What we should do?——————1, Always keep the baby neat and clean.
2, Cut the nails properly with utmost care.
3, Wet nappy should be removed and parts should be cleaned with soap.
4, Take care of the genitals because fungal infection is common in that area.
Parts should be kept dry.
5,Care of the scalp […]
The first set of teeth, or milk-teeth as they are called, are twenty in number; they usually appear in pairs, and those of the lower jaw generally precede the corresponding ones of the upper.
The first of the milk-teeth is generally cut about the sixth or seventh month, and the last of the set at […]
Introduction:Crying is a normal event in the lives of all babies.
When a baby comes out of the woomb the first thing to do is crying.
By the first cry he will take some air in to the lungs for the first time in their life.
After delivery if the baby doesnot cry then it should be initiated […]
The respiration of a pure air is at all times, and under all circumstances, indispensable to the health of the infant.
The nursery therefore should be large, well ventilated, in an elevated part of the house, and so situated as to admit a free supply both of air and light.
For the same reasons, the […]
Disorder of the stomach and bowels is one of the most fruitful sources of the diseases of infancy.
Only prevent their derangement, and, all things being equal, the infant will be healthy and flourish, and need not the aid of physic or physicians.
There are many causes which may give rise to these affections; […]
The especial province of the mother is the prevention of disease, not its cure.
When disease attacks the child, the mother has then a part to perform, which it is especially important during the epochs of infancy and childhood should be done well.
I refer to those duties which constitute the maternal part of the […]
It should be as like the breast-milk as possible.
This is obtained by a mixture of cow’s milk, water, and sugar, in the following proportions.
Fresh cow’s milk, two thirds; Boiling water, or thin barley water, one third; Loaf sugar, a sufficient quantity to sweeten.
This is the best diet that can be used for […]
During infancy.
————— For three or four weeks after birth the infant sleeps more or less, day and night, only waking to satisfy the demands of hunger; at the expiration of this time, however, each interval of wakefulness grows longer, so that it sleeps less frequently, but for longer periods at a time.
This disposition […]
During infancy.
————– Infants are very susceptible of the impressions of cold; a proper regard, therefore, to a suitable clothing of the body, is imperative to their enjoyment of health.
Unfortunately, an opinion is prevalent in society, that the tender child has naturally a great power of generating heat […]
During infancy.
————— cleanliness is essential to the infant’s health.
The principal points to which especial attention must be paid by the parent for this purpose are the following: At first the infant should be washed daily with warm water; and a bath every night, for the purpose of thoroughly cleaning the body, is […]