SAFETY FIRST FOR BABY.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 19 May 1928, Page 17

SAFETY FIRST FOR BABY.

SOME AIDS FOR NURSELESS MOTHERS.

The young child who. has no mine and whose mother is unable wholly to devote herself to him has been catered for in a variety of useful devices which will keep him happy and amused without supervision. To hang from‘a door-frame is a little swinging-seat with webbings so arranged that, although he can swing at will, the child cannot possibly slip free of them or fall. The gentle motion of the swing will keep him amused and happy, so that lie- forgets to cry or be fretful, for quite a long time. Then there is the scooter-chair, which has tiny rubber-tyred w’heels, so that baby, securely held in by a safety strap, can ride wherever he likes, following his mother as she moves about the room, dusting and polishing, or possibly cooking his meal. If he drops his toy from the little tray in front- of the chair, he can easily stoop and pick it up. Thus he Is more contented than he would be in a liigh-chair whence he cannot reach the floor. The nightmare of the mother who cannot- afford a nurse is the fear that if she leaves him for a moment her child may put all manner of unsuitable objects into his mouth, and perchance swallow' them. This catastrophe is to be avoided by the use of certain long cuffs of a substance which cannot be readily creased. They are so fitted that, while the child wearing them has full use of his arms for every other purpose, he still cannot reach his mouth. So lie can be left beside a coal-scuttle without any anxiety on his parent’s part.

Wire screens for gas-stoves also prevent wishap to the nurseless infant.