The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-06-11
Part III

4 health. There was not cloud
in the sky, except for minor
arguments over the guardianship,
There was not hint of the ssbig scare
we were to get before the first three
months of the year had passed
My entry for New Years Day states
simply:
.sWen, the new year begins quietly.
Babes all very well, having fun playing
with their toes and fingers There IS
an undercurrent Of unrest over the con-
troll of the children
Succeeding entries follow
.Jan. 4. Have begun to feed the
babes vegetable puree. They make
quite mess Of things, but eat fairly
well. The puree is given at the noon
feeding.
aJan, Z. The government has de-
clared that no one IN any way may In
terfere with the health and welfare OF
the babes. Marie had another
radium treatment today. She was very
happy, kicking up her heels cooling at
everybody. playing with her fingers
and toes-and posing for pictures, Dr.
Kelly (the Johns Hopkins specialist
who had given the child earlier radium
treatments for the tunor on her ieg)
was surprised and delighted at the
babes growth and vitality They were
very friendly with him.
sian. IL. Each baby has a different
reaction to hunger. They know the ex-
act time Of each meal. too. Ceeile gets
very impatient and hollers every lew
minutes. Marie plays with her fingers
in between each hoIler. Emile gets her
feet up and plays with the tassels on
her bootees: she likes to pretend that
she doesn't want her bottle, and then
clings to it. Yvonne hollers loudly and
slips her thumb into her mouth between
times. Annette does the same. For
some reason or other the last feeding
of the day is the noisiest. They Just
can't wait for it.
sITAN. Il. We were asked today how
we tell the babes apart. Yvonne
has three long hairs. and when IN DOUBT
we pull them--or rather stretch them
out. Annette is the prettIest-sofne-
thing rather square about her jaw. Ce-
Gle has very round face, she also
plays with her fists more than the ofh-
ers Emile is the larger of the two
smallest. and has pointed chin Marie
is the smallest and has very slight
cast in her eye She is very dainty
.sJan. I3. Added coddled egg yoik
to their diet. They're rather fussy about
il but / think they viii like it. Its
funny to see the egg and vegetable al
over the babes. They manage to slon-
ber all over.
sJan. IA. The babes are fed every
four hours They get FIVE ounces each
with cereal in the milk. They get COG
liver oil at 7.3o a. m, with four tea
spoonfuls of orange juice The coz
liver oil is the cause Of a face, but thS
orange juice is very good. They go on
for three hours in the morning aftel
their bath and breakfast. They &c
tomato juice at 8 p. m. fresh ciothe:
and a sponge bath after 4, feeding a
and lights out at s. They sometimes
fall asleep even before the lights g
out. especially Yvonne and Marie.
.Jan. IT. We need lot OF clofhe
for the babies. They use about l5i
diapers q day. We need about 30 t
so dresses, shirts and socks to be reaii,
aa,inned. Marie is so tiny bu
SO cute-not quite SO forward as tn
others. Emile is going to be SCAMP
Cecile is going to be pleasant an
peaceful. Annette is going to De
practical joker Yvonne is going !
mother the other four.
aJan. is. They love rattles and swim
them around. They usually hit one an