Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 January 1911 — Colic Halts Baby Lecture [ARTICLE]

Colic Halts Baby Lecture

Grandmother Uses Old-Fashioned Remedies, but They Fail—Doctor Scores “Soother.”

Chicago.—" Dressing and Feeding a Baby,” a lecture by Dr. Lena K. Sadler, was interrupted at the public library the other night when an Infant, used to demonstrate the talk, was seized with an attack of the colic. Its grandmother then refused advice from the physician. Old-fashioned cure-alls were used by the grandparent. despite the remonstrances of the doctor. After these failed a little hot

water was fed the suffering baby and it went to sleep. The nurse was about to remove the outer clothing to show the proper way to dress a baby in winter when the child began to squall. It was taken back by the grandmother, who rocked the crying infant roughly. "Grandmother, don’t bump the baby. You are only making It worse.” “Let.me alone; I’ve raised children before.” retorted the grandpas ent.

She finally found a "soother,” which calmed the baby. The nuree then heated a few ounces of water which soon put the baby to Bleep. "How often does the baby have colic?” asked the physician. "Nearly every day.” “Does it cry much?” “Nearly all night; we get hardly any rest.” “How often do you feed it?" “Every time It cries.’ ✓ “What do you give the baby for the colic?" “Bacon rind." "Now, grandmother, that soother is the worst thing you could put In the baby’s mouth. It falls on the floor, flies light on it, is 4s covered with germß, and yet you put it in the child’s mouth. Feeding a baby bacon rind is another ancient idea. Give the baby a teaspoonful of orange Juice one hour befcye each feeding and It won’t have colic. Only feed it every three hours.” ; > .