The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-01-05
What The Doctor Says
BY DIR. $. J. CRUMBINE General Executive Amcri-
 can Child Health Assn
\ PLAY PEN FOR BABY JOHN

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 Two or throo times lately whom I've been over to the Johnson house tho whole family except Mrs Johnson and baby John have been elosetod In the garage The only clue to what they were doing was q sound of hammering and StwlnB that could Do heard' through tho half closed doors, but whom on one occasion ] venturod 10 Mp' proach too closely was sternly halted by Robert who, In a cooked hat and scarlet winter suit, was doing "scMry--go" back and forth in front Of the door, "Who goes there" cried Robert; and when ] answered, "Frtend,' he Bcowlcd ut me and said, Not even friends must go in there." And then hls blue eyes danced and no addod mysteriously, its a secret Tor mother" So Of course 1 told him | quite understood, and took care to keep away from the garage
 Now Mrs Johnson's birthday happens to fall tho first week ill January, 10 on that ray she had her usual birthday party, to which am always invited, We had q cake, baked by Mary, and tea and the special kind of eookfos that tho Johnsons always have at a party, and after tea came tho big surprise. Mrs Johnson was told to close her eyes whilo MT Johnson and Bill pushed back the folding doors leading into tho sitting room. Then Claire called out, "You ean look now, mothor!" and Mrs Johnson opened her eyes.
 There In tho sitting room stood a handsome play pen, all paintoi white with . big blue bow tied to ono corner and q card which read; ITO Mother, wishing her q happy birthday and hoping that now she'll have m easy moment" road the note and remembered how she had said once that now John was at the crawling stage sho never had an easy moment when nc was out of her sight.
 But now John haB q play pen she need not worry. All sho mood do iB pop him into his pen, give him his wooden blocks ana Q kitchen spoon, and leave him to amuB0 himself. MT Johnson and Bili, who are responsible for mak. Ing tho pen, knew what they were GOing. They made it like Johns cot except that the "fi00F" iB solid and the bars which form the sides are . good real higher than Johns head 50 that there's no danger or his climbing out. The pen is big enough for him to crawl about in, the side bars are far enough apart for him to Do able to see tho rest of the world without difficult but not 60 far apart that ho can fall out. The floor" is raised about < inches from the ground 50 that John can play happily without fear of draughts, and is covered with oil cloth go that it can Do easily washed. Tho pen is mounted on small. gturd wheels, which means that Mrs Johnson can move it yard when the weather is warm.
 Altogether it will Do q perfect godsend to Mrs Johnson during the next year. Now that John is ten months old he is awake much of the daytime except for hts aftars noon nap. Moreover he's growing NO strong that he can not only crawl but also pull himself ID into n standing position by holding on to q chair or . persons hand. Hts new play pen will prove an excei' lent excPclge ground" Moreover Mrs Johnson can now get him to play In one room while Ehe works h another. for sine knows that it la good for him to learn to play Mr Johnson and the children were as, pleased as punch when they saw how much Mrs J0hns son liked her birthday sifi, and know they felt amply repaid Tor fhoir hours Of thought and eKoFt that went into the nlyk'Es of sahu'n play pen.