Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-28

This p. m. feeding should be given
quietly and the baby Immediately re-
turned to his bed or crib. He should
also be having two maps a day, from
9 to IL in the morning, from l to
in the afternoon. If he sleeps too
late in the afternoon, he will be wake
full 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 12-hour sleep at night is es-
sentiai to his health until he has pass
ed his sixth birthday II is nonsense
to say that a young child does not
want to sleep. Nature cries out for
sleep. Parents interfere with nature
by starting the baby off wrong and
teaching it not to want sleep The
/ best argument is that the baby who is
kept up to romp with papa in the even
ing, at the age Of two. three or four
years. is 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 a corner screened from draught or
direct rays of the sun for both his
morning and afternoon maps. At 6
1 O'Clock he should be undressed, made
| perfectly comfortable. fed and then
laid down on a firm hair mattress
/ To cir h
out further attention. Do not form
the habit of singing a baby to sleep
or holding his tiny hand till he drops
eff. There will come evenings when
In are too tired TO sing, or there
Will be other work for your busy
hands to do-and baby, not under
standing, will raise his voice in pro-
test.
! From birth, the baby should sleep
alone. in a dark room, we'll ventilated.
Baby knows no fear and needs no
light Neither does he need the
warmth of an adult body. There have
been sad tragedies of babies smoth-
cred by tired mothers. too heavy with
sleep to know they had rolled over on
the tiny, helpless form. There have
been other cases where babies per
mitted 70 sleep with adults. afflicted
with chronic disease, have contracted
the ailment and died.
Ventilation is important. Occasion
ally we read of unusual cases where
parents boast that they have raised
eight, nine or ten healthy. children i'll
unventiIated bedrooms. These chill
dren have been constitutionally strong
enough to survive the effects of vitiat-
ed air. The modern mother does not
take the chance. She supplies fresh
air to her baby from birth. The little
crib should not stand in a draught,
j but the window should be dropped
from the top and raised from the bot
tom to create a current of fresh, pure
air The crib, with its little sleeper
may be protected by scree2s.
Above all things, do rot start your
baby's sleeping habits with the warn
ing-"Hush!" Have the room in
which he sleeps as free from noise as
your household habits will permit and
do not permit other members of the
family to disturb him unnecessarily
but when he is asleep on the second
floor, do not demand that everybody
tiptoe and speak in whispers on the
ground floor. Remember a healthy
baby is not nervous invalid whose
nerves" must be saved in every pos
sible way. Take it for granted tha-
he was sent into the world with SOUND
nerves and a normal appetite fol
sleep as well as food.
The baby's habits of sleep are regu
J. lated largely by his physical comfor
] and this in turn is dependent upon tn,
D way in which he is clothed. So the
next talk on babyology will deal ex
. clusively with clothes for the baby.
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