The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-09
HOW TO KEEP YOUR FAMILY
 TOGETHER

Although I may learn of an oc- casional hospital or maternity ins- titution where the husband is per- mitted to remain with his wife durng delivery, I cannot undertake to name such places for corre- spondents. Nor shall I name phy- sicians who share my views about this.
 The right way to arrange for the prospective father to remain with his wife, as real man should do, of course, is by stipulating to that when you engage the physi- clan.
 Of course. if you are in earnest about establishing, founding or maintaining a family, you will en- gage your physician, both of you. as soon as you are reasonably cer- tain you are going to have baby.
 You will go together to engage the physician. And from then on, if you are serious in the desire to make your partnership perman- ent, successful and happy one, you will make everything fifty-f1fty.
 A prospective father is not man but mouse if he blithely goes his way and leaves the prospective mother to do all the worrying, studying and preparing alone-as though she were a widow in fact.
 If 8 man is a man he will at- tend as regularly and as attentively the advice and instruction given by the physician as his wife does, and he will have as much concern as she has about carrying out the instructions.
 Whatever pamphlets or books the mother may read or study in preparing for maternity, the prospective father will of course study too. There is no de- tail of embryology, prental growth and development, pregnancy, child birth or involution (return to or dinary odily condition after child birth) which man should not un- derstand as we'll as his wife does. Prospective parents who don't know the ropes may make a good start in cooperative study by sending 10 cents in coin which is negotiable laundering, and 8 self addressed stamped envelope, for booklet Preparing for Maternity [nclose on additional dime if you. want also '"The Brady Baby Book" Both booklets are yours for the asking if your husband is in mili- sary servce and if you provide self addressed stamped envelope.
 For more advanced reading pros oective parents may get Dr. Grant y Dick Rice's Childbirth Without Fear" from the public library. It IS published by Harper & Bros.
 If prospective parents carry on such study and reading together by way of preparation for the great event, there will be no difficulty about the same cooperation when the baby is delivered. That is, no difficulty unless anti-family inter- eSts and influences create it.
 Baby's Formula
 Is it all right to prepare the days supply of modified milk formula for the baby in the morning, and put it in the refrigerator immedi- ately after boiling, before it has cooled? (Mrs. R. P)
 Answer-More economical (of ice or refrigerating power) to let the mixture cool to nearly room tenn oerature before putting it in refri- serator, but there is no health ob- ection to putting the freshly cook d or boiled food immediately into refrigerator. Why boil the mixture? Pure milk needs no boiling. Boiling destroys essential vitaminS, espec- ally c. If you boil the baby's food oe sure to give the baby extra | 'ations of fresh fruit juice or fresh | vegetable juice or factory canned | ,omato juice daily. The baby will | appreciate also spoonful or two 'f a powder containing vitamin B complex and vitamin D mixed in he feeding formula.
 Four Lonely Years
 We have been married four years. | No baby. Gan you offer any ad- 1ice? (Employed CoupIe)
 AnSwer-FirSt, let the husband | consult a physician to determine he is fertile. Only after hat question is settled by mil ;roscopic test is it in order for the wife to seek treatment. Copyright 1945, John F. Dille Co.) ,urls, caught under a net cap. Her ace was scrubbed. Despite the inc lines, it had a little girl look. She had a pot of cold cream in Ter hand and sitting down beside l