Evening star., 1942-09-09
Mothers DUTY Is
To Give Country
Good Citizens
Their Later Ability
Determined by
EarlyCare
By Leftice Lee Street,

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You have a baby; bright-eyed
beguiling little boy or girl. all yours
to guide, to guard and cherish.
What are you going to give him?
Oh, I do not mean riches and pos
sessions, they cannot help him If the
really valuable gifts are withheld
7 mean, what are you going to give
him so that he will grow as strong
and fine in mind and body as nature
wants and intended?
The profession Of motherhood
land do not let me hear any one
say that it is not a big job, if 1t
is to be done welD should be well
coined joyfully, but not frivolously.
The leaders in our armed forces
who plan the conveys that will pro-
tect our men going to the battle
fronts, and who work for the health
of these men as well as fighting
against disease among them, are
guarding lives. No less vital to our
country, even though more usual
and less spectacular, is the duty OF
our millions of mothers to protect
the young of the land. Your baby
Is not all yours, he or she belongs to
us, too, and ''us" means the United
States of America. His future abil-
ity as a man, her purity and strength
as woman, mean the United States
10 come, the country we are fighting
10 save now.
Provided you have given birth to
q sound baby, he has chance OF
growing up to be a healthy, happy
individual If you give him the
proper care.
That one small IF contains the
list of the priceless gifts you can
offer your own child.
Clip this out and paste it on the
mirror OF your dressing table or
bureau, and as you brush your hair
and make your face pretty, 1t may
serve to remind you how big your
lob Is, how much it needs your care
full thought.
/. Be an intelligent, open minded
mother. Learn all you can about
baby care by reading and by listening
70 your doctor. Do not follow the
advice of friends.
2. Take your infant to a capable
pediatrician or a children's clinic
once a month until he is year old.
Thereafter, do not neglect periodical
examination. Report any unusual
symptoms to the doctor.
8. Give your baby peaceful, we'll
ordered, happy home environment.
4. Follow the baby's routine every
day. Keep older children on reg
ular schedule, too.
S. Give the little baby ample nap
and sleeping hours, see that older
children get sufficient sleep and are
in bed early.
6. Give an infant only those foods
prescribed by doctor. Do not al
low older children to indulge in i'm
proper foods or to eat between
meals.
7. Protect your baby from disease
BY keeping him clean Che should
have a bath every day., by obeying
your doctors wish for immuniZation
against certain diseases and by keep
ing him, and all children, away from
infected persons.
8. Let babies and children benefit
from outdoor air and sunshine
Give them cod liver oil.
Q. Mother" the baby and little
child, be gentle and sympathetic
during babyhood and childhood.
10. Train the little child with
pstience towards good habits OF eat.
ing, sleeping and elimination.
II. Improve yourself and strive tt
look, speak, think and behave &C
cording to your highest ideals 81
that you will be good example t.
your child. Youngsters are mimics
IL. Be patient, tolerant, consistent
Arm and fair. Be gay and smiling
companion. and above all, be sin
cerely interested in your own.