The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-12-21

I OF the country baby The average city
house is uniformly heated by steam
or furnace and easily ventilated. The
country or farm house is still heated
largely by stoves. One room is very
hot others very cold. The warm
tire family and they are kept too hot,
often every window Il closed tightly
and the air is sadly vitiated
It is a significant fact that at all the
Better Babies Contests this year where
the Better Babies Bureau offered two
bies and one for country babies, the
city babies scored higher than the
country babies and showed q better
chest development The country baby
should have the best OF air to breathe,
but 1t does not, because it's home IS
seldom well ventilated, and because its
busy farm mother has so little time
to take IL out In the fresh air. The
city mother Is always being reminded
Of dangers from impure air, by news
paper writers, by talks at clubs and
social centers and at clinics. Even her
older children come home from school.
preaching the gospel of fresh air for
the family baby. She Is shamed into
ventllating her house properly and
taking her baby out for a daily airing.
The country mother keeps her house
closed In winter to shut out cold and
in summer to ward OF heat, dust and
flies. Her baby has small chance to
breathe fresh air.
From the beginning, the baby, city
or country, should sleep in a ventilat-
ed room, window open top and bottom,
at a temperature OF from So to 20 de-
grees r. A thermometer is q better
investment than cough syrup. A baby
raised in uniform temperature will
not need cough syrup. The crib should
not stand in a draught but be protect
ell hSy q C<rT~a h. fes
small, opening on q larger room let
the ventilation come from the larger
room Happy, also. that mother whose
house can boast an open fireplace.
This room should be chosen for Ba-
by's nursery. Open fire ventilation is
ideal
Whenever possible the baby should
be tucked warmly into q carriage and
allowed. to sleep outdoors In the day
time. Only extreme cold and inclem-
emit weather should prevent this senst-
bic plan. Nor should the baby's face
be covered while sleeping outdoors. A
sunny corner of the porch is an ideal
day sleeping room, with the carriage
screened from the sun. In summer. a
mosquito net should protect the baby
from flies, gnats, ETC.
Never should a child be allowed to
sleep in room with gas or lamp
burning low. The fumes from such
illumination are extremely bad for the
which the baby needs so sorely
The busy farm mother who cannot
take her baby for a daily airing has |
no excuse for not letting it sleep out |
doors. If she has no carriage, she can
have casters put on the crib and roll |
1t out on the porch, or even q deep box !
can be padded and baby can be made |
safe and comfortable by adding a firm
hair mattress and warm blankets |
When the baby begins to sit UP and |
NTaxr -fV L.
FENCED enclosure should be built on |
the porch for a nursery. 1t is a posi- |
tive injustice, nothing short of crimi-
nal, to keep delicate baby in the /
kitchen.
Many mother worn out with a /
fretful baby viii secure rest for her
self and good health for the baby by |
making it comfortable outdoors The |
sleep in fresh air is restfuL. and babies
that will not sleep well indoors ac-
qulre the habit If placed on the quiet /
porch or under a shady tree.
The sturdy baby should have its |
regular daily airing, weather permit /
ting, from the age of two weeks. At
SIX months. the airing in his carriage, I
exclusive of sleep, understand should /
last an hour and the time should be /
gradually increased until at i've or six /
years. he plays the greater part OF the |
time outdoors by habit
If the day is Indictment, rainy. blus-
III y a. ASeS@ oRSA Inc uuTSoTy WINDOW 1
and dressing the baby, cap and all
as for his daily ride. let him breathe
the air for half hour or more. In
winter, the daily ride should be given
during the sunniest time OF the day.
In summer. choose the cooler hours.
early morning and just before bed /
time.
when 7hould my baby begin to sit
up?"
How soon should I let my baby
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These questions are frequently ask
ed of physicians at Better Babies Con-
tests. Ek--9 form part Of that impor-