The Washington times., 1918-11-14
Mothers, Keep Your Babies
Hands Covered
And Train Them From the Beginning to Keep Their
Fingers Out of Their Mouths.


Fingers Out of Their Mouths. /
The recent epidemic of influenza should have taught
rs one thing and that of the easiest paths for
disease to enter the body is through the mouth
Millions of mothers worry because There Is some
thing wrong with the child's stomach"
Digestion is bad sleep irregular the lips are cracked
unhealthy lookng-here signs Of the dreaded coht
which takes many thousands of children to the grave
The problem of mothers is hard and painful at best
Impure milk is a constant danger
False diet foolish feeding based ignorance, AND
EATING AT IRREGULAR HOURS menace the health of
many children.
The mother that has lost one child lives in
constant apprehension and is almost despair when signs
Of illness show themselves
We want today to impress upon all mothers ONE
THING THAT THEY CAN DO FOR THEIR CHILDREN
When baby gets sick and the doctor is called, one
of the first questions that he asks is this:
docs your baby put its fingers in its mouth great
deal?''
He then impresses upon the mother that she must,
above all things prevent her baby from putting dirty fin
gers into its mouth
And this is the idea that want to impress upon all
mothers TODAY and that without putting them to the ex
psnse of seeing the doctor.
Remember that children are sometimes poisoned by
disease germs IN THEIR FOOD.
But FAR oFTENER THEY ARE POISONED BY
GERMS STICKING TO THEIR FINGERS WHICH
THEY PUT INTO THEIR MOUTHS
1t doesn't matter how careful you may be- your child
is bound creep the floor to fall down its hands
on the sidewalk, to grasp ratings, etc.
When chd's hands touch the sidewalk, or ratings
or the floor, THEY ARE APT TO COME IN CONTACT
WITH GERMS THAT PRODUCE DISEASE.
It is impossible keep children shut in 1t is mpOs
be keep them from the parks and the streets and from
crawling about the floor
BUT IT IS POSSIBLE TO PROTECT THEM
To the mothers of young children able doctor said
Keeping your childs hands washed frequently is a
good thing-but it is protection.
Keep COTTON GLOVES ON THE CHILD's HANDS
when it is playing anywhere outside of its nurseryand
better STILL keep them also when plays the nursery
floor.
"a child will not put cotton gloves into its mouth
it doesn't like the feeling
There is very simple advice for mothers that worry
about their children's health.
If your baby is in the teething stage you know how
the wise old mothers will you that you must EXPECT
trouble at that time.
You are told that teethng affects the stomach and
causes sickness bowel complaint, etc.
Teething DOES affect the chiIds DIGESTION. But
does actually introduce into its system the germs
that produce diseass-such the dreaded com
plant
Children are subject disease especially when teeth
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