The Washington times., 1935-01-14

Of child care.
Their meal times are just the
same every day, and the four
hours between feelings do not
vary. The sun bath is given them
only on alternate days, but at
the same hour by the clock and
for the same period Of four
minutes.
Charming Sight
One Of the nursery's most
charming sights, incidentally, Is
the five naked little bodies OF
Yvonne, Annette, Cecile, Emile
and Marie basking luxuriously
in the sun bunk-the rats
nest" as even I usually call it
while the vitalizing violet rays
play upon all five.
Their morning nap covers ap-
proximately the same three
hours. Here the only variation
Is caused by the weather, which
encourages or prohibits the TAX
ing Of the nap in sleeping bag
and perambulator on the We
randa.
Every night, no matter how
lively and playful the little girls
are, it's lights out" for them at
six o'clock. Nor does the rest Of
the evening routine change
the sponge-off and fresh clothes
0t eight-thirty and the final feed
ing at nine.
Ideal Way
System, valuable for every
child, was imperative for guard
ing and developing these five
2rail little specimens.
We have evolved and upheld
q system, in spite of all tempta-
tions" Of visitors and other dis
fractions, which could raise hob
with orderly routine if we would
permit it.
The babies thrive on this
carefully disciplined disposal Of
their young lives. They are
benefited by the calm, un-
hurried monotony OF each "a
hours. There are no disturb
&nces to keep them from get
ting the 18 to 20 hours of
sleep which they need. There
are no exciting happenings to
affect sensitive digestions or
eXacerbate sensitive nervous Sys-
TENS.
The most exciting thing that
happens to them is being photo
Graphed, and that proceeding
takes place so often that the
quintuplets almost seem to
assume blase expression when
q camera pokes around the
corner of the door. A little
stretch of the imagination and
you can translate the "bla-blas"
they exchange as m e aiming
"blah" spelled with an "h"!
Orderly routine is the ideal
way of life for the Dionne
girls, and without it the hard
working, efficient nurses would
find their own lives even more
0rduous than at present.
Good Habits
One baby of six months
usually can keep a nurses
hands full or a me t h e RS
Think Of all the tremendous
trifleS -fee eeding, Sterilizing,
dressing, undressing, bathing,
petting-multiplied five times,
and then ask yourself if you
really wouldn't rat her read
about quintuplets than cope
with them in your own family!
For these five have only two
nurses to do everything for the
gang. Just to stand for half
an hour at the observation
window with your fascinated
eyes fixed on the roomful of
babies, will give you a realiz-
ing sense of how many steps
have to be taken by the i'm
maculately capped and aproned
young women who have been
the babies guardian angels
since their birth.
If the nurses, acting under
medical direction, did not Or
ganize these precious little
lives. their work would never
be done.
AS things are, an exacting
schedule is smoothly per-
formed-and meanwhile the
babies themselves are in
stinctively acquiring good hab-
its. More system for the gen.
eral run of babies brought up
at home would benefit every.
one involved in the process.
Ito Be Continued Tomorrow
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