Evening star., 1945-10-31

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to me by your readers, and through
your efforts.
BABY PROBLEM.
(Front Maj. n. A. w, Arlington. Va)
T feel pretty sure that I am not
the only man who reads the RCH,
because I frequently see items that
prove of great help.
I think that may have some sort
of solution for Mrs. G. p. H., Of
Arlington, with reference to her Is
months old son moving his bed all
over the room.
We experienced the very same diff
ficulty and tried all sorts Of methods
to control our three youngsters at
various times. The only solution
that worked was to place the bed In
q corner of the room and then nail
q block of wood in such position
as to hold the bed firmly in the
corner.
Notches are cut from each end
of the block into which the legs of
the bed will fit; the block is as long
as the bed is wide; I used finishing
nails to nail the blocks to the floor
and placed the nails in such a posi-
ton that they entered the floor be-
tween the boards so as to destroy
the finish Of the floor as little as
possible when the blocks are re-
moved. I then painted the blocks
white SO that people would be less
likely to trip over them. These
blocks have the advantage that the
bed may be lifted out of them and
moved by the mother at her will,
but will not allow the baby to shake
the bed all over the room. We, Of
course, removed the casters from
the bed before using the blocks.
As for keeping babies covered at
might've have never been able to
solve that problem. Probably our
best solution was to pin the blan-
kets at two places to the back of
baby's pajamas Gf your child sleeps
on its stomach as ours do). If the
child sleeps on its back, ! suppose
you could pin the blankets to the
front Of the pajamas. We are loath
to pin the blankets on the children,
for fear that they might in some
manner get wound up in the bed
clothes and smother, and prefer to
use warm paiamas and let them
sleep in a cool but not cold room.
They are outdoors all day and the
air in the room is fresh just before
they go to bed; therefore we shut
the windows during the night and
the babies 10 not get chill even
il they do get uncovered. AS al
suggestion, we found that the babies
stayed covered better when a mini
mum Of bedclothes were used. They
seem more likely to roll the blan-
kets off when they have been cov-
cred too warmly.
The only good solution to the
mitten problem is to pin the nit
tens to the sleeves of the coat in
three or four different places. How
ever, an active child seems to want
to have his fingers free, and if he
keeps active while outdoors, his
hands will not get unduly cold in
ordinary kinds of weather.
We would like a solution to the
problem of keeping shoes on. In
tricate knots is not the answer;
they are undone almost before our
backs are turned.
From Mrs. A. M, Washington.)
To answer Mrs. G. P. HIS oues-
ton as to how to keep her Is
month-old son from travelling
around the room in his bed. sug-
gest that she do as we did after
a long period of experimenting. At
a local 5 and 10 cent store we
bought four small-size rubber
casters similar in shape to those
used under heavy furniture to pro-
tect rugs and floors. Put these
under the baby bed casters, and
you will find he can't move!
I cover my baby very seldom as
he kicks the covers off, but dress
him in cotton or wool sleepers,
long-sleeved and with feet. The
cotton sleeper for the warmer nights.
Pin the mittens to his cuff.
Can some one help me-My IA
month-old boy will refuse solids
for a week at time-even when
he accepts them he puts up little
fuss. Advice is to take all food
away without word until the next
meal, but no one has had quite
my problem, for he will drink his
milk and that tides him over to