. ... Woman in girlhood, wifehood, motherhood; her responsibilities and her duties at all periods of life; a guide in the maintenance of her health and that of her children . rted by the hand of theother side. As the child gets older the support of its backand head is not always necessary. It is well to carry thechild alternately on each arm, in order to prevent its spinebecoming curved. The Babys First Exercise.—After the fourth monththe child may be placed several times a day on a blanketor soft mattress or in a clothes basket or large, padded box,with its clothes so arranged that it can fre
. ... Woman in girlhood, wifehood, motherhood; her responsibilities and her duties at all periods of life; a guide in the maintenance of her health and that of her children . rted by the hand of theother side. As the child gets older the support of its backand head is not always necessary. It is well to carry thechild alternately on each arm, in order to prevent its spinebecoming curved. The Babys First Exercise.—After the fourth monththe child may be placed several times a day on a blanketor soft mattress or in a clothes basket or large, padded box,with its clothes so arranged that it can freely kick and moveabout. It is important in winter or bad weather to see thatthe child, when thus playing about, is not exposed todraughts; when the child has catarrh of the head, chest orbowels it should be kept off the floor. A creeping pen willbe of service when the child begins to crawl about. Professor Griffith condemns the common practice oftrotting the baby on the knee. He says that when onecompares the diminutive size of the baby lying on its backor stomach in the nurses arms with the vigor of the trot-ting to which it is subjected there can be no surprise if. CHILDHOODS ELOQUENT AFFECTION. The artist has beautifully caught the spirit of love and affectionwith which the baby is welcomed into the family by the older brotheror sister. The mothers joy is complete in this bond of love, EXERCISING AND AMUSING THE BABY 285 vomiting or other disturbances of digestion are even should these not occur the baby may learn to de-pend on this hard usage for going to sleep. When the baby reaches the age of three or four monthsit ma}^ spend the greater part of the time in the open airif the temperature be warm and the weather clear. Duringthe daytime it may even be permitted to sleep is now usually taken out in a perambulator or baby car-riage. The coach should be well balanced and smoothlyrunning, giving the child support at the sides and beingprovided wi
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