JOHNSON QUADRUPLETS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22130, 8 June 1935, Page 14

JOHNSON QUADRUPLETS

HAPPY, active and bright marked progress made The Dunedin quadruplets, the infant children of Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, of Caversham, were 13 weeks of age on Wednesday, thus completing their first quarter. It is customary during a baby's first year to speak of it as being in either the first, second, third or fourth quarter; hence the quadruplets first quarter. During the first eventful year of life, so many milestones or stepping stones of infantile progress occur that the normal way in which the quadruplets are passing their milestones is being observed with delight at the Truby King-Harris Hospital, states the Otago Daily limes. They have all advanced satisfactorily from their first step of prematurity, aftd are now treated as normal, healthy babies. By this it is to be understood that they are fed four-hourly during the day and sleep all night. They have their daily morning bath, and spend a portion of each day out of doors. They have warmth without coddling,- for, while certainly on cold days they are bathed at the fireside, they are, when dressed and comfortably tucked into bed, placed in an airy room without a fire. A baby at this period of life should sleep 18 to 19 hours out of the 24, for • sleep in the early months of infancy is the predominant feature of life, and to establish during infancy regular hours of sleep, waking and feeding is a priceless boon. Already the babies are showing their likes and* dislikes, and express by smiles and grunts of approval their satisfaction with food, warmth and cuddling, etc., and by loud crying their dissatisfaction with any delay in attention to their needs. The following table indicates the progress of each baby since admission to the Truby King-Harris Hospital, on the second day of life: — March 8 June 4 Bruce .. .. 41b. IJoz. 81b. Boz. Kathleen .. 3lb. llSoz. 7lb. Boz. Mary .. .. 3lb. lOJoz. 7lb. soz. Vera .. .. 4lb. Ociz. 7lb. 9oz.