Rule 2.—Avoid all tight bandaging. Make clothing light and cool, and so loose that the- limbs may have free play. At night undress, sponge, and put on aslip. In the morning remove slip, bathe, and dress in clean clothes if it can be afforded; if not, thoroughly air clothing by hanging it up during the night. Use clean diapers, and change often. Rule 3.—Let the child sleep by itself in a cof or cradle. Put to bed at reguiar hours, and teach to go to sleep without being nursed in the arms. Give no cordial, soothing syrup, or sleeping drops, without the advice of a physician. They kill thousands of children every year. — Ifthe child frets it is hungry or ill. Never quiet a child by candy orcake. They are com- mon causes of diarrhea and other troubles. Rule 4.—Give the child plenty of fresh air. Give it plenty of pure cold water. Keep it out of rooms where cooking or washing is going on. Excessive heat kills children. Rule 5.—Keep the house sweet and clean, cool, and well aired. In hot weather leave windows open day and night. Cook in the yard, ina shed, orin the garret. Whitewash - walls every spring, and keep cellar clear of rubbish. Let no slops collect. Disinfect privies:. - and sinks by a solution of copperas, and get your neighbors to clean up. Rule 6.—If the supply of breast-milk is ample, and the child thrives, gives no other food in hot weather. Ifthe supply is short give goat’s or cow’s milk in addition. Nurse once in two or three hours by day, and as seldom as possible at night. Remove child from breast, | as soon as it falls asleep, and never give the breast when overheated or fatigued. _ Rule 7.—if brought up by hand, give goat’s milk, or cow’s milk, and use no other food while hot weather lasts. Foran infant that has not cut its front teeth, no substitute for milk is safe. Creeping children must not be allowed to pick up unwholesome food. ~ Rule 8.—If milk is pure add one-third hot water to it until child is three months old; af- terwards gradually lessen the water. Sweeten each pint with a heaping dessert-spoonful, of sugar of milk, or a tea-spoonful crushed sugar. When very hot weather give milk cold. It must be unskimmed and as fresh as possible, and brought very early in the morning. Scald. pans to be used witb boiling suds. In very hot weather boil milk as soon as it comes, and. remove to the coolest place in the house upon ice or down in a well. Ina warm room it.. soon spoils ‘Rule 9.—If the milk disagrees add a table-spoon of lime-water to each bottleful. Ifpure milk can not be had, try condensed milk, sold at all grocers. Prepare by adding to six. table-spoons boiling water, without sugar, one table-spoon or more of the milk, accord- ing to age of the child. If this disagrees, a tea-spoon of arrow-root, of sago, or of corn- starch, may be added to a pint of milk, as prepared under Rule 8, and cautiously tried. If milk can not be digested try, for a few days, pure cream, diluted with three-fourths to four-fifths water, returning to milk as soon as possible. : ‘ : Rule 10.—The nursing-bottle must be kept perfectly clean, otherwise the milk will turn sour, . and the child will be madeill. Empty after each meal, rinse first in cold water, take apart, and place nipple and bottle in clean water, to which a little soda has been added. It is bet- ter to have two bottles, and use them by turns. The plain bottle with rubber nipples is. better than the tube, which is difficult to keep clean. :

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Rule 2.—Avoid all tight bandaging. Make clothing light and cool, and so loose that thelimbs may have free play. At night undress, sponge, and put on aslip. In the morning remove slip, bathe, and dress in clean clothes if it can be afforded; if not, thoroughly air clothing by hanging it up during the night. Use clean diapers, and change often. Rule 3.—Let the child sleep by itself in a cot or cradle. Put to bed at regular hours, and teach to go to sleep without being nursed in the arms. Give no cordial, soothing syrup, or sleeping drops, without the advice of a physician. They kill thousands of children every year. — Ifthe child frets it is hungry or ill. Never quiet a child by candy orcake. They are common causes of diarrhea and other troubles. Rule 4.—Give the child plenty of fresh air. Give it plenty of pure cold water. Keep it out of rooms where cooking or washing is going on. Excessive heat kills children. Rule 5.—Keep the house sweet and clean, cool, and well aired. In hot weather leave windows open day and night. Cook in the yard, ina shed, orin the garret. Whitewash - walls every spring, and keep cellar clear of rubbish. Let no slops collect. Disinfect privies and sinks by a solution of copperas, and get your neighbors to clean up. Rule 6.—If the supply of breast-milk is ample, and the child thrives, gives no other food in hot weather. Ifthe supply is short give goat’s or cow’s milk in addition. Nurse once in two or three hours by day, and as seldom as possible at night. Remove child from breast, | as soon as it falls asleep, and never give the breast when overheated or fatigued. _ Rule 7.—if brought up by hand, give goat’s milk, or cow’s milk, and use no other food while hot weather lasts. Foran infant that has not cut its front teeth, no substitute for milk is safe. Creeping children must not be allowed to pick up unwholesome food. ~ Rule 8.—If milk is pure add one-third hot water to it until child is three months old; afterwards gradually lessen the water. Sweeten each pint with a heaping dessert-spoonful, of sugar of milk, or a tea-spoonful crushed sugar. When very hot weather give milk cold. It must be unskimmed and as fresh as possible, and brought very early in the morning. Scald pans to be used with boiling suds. In very hot weather boil milk as soon as it comes, and. remove to the coolest place in the house upon ice or down in a well. In a warm room it soon spoils ‘Rule 9.—If the milk disagrees add a table-spoon of lime-water to each bottleful. If pure milk can not be had, try condensed milk, sold at all grocers. Prepare by adding to six. table-spoons boiling water, without sugar, one table-spoon or more of the milk, according to age of the child. If this disagrees, a tea-spoon of arrow-root, of sago, or of cornstarch, may be added to a pint of milk, as prepared under Rule 8, and cautiously tried. If milk can not be digested try, for a few days, pure cream, diluted with three-fourths to four-fifths water, returning to milk as soon as possible. : ‘ : Rule 10.—The nursing-bottle must be kept perfectly clean, otherwise the milk will turn sour, . and the child will be madeill. Empty after each meal, rinse first in cold water, take apart, and place nipple and bottle in clean water, to which a little soda has been added. It is better to have two bottles, and use them by turns. The plain bottle with rubber nipples is. better than the tube, which is difficult to keep clean. :

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