BABY LORE.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 20073, 9 October 1920, Page 1 (Supplement)

BABY LORE.

THINGS EVERY MOTHER SHOULD KNOW.

A baby grows more quickly during neriorT t f 3 '-t ar °< f J lfo thau at any other K wnllf 15 TT-!! 1 , 100, Ifc often doubles eight at birth at the end of the tlnrd or fourth month, ear A teething— sn y, at thd mirth month—is not any adva.nta.n-o infa « fc - Rather the other wav. +1 n r 0 I! m f n ini . c ter the cutting 0 f month” 1 U°° th 1S , duriu K tho seventh month It may be rather later, ns some babies teethe later than others, others 8 S °™ C Wa k aild talk !a ter than ABOUT TEETH. Tho first set of teeth are twenty in number, and they should all bo cut by tho end of the second year. These wro called the mill: teetli. Tho second set (the permanent teeth) are thirty-two in number. They begin to be cut about tho sixth year. They may take twenty years to complete, as sometimes the “wisdom” teeth, thd molars at the end of the gums, am not cut till near the thirtieth year. , ms very late “ wisdom teething” js not however, a. very common thing. Itio foundations of all the teeth of teeth ” CtS ’ 1 °f ( T t , of t,le " wisdom teeth, are laid months before birth. i he' most dangerous medicine to give a baby or young child is opium in any orm. It slum Id never bo given unless by a doctor’s orders. . The most efficacious method of reducing infant mortality is for every mother to nurse her child hdrself at the breast c uring the hret nine or ten months of Us life, lonr-nfths of tho deaths under fed yoai ' OT ° mfants are artificially No food, no matter how skilfully propared, can ever come up in value to tiiat supplied by nature. This contains everything necessary for the raanufaofuro of teeth, good blood, sound flesh ana strong hones. That'is'to say, if the mother is a healthy, woll-nmirished young woman.

REGULAR HABITB. * , baby reared with perfe.cf.lv regular habits of feeding and sleeping ' and given plenty of fresh air seldom is much trim 010

After the first year too much soft pappy toed is bad for young children Tlvay should bo given crusts and hard biscuits, which need biting well, these, by giving exercise to the jaws, strengthen them, and so help toward* the development of healthy, sound teeth, ns the oxeroiso brings; increased Wood supply to the gums and this feeds the teeth, for they arc nourished bv toe blood.