"BABY'S COMFORTER."

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 157, 5 July 1926, Page 13

"BABY'S COMFORTER."

(To the Krtltor.i Sir. —I quite disagree with "Observer's" view sre the above. Babies are horn with ugly months or otherwise. t.ikins after their parents or some member of either side of the family. _ The . "dummy" has nothing to do with it. To mv idea it prevents adenoids, as a baby must breathe through its nose while -urk:n°\ I have two children of six an'l eight: both had the "dummy"; n- ; -lipr of them have adenoids, usr'y "h-'"k" teeth or large, repulsive mouths, "r'fri to tell they both possess perfect ~'>aned teeth, the youneer one «tll has ; -er m ; lk teeth, and their mouths are small and perfectly shaped. What is more, they are both intel'igent and smart at school, the eldest one getting a prize for the hiehest marks in his class last year. and skipping a standard this year. It is only his third year at school, so the "dummy" has not made either of them stupid or dull at learning. What is more. I never lost a night's sleep with either baby, nor were they any trouble ! in the daytime, having been brought up ! on regular lines and no night feeding. If I had another baby to-morrow it. too, i would get the "dummy." They are a j great comfort to a teething baby, and i they get as much pleasure out of same las a man does out of his pipe. Mouths ' and other features are what nature proi vide*, ami I fa.il to see how an innocent I ■■ f ;-:rr.n , .v." ' v :"r,r 'v hoiwsr sucked, can in;ik.' a i-h': , ..! narr.v.v t-li:'.<".od or r-hiokt,-;: j breasted. IT.l T . 1_ ridiculous.—