Evening star., 1937-05-30
By Nurse Yv0nne Ler0ua

PARTY.
FTER the excitement of film
N ing The Country Doctor"
~ was over, life in the quin-
A tuplets' nursery quickly re-
sumed its normal routine.
With the movies out Of the way,
my diary reads:
December Is. Everything quiet
and restful Yvonne, Cecile and
Emile can (and do climb on the
radiators.
December 16 The babes we're in
oculated for diphtheria) today They
didn't mind 1t very much. The doctor
hated to do it, think.
December II. There was no re-
action from the hypodermic. They
slept the night through.
December 1S. Yvonne and Annette
cut their fingers. but not seriously;
put adhesive on them. Annette
sucked hers off-and Yvonne is very
proud Of hers. . They got up on
radiators agaln-and broke a window
December 49, Yvonne and Emile
had a fight today Annette and Emile
and had her diaper pulled off.
December 81. They pulled the
curtains and rods down today. Annette
and Yvonne tried to tell me about
the snow sliding down off the roof.
December 90. They had grand
time watching the Christmas tree go
up. They are all so lovable and
charming I could fill book about
them. I've removed the curtains
and rods"
I CAN'T describe the babes second
Christmas. My brother died, and
I went on leave of absence on Decem-
Der 25. My diary resumes:
December 30. Babes recognized
me and we're glad to see me. Marie
Is very cross today. I guess she was
spoiled.
January 2 Babes slept very we'll
outdoors today. They have been
rather restless. Have slight colds in
the nose.
January 8. Yvonne blows her nose
With great force. She reaches for the
tissue and blows and bloWs-and then
laughs at the stir she makes, They
are getting to be scrappers: pull each
others hair and bite. and tease each
other by offering toys and pulling
them away. We have to separate
them quite often, but they soon make
up and play together again.
January 4 The babes have been
climbing on radiators and falling or
pushing each other off. We have
finally managed to make them stop
by taking them off each time and
telling them that they're not to do
this. They still fight. Marie delights
in stealing toys, etc. She grabs them
and craWls away, and when the others
cry she stands there with mischie-
vous grin on her face. She also loves
to bang heads Guess she Is making
up for the times when she couldn't
hit back.
January S. Went out of the nursery
for about five minutes; came back and
nearly fainted-Yvonne was covered
with blood 1t was in her eyes, her
hair, all over her clothes, all over the
others who were standing around
patting her on the back and getting
some blood on their hands. She must
have fallen on something and cut her
forehead open about half an inch.
There was no crying, though-just
pleasant time I put iodine and
bandage on, but it soon came Off
everybody picked at it.
January IL. Marie can stand
alone. She is afraid of walking and
slides down as soon as some one tries
to encourage her.
January II. Doctors up from
Toronto to x-ray the bone structure
of the babes to determine just how
well they are getting along, The
plates show very good and strong bone
formation. Marie's hips were also
x-rayed to see whether there was any
malformation which might be the
cause of her not walking. Apparently
o. K.
January 13 Emile tried to climb
out of the bathtub and fell out. Marie
refuses to eat coddled eggs-We have
to scramble hers. Yvonne is trying
to eat alone and gets it all over-holds
the spoon upside down and often puts
body broke a window today. It is
apparently great curiosity to the
babes to know where the noise comes
from, and they all gather around with
exclamations.
January H. Another window
broken. The babes have been warned
not to play around windows which
have been broken and covered over.
Emile and Annette go over, look at
me very funnily. and then pretend
to put their fingers into the hole in
the pane-and laugh uproariously
when tell them to go away.
January Is. Marie ducks her head
under water in the bath-and also
gets her mouth even with the water
and gurgles. She is taking a few
steps.
January l6 Shatter- proof glass
was put in all the lower panes in the
nursery today. The babes soon found
that by climbing on the radiators and
pounding on the upper pane of glass
they can produce a great noise-and
admonitions from us.
January II. Marie is walking
much better.
January 81 The babes are doing
their best to talk They point for
toys and things and jabber away in
earnest"
4 S JANUARY gave way to February
we had another sick spell in the
nursery, Yvonne and Annette becom-
ing i'll first and the others following
suit. For about week all the babies
were under the weather, but they
rallied quickly and my February II
diary entry remarks, Back to normal
and eating better
A new landmark in the girls growth
was recorded in the entry for February
18-"Morning sleep stopped; babes
allowed to play all morning" and
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