The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-08-18
prepared by the Children's Bureau
U. s. Department of Labor
Minor Ailments.

A baby may be made uncomfortable
and restless by various causes which
are readily removed. Attention has
already been called to the fact that
babies and young children frequently
suffer from thirst. They should be of
fered drink of water several times a
day. and particularly in hot weather
When a baby cries in the night, a
drink will often quiet him. and send
him to sleep
Irritating clothing is at times respon-
sible for the baby's fretfulness. Wool
en- socks, or shirts, or stiff cap strings
are quite enough to spoil his comfort,
even if he is we'll, and in hot weather
especially, a superabundance of cloth
| ing is frequently responsible for much
real suffering.
Dress the baby in the lightest cot
| ton garments and keep him as cool
as possible Do not be afraid to let
him have nothing on but his diaper
and one other thin garment on the
very hot days.
PrickIy Heat.
One of the troubles from which a
baby often suffers in summer is prick
ly heat This aiment appears as a
| fine red rash usually on the neck and
shoulders and gradually spreads to
the head face and arms. 1t is caused
by oyerheating, due either to the hot
weather or to the fact that the baby
is too warmly dressed. The rash
comes and goes with the heat, and
causes intense itching. The remedy
for it is to take off all the clothing
and give the baby sponge bath in
| tepid water in which common baking
soda has been dissolved Use l table
psoonful of soda to two quarts of wa
ter. Use no soap, and do not rub the
skin, but pat it dry with soft towel.
After the skin is thoroughly dry, dust
the inflamed surfaces with plain
talcum powder.
This ailment, like all others, is
more readily prevented than cured.
Frequent cool baths, very little cloth
ing, simple food and living in cool
rooms, or in the open air will probably
save the summer baby from much of
the annoyance of prickly heat and
other more serious ills.
Chafing
Fat babies are very apt to suffer
from chafng, especially in hot wealth
er. 1t appears as a redness of the
skin in the buttocks or in the arm
pits, or wherever two skin surfaces
persistently rub together.
Much the same treatment is re-
quired as in prickly heat. Never use
soap on an inflamed skin. Instead
use a soda, bran or starch bath. Direc-
tions for these baths are given in a
publication called Infant Care, which
may be had, free of charge, by ad-
dressing a request to the chief of the
children's bureau, U. s. department
OF labor, Washington d. &.
Great care snouid be taken not 70
let the Daby scratch the skin, when it
| is irritated. Sift together two parts
of powdered corn-starch, and one part
boric acid, and use it freely on the
chafed places. Remove wet or soiled
diapers at once. Wash and dry the
flesh thoroughly. then dust the pow
der freely between the legs.
Milk Crust
This is a skin disease affecting the
scalp, in which yellowish, scaly patch
es appear on the baby's head. These
patches should be softened by anoin--
| ing them with olive oil or vaseline
night, and the head washed with warm
water and CASTLE soap in the morning
If the crust does not readily come
away, repeat the process until the
scalp is clean. Never use a fine comb
nor the finger nails to remove the
crusts. as the slightest irritation Of
the skin will cause the disease To
spread further. The scales will usu-