The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-09

ON the subject, resulting from which
many qualms are experienced and also
the unfortunate baby Is subjected to
tests and experiments which must be
decidedly disturbing to the small per-
son even IL not absolutely harmful.
1t Is somewhat difficult to ascertain
precisely what degree of development
n normal and healthy child has attained
at birth ~ certainly possesses tactile
sensbility to a certain degree, this in
creaslng considerably az the weeks
pass. so that 1t is sensitive to touch.
feeling everything which touches 1t in
any way. Again. the mite is decidedly
sensitive to temperature. being happy
and contented when It Is warm and
distinctly the reverse II allowed TO get
cold.
So much for the points which are
certain. and they are the only two
which during the first few hours OF
life one can be certain about. For
instance. when the question of sight Is
considered II IL impossible to say
whether a new born babe can really
see at all. During the first twenty
four hours It should blink II a candle
Is passed before It's eyes, and the test
is usually made to relieve any fears OF
blindness. II can also, at any rate after
tho Ara, tue or ,hroa day, di.crir,i.
nate between light and dark. and soon
develops extraordinary sensi,ivane.s on
this poInt. II "a we'll therefore 10 re-
manner thu, n lit,Io bab,. sbould aivoya
no shielded as much az nossible from
tho pIare of ann and ar,,ac,aI livb,
alike and that when Il Ia asleep "a con-
dition in which Il should pass olmos.
its whole existence, nj frsD its cot
should no carefully screened from lipht
as much a. poss,hIe
This il n noint an which nurqe.-sven
ouI,e good ones vb, sbouId know hot,
,er-are wof,,lIv core,e.s. tndeod
,bouyh tho value ~ lIgbt ,,d sun are
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r,ears acCi,mati,ed 70 tho hrilIance ~
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co,ng hac,. :, rho question q, m.
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how much q, Tho sense ~ sigh, a boby
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,horo ,s M roason that her baby should
do 90 II has nlc,,v of time before t..
and .no,ber siy weeks NAV go by with
oIt any absolute certainty that II does
4, notice definite things or people. When
, II has reached the dignity Of three
months old. however. The normal child
does emphaticallv notice things. and
nulclilv the faculty OF prehensile sensi-
bllitv asserts itself, and baby begins to
grasp the object which he has been only
following with his eyes before. Young
mothers should no; try 10 make n child
notice things before Il. at any rate
is nearly three months old. Many emil
drcn will develop earlier, but II Is
question Wnetner l"'re II any
tagc in their doing so, and certainly the
! natural development shoulu not ne az
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