Evening star., 1946-07-25

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/ sucking. He mentions that there is
no conclusive evidence that thumb
sucking if discontinued by the age
of five or six years has a permanent
! deforming effect upon teeth
found that my two children grad
ually stopped sucking their thumbs
without my doing anything about it.
hope that Mrs J. C. M. finds it so
and doesn't worry about this minor
point in behavior.
From Mrs. II. D. L., Herndon, Va. J
Remedy for thumb sucking, for
Mrs. J. c. NJ, Arlington: Both my
babies started to suck their thumbs
very young. Immediately, I made,
from a white piece of material, a
"mitten." Make in the shape of a
mitten, emitting the thumb, long
enough to cover the hand and tie
around the wrist My baby tried
sucking through the cloth, but soon
gave it up. Make only large enough
for the hand and not give room to
spread the thumb or it can be sucked
If covering over the hand detracts
from sleeping, you can pat or shake
the baby for a few times until it
becomes accustomed to the cloth.
ANSWERS TO QUERIES.
From Mrs. L. H., Washington
Several weeks ago a reader made
an inquiry about food budgets, and
since no answer has appeared I'll
endeavor to pass along some in
formation.
For a family of two adults we
spend approximately S4400 a month
for food. (This also includes clean
ing supplies and soap We use
about so quarts of milk month
and that is included in the esti-
mate above. However, you may find
that prices are higher now. Il know
that milk prices are) In addition,
my husband spends about $1,000
month for his lunches.
According to a study I made of
Household Finances in college.
family Of two should spend about
one-fourth of their monthly income
for food. Naturally a good deal of
consideration must be given to the
family income. In this one-fourth
OF the income budget all meals out
including husbands lunches are in
cluded. hope this has been help
full.
Maybe some Of the following sug-
gestiOns will help some one with
their laundry and ironing problems.
Many ironing troubles start on the
washhne. It's very important to
hang garments straight, shirts by
tails placing the pins at the side
seams. Dresses and blouses by the
top-at the shoulder seams. BY
hanging such things as handker-
chiefs, napkins, towels, etc, straight
you'll save time trying to straighten
these out when you iron them. I
have also found that giving every
thing a good shake before hanging
1t up removes many wrinkles. Also,
lit helps immeasurably with the
ironing OF starched clothes If
wax has geen added to the hot
starch. Remember that hot water
is better than cold for sprinkling
clothes because it penetrates better
My doctor suggested that women
would find ironing much less tiring
II they would wear low, well-fitting
shoes, instead Of the usual slippers.
know that much advice has been
given to Mrs. A. A. r. concerning
her problems, but I would like to
add just a bit. Go to your doctor
for a complete physical checkup, for
perhaps you find things hard to do
because you need more iron in your
diet or a vitamin concentrate to
pick you up.
L noticed Mrs. F. c. Ms request
Tor information about sterilizing
baby bottles in pressure cooker.
Here are the instructions that came
with my 4-quart cooker:
Put one cup of water in bottom
of cooker-place the rack in cooker
and lay washed bottles, instruments
spoons, etc. or other items to be
sterilized on the rack, Place nipples
IN a covered jar. Place cover on
cooker, turn burner on high and
after steady stream of steam
emerges place indicator weight on
vent pipe and bring pointer to
COOK. Let stay there for 10 min
utes. Turn off burner and allow
indicator pointer to return to OFF
position of its own accord"
With my cooker, bottles, nipples,
etc, may be kept sterile until ready
for use by leaving them in the
cooker with the indicator weight in
place
just warning-plastic measur-
ing spoons and nonfireproof glass
cannot be sterilized in this way.
broke several juicers before I real
lied that they weren't fireproof
Would suggest that you get one set
OF spoons, measuring cup and juicer
to be used only for the baby so you
won't be in danger of mixing them
with your usual kitchen utensils.
You can still use your pressure
cooker for cooking purposes with
out worrying about communicating
baby's bottles, since the high heat
under pressure quickly destroys
bacteria.