The health-care of the baby; a handbook for mothers and nurses . BOGGINS* OPEN-AIR SLEEPING COMPARTMENTView from the street. tilated at least twice a day. This can easilybe done while the baby is taken out into thestreet or into another room. Fresh air shouldbe admitted to the nursery from windowscommunicating with the street or yard. Air- THE NURSERY 7 shaft ventilation must never be the nursery has an open fireplace fresh aircan be admitted constantly. A window-boardor window-box may be used to admit window-board is a strip of wood five. BOGGINS OPEN-AIR SLEEPING COMPAR
The health-care of the baby; a handbook for mothers and nurses . BOGGINS* OPEN-AIR SLEEPING COMPARTMENTView from the street. tilated at least twice a day. This can easilybe done while the baby is taken out into thestreet or into another room. Fresh air shouldbe admitted to the nursery from windowscommunicating with the street or yard. Air- THE NURSERY 7 shaft ventilation must never be the nursery has an open fireplace fresh aircan be admitted constantly. A window-boardor window-box may be used to admit window-board is a strip of wood five. BOGGINS OPEN-AIR SLEEPING COMPARTMENTView from the room. inches high and the width of the lower sash is raised and the board in-serted. This makes a space between the twowindow sashes through which the air cangradually enter the room. 8 THE HEALTH-CARE OF THE BABY N9ht Night air is fresh air and should be ad- mitted to the nursery. Children deprived offresh air at night are more sensitive and hencecontract cold in the head and sniffles morereadily when taken out of doors. At nightthe nursery can be ventilated by having a win-dow open in an adjoining room, or if theweather is not too cold, the window furthestfrom the babys bed may be left open, and thescreen properly placed to avoid any possibledraught. Give the baby plenty of breathingroom by placing the screen away from thebed, not against the bed, as frequently ^ convenient outdoor sleeping compartment cnb readily attached to any window can be bought under the name of Boggins Window Crib. *This outdoor crib is
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