Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-18
Hot Weather Care
For Your Baby
nv UNCLE SAM. NJ. II.

Habits are the result of doing the
same things a great many times.
If the habit continues for a long
time, it may become very difficult
to break.
Sometimes baby learns or some
n teaches him a bad habit. These
bad habits should be corrected as
oon as possible.
Pacifiers-One of the bad habits
which is taught the baby is that of
sucking a "paciier" or other object.
The baby does not teach himself
this disgusting practice, and he
should not have to suffer for it. The
pacifier never is really clean and
may carry germs of disease to the
baby's mouth. All p%aciters should
be destroyed Immediately and no
such object eve should be put in
the baby's mouth under any circum-
stances.
The baby may teach himself to
suck his thumb and fingers. Contin-
ual sucking of the thumb. like suck
ing a pacifier, will spoil. the natural
beauty of the mouth by causing pro-
truding of the upper jaw and teeth.
1t also causes a constant flow of
saliva and spoils the child's appear
ance.
To cure the Misunderstanding, fasten
a wooden tongue depressor OBTAIN
ed at a drug store) OF small piece of
wood padded with cloth or cotton on
the inside of the elbow over the
sleeve. This will prevent the child
from bending his arm to get his
hand in his mouth.
An aluminium mitten to prevent
Misunderstanding has been designed
which may be purchased at most
drug stores. The use of this causes
no discomfort and is preferable to
other methods. This treatment
should be continued day and night
until the habit is entirely cured.
Crying-A child may be taught to
cry when he is only a few days old.
He likes to be held and rocked.
When he is put down he cries and
so he is taken up and carried. He
soon learns that if he will only cry
hard enough someone will come and
get him.
A child needs a short period of
crying every day to develop his
lungs, but the habit of crying to be
rocked, or whenever denied anything
should be corrected promptly. A
baby can be broken successfully of
this habit by letting him cry it out.
Once or twice will suffice.
Learning to WaIk-The average
child begins to want to stand at
about the tenth month and to walk
from the twelfth to the fourteenth.
Earlier efforts at standing and walk
ing should not be encouraged. A
child " should be urged to stand
n walk, especially if he is heavy.
He will want to stand and walk of
his own accord as 500 as the little
legs are strong enough to bear his
weight.
Learning to Talk-A child learns
to talk by hearing older people and
other children speaking.
1t is very necessary that he should
hear words and sounds correctly
spoken and that when he begins to
talk he should hear correct English.
Do not use the so-called 'baby talk
in speaking to a child.
Tecthing Rings-About the ninth
month the baby should have a dry
crust of bread after each feeding, on
which he can chew and develop his
jaws. DO not give him a rubber ring
or a patent article on which to bite
and cut his teeth. for they are sell
dom clean. A clean, smooth, silver
teaspoon makes a good toy and at
the same time is safe for him to
bite. Keep the fingers and any I'M
clean article out Of baby's mouth.