The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-03-16


Tho Ideal Nursery should be
the largest and sunniest room
in the house. 1t should be kept
at a temperature of 66 to 20 de-
grees Fahrenheit, should be well
ventilated, the furniture should
be simple and there should be
plenty of windows all of which
should have dark shades to pro-
tect the eyes as the eyes should
never be exposed to bright lights.
Sunlight in the nursery is alb
solutely indispensable as the air
which is permeated by sunlight
has less humidity and contains
less organic matter.
Ideal Ventilation is attained on
ly when the air of the room is as
pure as the air out doors. The
air in the room may be purified
by one of the many systems of
ventilation or by frequent short
airings which may be increased in
frequency and length of time with
the age of the infant.
Out Door A'rInss may be COM
menced at the age of one week
providing the weather permits.
Airing and sleeping out doors in
the baby carriage is the best meth
cd but sharp winds, extreme cold
or airing the infant when the
ground is covered with melting
snow should always be avoided.
The Ideal Food is the mothers
milk-providing the mother is
healthy and not nervous.
Artificial Food should contain
all the elements of mothers milk.
ideal Clothing should be warm
but not too warm. 1t should be
lighter in the middle of the day
and extra clothing should be add
ed for morning and evening. u
should be nonirritating to the
skin. 1t should and must alwayS
be loose to allow free movements
and the normal exercise of the
infant.
The ldeai Bath is given not only
for cleanliness but to stimulate
exercise in the infant. 1t should
be nonirritating, should be given
at first at a temperature of 90 de-
grees which should be reduced
with the age of the infant. The
first bath should be given when the
the infant is from one to fifteen
minutes Of age unless there Is
some reason for waiting longer
and should be repeated daily at
terwards.
Exerctse is as important to the
infant as to older children or 10
adults.
Tho Ideal Exercise of the infant
is brought about by a properly
administered bath. Every muscle
and nearly every function of the
body is stimulated and brought
into action during the bath. The
crying or screaming, the waving
"f the arms, the kicking Of the
limbs and the twisting of the
body during the bath are just as
essential to- the infant as out door
exercise is to the olCer children.
The lusIy cry of the infant en-
pand> the lungs. developcs the
muscles, increases the circulation
and promotes the general nutri-
lion. The very young infaat
should cry from fifteen to thirty
minutes every day.
The normal cry of the infant
stops when it gets what il wants
and begins again when it is taken
away.
Conservation Of the Nervous
System is the highly important
topic which W" wish to emphasize
above everything else i'm this lee
ture. In the near future it will be
the predominating factor in the
rearing of he infant and preven-
tion of nervous disorders. In the
past it has been most neglected of
all factors in the care of the in
FAINT.
Let us consider that the brain
developes nearly as much during
the first year of life as during all
the rest of life and during the
first two years it developes moro
than curing the remainder of life.
When we study the delicate
structure of the brain of the in
FAINT with its delicate fabric of
nerves and blood vessels we can
readily understand how the brain
and nervous system of the infant
is capable of pronounced changes
and subject to every influence and
how great injury can result to
these rapidly developing struc-
turcS.
This Is a Nervous Age. Statis-
ties show gradual increase Of
Nervous Disorder: Of the adult.
They also show that the Nervous
Diseases of children are steadily
increasing. This is evidence of the
fact that great injury often re-
suits to the nervous system of the
infant through surrounding in
fluences.
iThe best means that we have
of conserving and protecting the
nervous system Of the infant is
how careful training Of both mo-
Their and baby.
The mother should be trained
i'm conservative methods and re-