The Washington herald., 1916-05-07
LITTLE MOTHERS
to LEARN Duties
$1,000 School Girls viii
Hear Gospel Of Baby
Care Tomorrow.
NURSES WILL LECTURE
Students Will Be Given Essential
Lessons in How to Bring Up
Healthy Infant.
NURSES WILL LECTURE

The simple gospel of How to Care
for Baby will be preached TO the 20
900 public school girls Of Washington
by their teachers tomorrow, little
mothers day of baby week
In the graded schools the lecture
will be delivered by the teachers in
the class rooms and will last only M
teen minutes Following the talk II
class work permits. the girls will be
required to write short compositions
on what they have heard.
In the high and normal schools
nurses Of the Instructive Visiting
Nurses Society will address the girls
i'm the assembly halls of the high
schools on How to Care For Baby.
Believing that the education OF the
Young gIrls Of today. who will be the
rOthers Of tomorrow, in the proper
care Of babies will do more than any
thing else to reduce the high infant
death rate now prevalent in the Unit
ed states. the baby week committee
Will exert unusual effort on the pro-
gram for tomorrow, little mothers
day"
Told How to Care for Baby.
The lecture to be read in the schools
Bah should be bathed every day
because the skin Of a baby is very
tender and very little irritation Will
cause trouble Have everything ready
before you begin the bath Be sure
the room is warm, and that there are
,Lean. dry clothes ready to put on
baby quickly after the bath You Will
need basin of warm water, soap,
wash cloth towels, powder, solution
.f boracic acid and absorbent cotton.
Before undressing the baby, battle
rra ewes gently with bOraric acid So
luton Cleanse each nOstrH with
twist Of absorbent cotton moistened
the same way Then cleanse the mouth
r-a-v gently in the same manner. Next
wash the face and ears with a wash
cloth v-runz out of the water, and
vlpa at once with a thin soft towel.
Then soap the head carefully, rinse on
well and dry.
Vow. undress the baby. and soap it
all over quickly. Then put baby in the
--.1 rinse all the soap off well, and lift
hsbv out and dry. The time in the water
should not be more than two minutes.
Every ba by should be fed on mothers
r7ifk for the first few months. It has
inst the right things in it to make the
0-by strong and well. 1t IS always ready
always warm, and always clean ana tfee
from germs Baby should be fed regu-
I7rfv. every three or four hours. Baby
should not have anything else to drink
ezcept cool boiled water.
~ baby cannot be nursed, It should
he fed on a preparation Of cows milk.
The mother should be sure the milk she
brr,yg for the baby IS clean and cold and
safe. Dirty milk may kill the baby. The
doctor must tell the mother how to pre-
rare this milk. She must have every
hing very clean that she uses to fix the
r-uk in. and a. : soon as It Is fixed. It
.lould be put in the ice box and kept
there The mother should never put the
.
Re kept very clean. The greatest care
must be taken that the baby's food does
not stand in the sun, or get dirty, and
that no flies come near it.
should sleep Most of Tine.
A young baby should sleep practically
al the time. except when it is being fed
or bathed 1t should always sleep alone
in a basket or crib; never in the bed with
SIS mother. It should never sleep IN
room with the window closed. It IS a
very good plan to let the baby sleep
out Of doors in the daytime. II it is well
tapped and protected from the wind.
When the baby gets a little older. it
should sleep straight through from s p.
~. to e a m. and should have a long nap
in the morning and again in the after
noon The more sleep the baby and
growing children have. the stronger they
VIII be. They should never be kept up
in the evening.
Baby will be well and happy II he
has the right food: has a bath every
6av. and IS kept dry and clean; has his
r7Ca,s served on time, sleeps alone in a
Quiet. cool place: breathes fresh air day
and night; is given pure. cool water to
drink. is dressed according to the wealth
or. is protected from flies and mosqui-
toes. is kept away from sick folks and
crowds: does not have to be shown off
for visitors. nobody kisses him on the
mouth. not even his mother.
BABY will be unhappy and cross II
he is given a paciier: is allowed to go
t1irsty, is taken up whenever he cries:
is fed at the family table, is kept up
Iate.if not kept dry and clean; is bounced
uD and down: is taken to the movies; is
dosed with medicine; is teased and made
tr show of, is bothered by flies and
mosquitoes; is not a fresh air baby.
IT IS easier to keep baby we'll than
10 cure him when he gets sick