BABY'S SLEEP.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18297, 13 January 1923, Page 4 (Supplement)

BABY'S SLEEP.

A baby thrives best if it can be put to sleep in a separate well-ventilated room.. But this is a counsel of perfection, and in days of a housing shortage is not always possible, and the child must sleep in the same room as, its mother. The cot should be' in a position on the opposite side of the room to the parents' bed. and so placed that there is a free current of air Sowing between bed and cot. This is most : important, so that : baby does not breathe air already exhausted by the adults. Window opening of two or three inches I is not sufficient; it must be wide open, and if the' room is not large' enough to I admit of the cot being placed out of the , direct lino of draught, tho child should j be sheltered by a low screen. Pure cold ] air does not harm a baby, provided the child is properly clothed and covered. Ideal bed clothes give warmth without weight, ; and open cellular fabrics provide this. Three thicknesses of something light and of a fleecy texture will give more warmth than the same weight woven into on© thickness. The air is imprisoned in between' the layers, and prevents the warmth escaping. . ' It is as well to have the top coverings large enough to overlap the cot about six inches at the sides and a foot at the bottom. This caD then be thoroughly tucked in and secured with safety pine.