The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-15

we m ust re-
s member that babies have an ire
sistable tendency to grow up" That
also sometimes worries q loving
mother. The baby Is so dear and
sweet that one often wishes he
could remain q baby forever.
How to care for her baby is sup
/, posed to be the great problem for
4 new mother. but no matter how
many babies we have. there are al
y ways new problems to solve and
new emergencies to meet. Every
4 child Is different from all the others
4 and the same methods will not an
gwer for all. For this reason We must
draw on someone who has had ex-
perience with most Of the condi.
lions.
Doctor q Friend
There is only one person who has
this experience and knowledge and
st Is not the grandmother nor Great
Aunt Susan. It Is your family doc
tor; not only your doctor but he
3 h ould be your understanding
friend. He knows how much your
baby means to you, and how anx-
1ous you are to give him the best OF
care. He also wants your baby to
grow up into boy or girl Of whom
you may be proud.
Rearing q normal. healthy baby
lets you enjoy the experience to
your hearts content. The doctor
ALSO takes pride In your flne healthy
baby and revels In your happiness.
I know because as grow older. few
things provide me with more real
pleasure or add more to my own ego
than to see the fine strapping boys
and girls have ushered into this
world. and to note how much they
0urpass their parents In health.
growth and intelligence. Oh yes,
they prove all of that! Why? Be-
cause they had better chance and
better care as they grew up than
did their parents.
At my house, the children are all
grown; my wife and I have to look
mp to see their faces and they look
down on US but in q protecting way
that does not make us feel too bad.
Only yesterday two brothers came
into my office all dressed in their
army uniforms to say goodbye to
their family doctor, who saw them
through measles, mumps, whoop-
ing cough and broken bones in
their young years.
Frequent Check Ups
They were both six feet tall,
weighed ITO pouTis. Their parents
were I'VE feet, fotr, and five feet,
eight. Their mother is dead now,
but she lived to see them grow into
1ne sturdy boys. They were born
n and % years ago. when we did
not know so much about how to
feed and care for babies. The next
generation should be still better.
But have gotten of of my SUBJ
ject-your baby and your doctor
Never neglect your doctor for
minute and he will not neglect your
baby. Let him help you ell the time.
Even though your baby seems to be
perfectly well, take him In for an
occasional inspection. The fat baby
h not always healthy. nor the &C
tive baby always sturdy. The doc
tor will study his growth, observe
how he Is progressing, how his food
= agreeing with him and discover.
before you could, any little thing
that Is not quite up to standard.
You do not want your baby to be
ordinary-he must be superior. You
need skill and experience to guide
you concerning his food-his need
Of vitamins, fruit juices. and when
the time comes for solid foods
knowledge that Is more dependable
than that Of your mother or your
neighbors. kind as they mean to be.
Doctor bills are far lower II your
doctor sees your baby often. He will
advise you concerning the time and
! n portan &C Of irpmunization
against smallpox. diphtheria, and
other diseases. It is well to keep a
book Ia which to write down his adj
vice and the things you want to ask
about the next time you visit him.
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