. Dr. Evans' How to keep well; . Fig. 284. — CorrectMethod of Hold-ing a Baby. (Kil-mer.). Fig. 285. — IncorrectMethod of Holding aBaby. (Kilmer.) THE BABYS NERVES 805 The cry of hunger is continuous and the baby sucks ravenously at hisfingers or anything else that gets in his mouth. After he begins to eat he mayinterrupt his meal to cry once or twice, but shortly he quiets down. A thirst cry is of about the same type as a hunger cry. It yields to a fewdrams of water. The colic cry is intermitting. When the pain is on the yelling is the limbs draw up more than in other cries.

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. Dr. Evans' How to keep well; . Fig. 284. — CorrectMethod of Hold-ing a Baby. (Kil-mer.). Fig. 285. — IncorrectMethod of Holding aBaby. (Kilmer.) THE BABYS NERVES 805 The cry of hunger is continuous and the baby sucks ravenously at hisfingers or anything else that gets in his mouth. After he begins to eat he mayinterrupt his meal to cry once or twice, but shortly he quiets down. A thirst cry is of about the same type as a hunger cry. It yields to a fewdrams of water. The colic cry is intermitting. When the pain is on the yelling is the limbs draw up more than in other cries. A cry from a pin prick is continuous and He wants attention. Kilmers page on the folly of spoiling a baby isworth the price of the book. If a baby is not born with a rupture, crying willnot develop one, Kilmer says. A mother will save herself trouble when thecry is because the baby wants attention by letting him cry it out. She willsave the baby trouble. A crying baby heats his skin, cools his digestive ap-paratus, and invites summer complaint. A spoiled baby is the first

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