The diseases of infants and children . t. The baby is now laid upon its CLOTHING 73 abdomen and these garments buttoned. After the child is old enough tosit alone they may conveniently be slipped on over the head. Short Clothes.—At about the age of 6 months, the choice of thetime depending upon the season of the year, the infant is put into shortclothes. Its costume then consists of a band, diaper, shirt, petticoatsand sHp similar to those described, except that the skirts reach onh-nearly to the ankle, and that it is very customary now to make theflannel petticoat alwaj^s with a muslin waist
The diseases of infants and children . t. The baby is now laid upon its CLOTHING 73 abdomen and these garments buttoned. After the child is old enough tosit alone they may conveniently be slipped on over the head. Short Clothes.—At about the age of 6 months, the choice of thetime depending upon the season of the year, the infant is put into shortclothes. Its costume then consists of a band, diaper, shirt, petticoatsand sHp similar to those described, except that the skirts reach onh-nearly to the ankle, and that it is very customary now to make theflannel petticoat alwaj^s with a muslin waist and to have a second whitepetticoat over this. In addition, the child requires stockings and stockings should be white, in order to avoid any action of irritatingdyes, and made of silk, woollen or partly woollen goods, or, in hot weather,of cotton. They should always be long enough to reach to the diaper,to which they may be pinned, and should be loose and with broad toes,in order to prevent undue constriction of the
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