Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 July 1885 — The Baby’s Growth. [ARTICLE]

The Baby’s Growth.

Any one who has listened to the usual talk of the mother or the nurse about her baby will have noticed that she endows it with a degree of intelligence which it is quile impossible that it should possess. She has no hesitation in infusing a grown-up mind into the helpless bundle in her arms, and in attributing to it likes and dislikes, perceptions, expressions of will and of temper, and various virtues and failings which are incompatible with its stage of development. It is a very natural misconcepton. Mothers may bo interested in comparing their children’s progress with that of the typical baby; we therefore subjoin the following table: First With intention Motion. attempt, and success. Shaking the head 4 days. 1C weeks. Holding up the head.. 11 weeks. 16 weeks. Seizing 117 days. 17 weeks. Pointing. 8 months. 9 months. Sitting....-. 14 weeks. 42 wee ■ s. standing 23 weeks 48 weeks. Walking 41 weeks; 66 weeks. Kissing 12 months. 23 months. Jumping 27 months. 28 months. — Babyhood.