Indianapolis Times, Volume 47, Number 43, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 April 1935 — Page 22

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FOUR STAGES OF BABYHOOD ARE PRESENTED Here Are Development Steps Mother May Expect in Infant’s Growth. The new baby develops so fast in the first year of his life that the mother is often surprised when she checks up on ‘’what" and “when.” Here's an outline of four early stages, which will give her some idea about what development to expect. At first the average baby weighs about seven pounds and measures 20 to 21 inches in length. He has a good pink color. He squirms and wriggles when handled. He pulls up his legs and stretches them out, clenches his fists, puckers his face and cries lustily. He sucks and swallows his food and sleeps. He has no habits at birth. Habits are formed only by doing the same thing over and over. Immediately after birth he will begin to form habits which, if they are the right kind, will be useful to nim all his life. The tiny baby should be trained in regular habits of feeding, sleeping and' elimination. Four-Months-Old Baby As parents watch the baby for signs of development, they will see marked changes during the first three or four months. At four months the baby will be round and chubby. He will have nearly doubled his weight. He will have grown 2'L- to 3 1 - inches in length. His head will have grown about two inches in circumference. At four months his muscles are getting much stronger, for he is kicking more vigorously and makes more efforts to turn over. By that time he is beginning to hold his head up steadily if his body is sup- j ported. The four months' old baby looks about, discovers his own hands, begins to recognize his mother and perhaps other members of the family, and is learning to reach for objects around him. He makes known his likes and dislikes by gestures and facial expressions. He usually has begun to laugh aloud. In four months he has changed from a little wriggler to a baby with definite individuality. He lias already begun to form habits of daily living. The parents must see that these habits are the right | ones.

Eight Months' Old Baby During the period from four to eight months, the baby will still be growing fast in weight and height. At 8 months he will weight betvveen 16 and 19 pounds, and he will measure between 25 and 27 inches in length—depending on his type. His head will be growing but not fast is it grew' for the first four months. His muscular activity will have increased until he is able to sit up without support. He probably will have begun to creep. He will be using his hands better, and will have learned to pick up and handle large objects such as rattles, blocks, balls and dolls, and later smaller objects, such as spools, large buttons, safety pins. He will be interested in looking at objects, and in learning about the things around him. Most babies at 8 months will have discovered their own voices and will make various sounds, but they do not say words to which they attach any meaning. By 8 months the baby should have be#h trained to have regular bowel movements. Many babies will have cut one or two teeth. Weaning will have begun by this time. Between 4 and 8 months the baby should have begun to learn to eat solid foods. Child at One Year In the ninth to the twelfth month, the baby will continue to gain weight buc not so fast as before. When he is one year old. the average child will weight 21 pounds (three times what he weighed at birth). He will measure 25 to 35 inches in height. Many children by the time they are 12 months old have lost some of their chubbiness and are lengthening out into the slenderer type of body build, seen in the second year. Some children remain fat during this period, and some grow tall without gaining greatly in w-eight. They vary considerably according to the family type and nationality and race. During the period from eight months to or..* year, the baby has learned to take cow' s milk and various solid foods which will be the *• of tus diet for Uie next three j

FINDS HER FACE

Emelie ... 8 Weeks

One of the earliest discoveries a baby makes is finding and exploring his own face with his hands. Emelie here makes the discovery.

or four years. By the end of the first year, he will have given up the bottle and will be learning to hold his cup of milk, and perhaps to help hold his spoon. He is entering the period of early childhood and must no longer be treated as a baby. Tire parents must help him grow up by teaching him to do things for himself. He should be learning to pull off his stockings at bedtime. It is good for a little child to learn to be dedependent in feeding and dressing himself in picking up his toys and playing alone. Training in selfreliance should already have begun. Development of the muscles has progressed rapidly. At 1 year the average cliild creeps and pulls himself up to a standing position. Many children of this type can stand alone, and occasionally a child of the small wiry type can walk. At 1 year the child can use the hands well, and has begun to do things with blocks and boxes and a ball. He may have learned to say one or two words, and associate them with the persons or objects to which they belong, such as mamma, daddy, kitty, milk and water. Most children at 1 year have six teeth.

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MID-DAY MEAL IMPORTANT TO GROWING CHILD Highly Seasoned, Greasy Foods Banned for Pre-School Age. The pre-school child's chief meal should be in the middle of the day, advise the home economics experts connected with the United States Department of Agriculture. Here’s a diet, prescribed by the experts for the child who is approching school age. It should include a pint and preferably a quart of milk every day, butter at every meal, cereal or bread or potatoes at every meal, two other vegetables every day (one raw or quickly-cooked leafy vegetable often), fruit once of twice a day, egg or meat every day, sweets in small amounts at the end of the meal. Avoid High Seasoning “Do not give highly seasoned or greasy food to children,” the diet experts advise. “Be sure that it is not salty or fat. Use sugars sparingly, because sweets dull the appetite for other foods. When fluid milk is not available, use evaporated or dried milk. Serve food that ls easy for children to manage—cut vegetables, meat or fruit in small portions. Crisp toast that will require chewing is good for tooth nutrition.” Here is a set of mid-day menus for a week to suit the child of preschool age. Monday, creamed liver with bacon, scalloped potatoes, buttered kale or other greens, whole wheat bread and butter, one cup of milk, apple sauce. Tuesday, rice and tomato with meat, buttered cabbage, whole wheat bread and butter or toast, one cup of milk, prune pudding. Other Menus Suggested Wednesday, lima beans with bacon, buttered spinach or other greens, chopped carrot sandwiches with whole wheat bread, one cup of milk, creamy rice pudding with raisins. Thursday, egg with tomato sauce,

mashed potatoes, buttered peas, whole wheat bread and butter, erne cup of milk, ripe bananas with top milk or custard sauce. Friday, creamed fish with vegetables, small glass tomato juice, chopped celery and cabbage sand-

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