baby is bathed. d.
apers, all of baby's clothing, in fact,
should be soaked and washed in sep
arate utensils, never in the bath tub.
The bathing of the baby each morn
ing should be systematic process,
never done hastily or carelessly. There
should be thermometer for the room
and one for the bath itself. The room
thermometer should register from rs
degrees to 80 degrees F. For the first
eight weeks of the baby's life, the bath
thermometer should show that the wa
ter is 100 degrees F. From two
months to six months, the temperature
should be SO degrees F. From six
months to twenty-four months it
should register from IS degrees to so
dergees F.
| The mother who desires to insure
her baby good health should not
guess" at the temperature of the wa
ter, nor neglect the bath on busy
days. Baby needs this thorough
cleansing as much at one year as at
one month, and from that time on he
is forming habits and feelings which
demand cleanliness. There is such
thing as educating a child to endure
dirt from sheer carelessness.
A baby should not be laid into the
tub and hastily sponged off. The OPP
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ably on a warm blanket, spread on
mothers knee. First the face and head
are washed with clean gauze and
dried. If there is tendency to scruff
or scales on the head, rub the head
every night with sweet-oil, vaseline OF
cold cream, wash off gently in the
morning and after drying, apply witch
hazel or alcohol and water in equa
: parts. Never use a fine tooth comb t.
remove these scales. When there IL
: tendency to persistent growth O
| scales or milk crust, it may be neces
! sary to stop washing the head ant
i, cleanse it only with oil or cold cream
5 Next, the eyes, nose, ears, and gen
l itals are washed with a piece of absob
! ent cotton, wet with a solution of boz
acic acid and water, teaspoonful o
S the acid to pint of water. This al
4 sorbent cotton is then burned o
5 thrown away, never used again.
4 Now Baby is thoroughly soaped, an
S laid in the tub, it's head firmly sur
a ported so that the water does not ru
a into the eyes or ears. A fresh piec
e of absorbent cotton is used to rims
off the soap, the baby is lifted fror
the water, dried quickly with an ole
soft towel and powdered. The dryin
should be done by patting not by har
rubbing, and the creases be dried b
fore the talcum powder is applied.
You will notice that have not spoil
en- of washing out the baby's moutl
Doctors seem to agree that the pra
tice is apt to cause thrush and othe
affections of the mucus membrane
It is extremely easy to tear the del
cate lining of the mouth, and Natul
has provided cleaning element
the saliva which gathers in the baby
mouth.
The healthy baby will soon learn
enjoy bath properly given and sho
eagerness for it. The delicate bal
should be bathed under direction Of
physician. He may order a spont
bath only, or an oil rub. Childre
suffering with any form of skin di
ease should not be bathed unless IL
doctor orders 1t. Eczema and rim
worm are both aggravated by so;
and water bathing.
But the healthy baby should ha'
his morning bath between his o'clo'
and 9 o'clock feeding. 1t sends hi
off drowsy to his morning nap. VIII
the baby is a year old, the hour
bathing may be changed to $3.50
preparation for his nights sleep.
this way the child's entire being 4
mands bath, the sensation of clea
n lines, and when he is able to bath nj