Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1915-08-05
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Care Of the Baby IN Summer
prepared by the childfen's Bureau
u. S. Department Of Lasof.)
Minor Ailments.

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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
offered a drink of water several times
= 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 re
sponsible for the baby's fretfulness
Wooden socks, or shirts, or stin cap
strings are quite enough to spoil his
comfort, even if he well, and, in hot
weather especially, superabundance
of clothing is frequently responsible
for much real suffering.
Dress the baby in the highest cotton
garments and keep him as cool as pos
sible. Do not be afraid to let him
have nothing on but his diaper and
one other thin garment on the very
hot days.
Priekly Heat
One OF the troubles from which a
baby often suffers In summer is
priekIy heat. This ailment appears as
q fine red rash usually on the neck
and shoulders and gradually spreads
to the head, face and arms. It is
caused by overheating, 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
far It is to take of all the clothing
and give the baby sponge bath in
TEND water in which common baking
soda has been dissolved. Use / table
spoonful Of soda to two quarts OF
water. After the skin is thoroughly
dry, dust the inflamed surfaces with a
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This ailment, like all others, is more
readily prevented than cured. Ere
quent cool baths, very little clothing
| 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.
Chatting.
Fat babies are very apt to suffer
from chahng, especially in hot wealth
er. It appears as a redness of the
skin in the buttocks or in the armpits
or wherever two skin surfaces persist
entity rub together.
Much the same treatment is ,requir
| ed de In pfickly heat. Never use spap
on an inflamed skin. Instead use a
soda, bran or starch bath. Directions
for these baths are given in q publ
cation called Infant Care, which may
be had, free or charge, by addressing
a request to the Chief of the Child
lren's Bureau. U. 8. Department Of
Labor, Washington, D. C..
Great care should be taken not to
let the baby scratch the skin. when II
i is irritated. Sift together two parts
powdered cornstarch, and one part
boric acid, and use It freely ON the
chafed places. Remove wet or soifed
diapers at once. Wash and dry the
flesh thoroughly, then dust the pow
der freely between the legs.
| Milk Crust.
This is q skin disease affecting the
scalp, in which yellowish, scaly
patches appear on the baby's head.
/ These patches should be softened by
amounting them with olive oil or
vaselin at 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 fine comb
nor the finger nails to remove the
crusts, as the slightest irritation OF
the skin will cause thed isease to
spread further. The scales will usual