The Ocala evening star., 1915-08-10
Care Of
the Baby In
Summer
QUE Of Door Life.

Prepared By the Chl-4reL's bureau, Unit
ed States department Of labor.l
Keep the baby out Of doors. 1t il
almost as important 10 feed the lungs
Oh fresh air is it is To- feed the stom-
ach on fresh milk Stale air is almost
as harmful as stale food. and there Is
far less excuse for it, Fresh air and
sunshine at all times of the year are
essential To the baby's health and
growth. but mothers too often fail TO
realize this fact. Babies are frequent
ly kept on "A starvation allowance Of
these two things. sometimes from
unhappy necessity, when the home is
in a crowded, unventilated apartment
fl n large city When this is the case
the mother must DO her best for the
baby by taking him as often as possible
To the parks, recreation piers, play
grounds and other public open places
provided for this purpose by the city.
Outings for mothers and babies TO the
country or seaShore are often given 10y
churches and other organizations dur
ing. the hot summer months I'm large
cities. Many an infants life has been
saved by even n brief stay in the coun-
try. but where this is not feasible even
brief changes of air such as are Sc
cured I'm the parks are of great benefit
TO baby. as well as to the mother.
In the smaller cities and towns and
in the country there can be little eX-
cuse for depriving a baby Of outdoor
life and a constant supply OF fresh air.
In fact, in suitable weather the baby
may practically live out OF doors. In
the hottest weather, when IL is cooler
In doors than out, the baby should be
kept in until the heat is over, but at
night and In the morning he may be
out for several hours. \ screened porch
on the shady side OF the house. where
he may play and sleep, will afford the
baby many hours Of outdoor life A
sick baby especially needs fresh air.
set up on the porch. provided the baby
can be protected from the hot sun and
from flies and mosquitoes.
Experience has shown that sick ba-
bies stand n much better chance OF
life and recover much more rapidly If
kept out Of doors. Common sense
should guide the mother in this as I'm
all matters where the baby Is con
cerned. and she will realize that If n
high wind is blowing dust about or n
sudden storm comes up and the tenn
perature drops many degrees I'm few
moments the baby should be taken I'm
or protected from n chill by suitable
clothing and wraps.
The young baby may be taken out
when he is two weeks old for half an
hour If the weather is warm and pleas
ant. gradually lenEthening the time he
stays out Remember that the bahy's
eyes are very sensitive and must al
ways he carefully shielded. not only
from the sun. but also from direct
light. Babies are often wheeled ah1uJ
i'm their carriages staring directly up
into the sky. Try il yourself fer
few moments and You will realize the
cruelty To the baby. who may not even
be able to relieve this strain on thc
eyes 10y turning his head TO one side.
When the baby l. sent ont with -
nurse she should le instructed nn this
point ana also how long she j. 10 keep
the baby out and be warmed of the
danger of ALLOWING" s.ran.crs 10 pas
with him or kiss him
The carriage outing Siiou'd u.t ie r.,
garlcd aS giving the hr'rv rp1u-sh
fresh air for the dav Iu nrHi.iau 90
this hc should 1.-Two nu th" un-,.l IN
suitable weatlc-. ~ IL - n..,-,~s.ir, ."
bring him in the NiI.d..,v> Iu.d doors
should lie npcu.d q. >crU. iIiu- t.i".h as
suggested in u prcvioHs article.
The baby should sleep AT night ia n
well ventilated bedroom. in = bed by
himself and if puSsible i'm Il room by
himself. Keep the doors and windows
open. DO not be afraid Of the old sn-
perstition OF the might air"
The fear of the night air likely came
from the fact that IL used to be thought
that malarial pOisOns arose I'm the
night before IL was known that this
disease IS only carried about by mos
quitoes. which fly chiefly after night
fall
In malarial regions screens are indis-
pensabIe. If the house is provided
with n screened sleeping porch there Is
no reason why the baby should not
sleep out at night after he is three
months old. provided. OF course. he IS
carefully protected. Babies thus taught
from the beginning of life to enjoy the
open air will be far less sensitive than
otherwise and much less likely TO suf-
fer from colds and similar troubles as
they grow older.