Milford chronicle., 1928-06-29
GIVING ADVICE ON
KEEPING BABIES
WELL in SUMMER
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great many children, and thereby
made them more susceptible to dan
gerous diseases.
mo matter in what season of the
year the baby is born, healthy living
habits should be established in the
very beginning of his life. The lit
tie one who has to face a tempera-
ture of 80 degrees with no fixed and
established regularity in his habits
of feeding, bathing, sleeping, and
airing, is under a serious handicap.
If he is being fed every four hours,
the interval should not be shortened
to three or heightened to five simply
to suit some ones convenience, but
only when his own condition de-
mands it. The older child on a legu-
lar three-meals-a-day schedule
should not have his appetite spoiled
and his digestion probably upset by
piecing between meals, especially
from the soda fountain, the pastry
shop, or the confectioner's.
"rhe daily bath, to which the
child has been accustomed since his
birth, will probably have to be sup
plemented by extra spOngings dur
ing warm weather. Few things are
more refreshing and helpful on a
hot, muggy day than a sponge bath.
Plenty of rest and sleep are es-
sential always, and never more so
than in summer The nap, in a
cool, darkened room or quiet porch,
and early bedtime are wonderful
conservers of the little ones
strength. Every mother should
cling to the nap or rest periods un-
til the baby is well past infancy.
'In the moderate climates the
baby can practically live in the
open air in summer. 1t is now rec
ognized that sunlight plays an i'm
portant part in promoting the we'll
being of the growing child. With
out sunlight or some substitute
there is danger of the development
of ricketts,, a disease in which the
bones do not grow normally. 1t is
the ultraviolet rays of sunlight
that are SO powerful in the preven-
ton of ricketts,, and in our part of
the world the ultraviolet content
of winter sunshine is lower than
that of the sunshine of any other
season of the year. So in winter
we give the baby codliver oil, a
substitute for sunshine.
when spring comes, the baby
even if only a few weeks old, may
begin taking his sun baths out of
doors. Only a small portion of the
surface of the skin is exposed at
first for a short time, but the
amount of body surface exposed and |
he time of exposure are slowly in |
creased until practically the whole |
body shows the tan characteristic of |
he visible effect of the ultraviolet |
'ays. The children who have reach
I'd the walking stage, should have
heir sun baths as we'll as the in
ants. 1t has been found by certain
Investigators that skylight alone has
. considerable ultraviolet content
This makes it possible for the baby
o have ultraviolet treatment even
N the hot days when it is not pos
4DAC " place ulLl III Tic ulIGCl SUN
light.
"It has been roughly calculated
hat the child in the shade on
right sunny day receives from one
alf to three-fourths of the avail
BILE sunlight from skylight alone.
ummer brings to us a far richer
upply of ultraviolet light than any
ther season. Mothers should not
eglect to take advantage of this
quality of summer sun {
line by exposing the bodies of their /
tile children to it's healthful in f
uence. Tanned little bodies and f
.urdy little bones are found to- i
ether. G
"The child, who is properly fed,
litably clothed, trained in regular
ealth habits, and given plenty of !
esh air and sunshine is very like
to thrive throughout the sea- Il
ms" T.