New Britain herald., 1914-07-28
THAT EVERY MOTHER WANTS
 TO KNOW ABOUT HER BABY
Anna Steese Richardson Director of the Better Babies Bureau of the Womans Home Companion Ques-
 tons of Many Mothers Answered.
 NO. 1O-How Should Baby Grow.

' should be stripped for each weighing and a record kept.
 4.-Does height indicate good health?
 Not necessarily. but if a baby does rot grow he is not normal At 8 month, the average baby measures about twenty and one-half inches; at three months. twenty-two inches; at
 six months, twenty-four inches; at one year, twenty seven inches. This is the
 average height for the baby who
 starts life weighing seven pounds.
 5.-My baby's head is rather large.
 Will he have trouble in teething?
 A large head sometimes indicates
 certain conditions which become more
 active or pronounced under teething
 or any other special strain. You should consult your physician as to your childs condition and develop ment. The head of child six months old, weighing about seventeen or eigh- teen pounds, and measuring twenty six twenty-seven inches in height, should measure in circumference seventeen and one-half. The chest should be the same size and the ab- domen just a trifle smaller. At nine months the weight should be about twenty pounds, the height about twenty-eight and the head measure ment about eighteen. The trouble may lie in the shape, not in the size of the head, and for that reason. the baby should be looked over by physician.
 5.-Should a baby sleep on it's right or it's left side?
 Alternate the position. This is good to develop the shape 1 of the head uniformly. Be sure to 1 lay back the babys ears when tuck i ing him in bed.
 6.-When should the fontanelle cicse?
 Not later than eighteen months.
 7.-When should a baby notice what goes on around him?
 At about three months. Before that he does little except sleep. At three months he notices his hands and re- spends to slight noises, or gentle pats At four months, he tries to hold up ais head; at six he can sit up with a pillow against his back, and cries hen taken from his mother and nurse. At nine months he can sit alone on the floor, and usually tries U creep and play.
 S.-When should baby walk?
 The age varies with the family raits and health of the baby. He mould never be urged to walk One ear is early enough. If he is not walking at eighteen months, physician should be consulted. Heavy, diapers interfere with walking. See that your baby learns to tand straight. Have any tendency o bowlegs treated at once.
 Slow early does baby begin to ak?
 He makes unintelligible sounds like goo" at three or four months At line months, if he has no speech de- ect, he makes an effort to say mamma and at a year he can call 'oth mother and father, or nurse or avorite sister. At fifteen or sixteen i months, he calls few familiar ob- ects by name. At two years, he should join simple words. From the t lery start, teach him to speak pure i English, distinctly
 1O.-My baby is subject to catarrh ( lnd colds What is the cure? 2
 His condition is probably due to | 'Te of two things-lack of ventilation 1 IT adenolds. A room which is not t ventilated and is full of germs causes s l baby to take cold frequently, while plenty of pure, cool air wards off | old germs. If the difficulty comes rom adenoids, these must be removed t IS soon as your family physician con- ( iders the baby old enough and strong enough. If he breathes through his l nouth habitually, he probably has t ldenoids. Since physicians have been 'emoving adenoids, catarrh has he. come less common.