Most babies, when they do sleep well
early in the night, wake very early in the
morning, and then want food. Before noon
they are apt to be ready to take a nap of
two or three hours. Some wall also want
an afternoon nap of an hour or two. Let
them sleep all they will ; sleep and grow
fat. Never wake a young child (or in-
deed an older one) suddenly ; it jars their
brains. When their sleep is out they will
wake up of themselves.
Teething.
Mothers and nurses ought to know
what to look for in their babies' mouths,
as the months follow each other in their first
two years. Only twenty teeth, be it remem-
bered, come in the first set, or, ''milk
teeth." Thirty- two follow these, and take
their place, in the second set.
About the end of the sixth month (from
the fifth to the eighth) , it is common for the
two lozuer middle front to appear through
the gum ; and not long after, even some-
556
times before these, the two 2tppe? middle
front ones. These are called cutting or
incisor teeth. So are the next to come out
— alonside of the first — the lateral incisors
(side cutting teeth), below and above;
which appear between the eighth and the
tenth months. Before the infant is a year
old, then, it usually has at least eight front
teeth out ; four below and four above.
Next, we might expect those nearest
these to appear; but they do not. Instead
come W\^ first jaiu or molar teeth — two below
and two above — between the twelfth and
the fourteenth months.
Then follow, between the fourteenth and
twentieth months, the stomach and eye
teeth, as people call them ; the four canine
teeth, two below and two above ; pointed
teeth.
After these, and last of the first set, come
the second jaiv or molar teeth; two below and
two above ; between the eighteenth and
the thirty- sixth months. In each jaw, in
all, there are then four incisors, two canines,
and four molar teeth ; doubling these, we
get the twenty of the whole set. The fol-
lowing diagram shows this, with the order
of their succession :
5 342112435
M MCIIIICMM
MM CIIII CMM
5 3 4211243 5
I stands for incisor ; C for cani/ie ; M for
molar.
This order is the general mode of suc-
cession ; but variations from it are far from
rare. Often the upper teeth, front and all,
come before the lower ones. The time for
each group of teeth is frequently later, and
sometimes earlier, than that above men-
tioned.
As the time comes near (about the sixth
or seventh year) for the second dentition,
the new set, whose germs were in the jaws
at birth, grow steadily larger in the gums.
The milk teeth are 710I foixed out ; but,
under the wonderful natural adaptation of
parts, their fangs are gradually absorbed,
and thus they loosen and drop out, or are
easily taken out, and make way for the
second set of permanent teeth. These are
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Most babies, when they do sleep well early in the night, wake very early in the morning, and then want food. Before noon they are apt to be ready to take a nap of two or three hours. Some wall also want an afternoon nap of an hour or two. Let them sleep all they will ; sleep and grow fat. Never wake a young child (or indeed an older one) suddenly ; it jars their brains. When their sleep is out they will wake up of themselves.
Teething.
Mothers and nurses ought to know what to look for in their babies' mouths, as the months follow each other in their first two years. Only twenty teeth, be it remembered, come in the first set, or, ''milk teeth." Thirty- two follow these, and take their place, in the second set.
About the end of the sixth month (from
the fifth to the eighth) , it is common for the
two lower middle front to appear through
the gum ; and not long after, even some-
times before these, the two upper middle front ones. These are called cutting or incisor teeth. So are the next to come out — alonside of the first — the lateral incisors (side cutting teeth), below and above; which appear between the eighth and the tenth months. Before the infant is a year old, then, it usually has at least eight front teeth out ; four below and four above.
Next, we might expect those nearest these to appear; but they do not. Instead come the first jaiu or molar teeth — two below and two above — between the twelfth and the fourteenth months.
Then follow, between the fourteenth and twentieth months, the stomach and eye teeth, as people call them ; the four canine teeth, two below and two above ; pointed teeth.
After these, and last of the first set, come the second jaiv or molar teeth; two below and two above ; between the eighteenth and the thirty- sixth months. In each jaw, in all, there are then four incisors, two canines, and four molar teeth ; doubling these, we get the twenty of the whole set. The following diagram shows this, with the order of their succession :
5 342112435 M MCIIIICMM
MM CIIII CMM
5 3 4211243 5
I stands for incisor ; C for canine ; M for molar.
This order is the general mode of succession ; but variations from it are far from rare. Often the upper teeth, front and all, come before the lower ones. The time for each group of teeth is frequently later, and sometimes earlier, than that above mentioned.
As the time comes near (about the sixth or seventh year) for the second dentition, the new set, whose germs were in the jaws at birth, grow steadily larger in the gums. The milk teeth are not foixed out ; but, under the wonderful natural adaptation of parts, their fangs are gradually absorbed, and thus they loosen and drop out, or are easily taken out, and make way for the second set of permanent teeth. These are