WHEN BABY IS TEETHING

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 60, 2 June 1927, Page 5

WHEN BABY IS TEETHING

Even greater care than usual should be bestowed upon the dieting of the infant during his dentition days. And the same amount of thought may usefully be employed upon his psychological requirements. He is emerging quickly now from the infant stage into the consciousness of babyhood. His meals are progressively graduating into a drier diet from the fluid properties of milk. His digestive organs are gradually learning to assimilate hithj erto unknown quantities, and if he is i being given the right type of foods | which contain the physiological proi perties necessary during this process then teething, being a natural function. should not cause much trouble to a healthy baby. The essentia! foods which should be given are those which are rich in lime and salts. But even the most correct feeding may not eliminate all abnormalities during the eruption of teeth. There will be in all probability a reduced quantity of alkalire at this time, and this may upset his digestion if steps are not taken to correct the balance in regard to his daily food. Cod liver oil and phosphorus diluted \ to proper proportions can be bought a* any good chemist’s, and will provide | the lime and salts which are so necessary in order that the babe may manuI facture good, strong healthy teeth and bones. i)

When he has reached the age of six months he may be given this mixture J with safety. < < The Normal Order 1 Normally, the teeth appear in pairs, i le two lower central incisors are the first to be cut, and ordinarily thoy should put in an appearance about the sixth or seventh month. He should have six teeth to his credit at the age i of nine months. They will go on appearing at more or less regular intervals until the dentition of the first of 20. He will b then have reached ; the age of two and a-half years. ; Supposing the babe has arrived at the age of eight months or thereabouts , and no teeth have put in an appearance, it will be quite necessary to • search around and see how he can be ! aided. Cereals should be given very • sparingly, and always accompanied by v'tamins, such as orange juice. : chicken broth, etc. A good plan is tp ; add some oatmeal jelly to his feeds. i

Colour Scheme For a Bedroom. Pale bluey-grey walls, with woodwork of dark brown: curtains of blue of a deep intense shade; polished wood floor with Persian rugs; chair covers of soft purple. * * * Soot-stain should never be wetted. Cover with salt and brush off with a stiff brush. Repeat until the stain vanishes.