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Northern Advocate, 7 May 1914, Page 4

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SPECIAL RTSKS OF WINTER.

Unquestionably ihij special risks the *baby runs in the colder months of the year are risks not clue to cold, but to what is called "catching cold," which is quite another matter. , The way to prevent a baby "catching cold" or getting sore throat, cotfp, bronchitis, . broncho-pneumonia, pneumonia, pleurisy, or, indeed, any trouble connected.with the breathing organs, is to rear the child from the beginning as a "fresh-air baby." . By a "fresh-air baby" I mean one who is never kept coddled in a warm, stuffy room, and who, therefore, is subjected to no severe strain when taken oiit into the, pure, fresh air of the coldest day. Of course, the mother must safeguard her child by clothing it properly whether it is to be carried in her arms, put in a perambulator, or laid in its cradle. Half the coughs and colds of infancy would be prevented if mothers would master the simple method of making the baby's bed described and illustrated on pages 85 and 160 of the Society's book, "Feeding'and Care of Baby."

In conclusion, I cannot do better than refer the mother to the opening page of the book. PURE AIR AND SUNSHINE. God lent His creatures light and air And waters open to the skies; Man locks him in a stifling lair And wonders why his brother dies. —Dr # Oliver Wendell Holmes. Babies pine and die because they are irregularly and wrongly fed, and kept indoors in warm, stuffy rooms, instead of living outside in the open air and sunlight by day, and in pure, cool, fresh, gently-flowing air at nfght. Keep baby out of the direct line of draught; but don't be frightened of the air being cold. Pure, cold air is invigorating, and prevents "catching cold." Warm, stuffy air is poisonous and devitalising, and makes babies liable to "catch cold" Avhen taken out into the open. There is no danger, but actual safety, in gently-flowing night air. For Chronic Chest Complaints, Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, i/6, 2/6.,