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When baby is out of the nursery flood the room with
fresh air.
Do not put baby on the floor unless it is scrupulously
clean and free from draught.
Cot baby at a very early age. Accidental overlaying and
suffocation often result when baby shares the parents' bed.
Do not neglect small ailments. Neglected colds lead to
bronchitis, constipation to digestive troubles, diarrhoea to
inflammatory condition of intestines, which may become fatal.
Seek medical aid when baby is ill.
The use of babv comforters is most harmful, contracting
the roof of the mouth, and the air passages at the back of the nose
They form an easy channel for the introduction of germs
into the system, by means of dirt which they collect.
Baby will never miss them if you never begin their use.
Bath baby in the morning, all over. Sponge buttocks and
groins after each soiling of napkins before putting on clean ones.
The temperature of baths should not exceed 100 degrees
Fah. Do not test the heat by the mother's hand, but by her
elbow. Thoroughly dry baby.
Dusting Powder.—Finely powdered oatmeal, or fuller's
earth, or pure starch powder are best.
Perambulators.—The lying-down position is the best for
infants. Do not use mail carts or other vehicles in which the
infant is upright when under a year.
Do not give castor oil during the first few days after birth
to clear the bowels, it is not required and causes colic. If an
aperient is wanted give a teaspoonful of sweet oil.