Babyhood . mas Ellerslie : Remember that a childis a tender thing, and treat it as rude joltings, and always have inmind that the best carriage is none toogood for your child. The carriage with ad-justable springs adjusted to the weight isnow generally regarded as the most perfectone, and from its use physical derange-ment cannot possibly ensue. The day islong past when a babycould ride in a soap-box mounted on wheelssawn off a pine-log,and the occurrence ofspinal injury is too fre-quent not to form anincentive to scrupulouscare. The adjustable(sliding) spring referred to is shown i
Babyhood . mas Ellerslie : Remember that a childis a tender thing, and treat it as rude joltings, and always have inmind that the best carriage is none toogood for your child. The carriage with ad-justable springs adjusted to the weight isnow generally regarded as the most perfectone, and from its use physical derange-ment cannot possibly ensue. The day islong past when a babycould ride in a soap-box mounted on wheelssawn off a pine-log,and the occurrence ofspinal injury is too fre-quent not to form anincentive to scrupulouscare. The adjustable(sliding) spring referred to is shown in theaccompanying drawing. But of more consequence than the carriageis the choice of the person propelling it. Myadvice, often given, is that, if perfectly prac-ticable, the most proper person to propel acarriage is the mother of the child. Whynot? No nurse can be more careful thanthe mother, and the child will not stand thechance of being left unattended on a crowd-ed sidewalk or in the broiling sun. More-. 306 BAB YHOOD. over, our young mothers need the air quiteas much as their infants do, and needing itand the consequent exercise, where can theybetter obtain these desiderata than by wheel-ing the baby ? It is not in the least unlady-like, and is at the best truly the mother pushing the baby-car-riage, and the baby properly carried in aproper carriage, a stronger percentage of health will accrue to both mother and childthan is gained in any other way. In conclusion, do not make modificationof these rules as discriminating between thefeeble and healthy child. The strong childwill keep and husband its strength, and theweak child cannot find better means for ob-taining strength than by judicious outings inI the baby-carriage.
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