Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 December 1899 — ABOUT THE BABY [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

ABOUT THE BABY

There is one caution which ought continually to be dinned into mother’s ears —don’t let the brain be overworked. Some of you will smile at that, I know, but any physician will tell you that nerve trouble Is more common with children than with the elders. And it is all caused by overworked brains. Children cannot have too much fresh air—but proper attention must be given to the wearing apparel in very cold or unpleasant weather. Then, again, never let a child go out feeling cold, but on the contrary let him start with the fullest supply of animal warmth which will remain with him while he. is out A welt-filled stomach will help the warmtag process; in fact, .it is one of the first things to be considered. It Is an error to give too much meat to children under 10 years of age, because the digestive organs are not equal to it. A meat diet will cause a child to become Irritable, snappish and quarrelsome. The best foods for little ones are milk, custards, simple puddings, farinaceous food, fruit, vegetables and lightly boiled eggs. After the tenth birthday has been reached a child’s diet need not worry his mother—be can eat like the rest of the family. Three of the diplomas of the National Health Society, Mrs. Colby, Miss M. E.' Plggot, and Miss E. Stewart, have obtained appointments under the LondOn Schol Board as lecturers on health.