BABIES.

Western Star, Issue 125, 29 January 1876, Page 3

BABIES.

Til* se noisy parents of the race to-be would,if they could,freq nendy toil stories of a great amount of need: ss suffering which is entailed ■ upon them by the thoughtlessness of their * good-natured friends.’ When t;.ty first wake up, it is

no uncommon thing for them to have a cand‘e flared bef re their eve*, to amuse them witu the ‘pr tty r d light ;’ then, perhaps, they are jumped, screamed or whistled at, tossed up in the air so violently that their nerves are thoroughly shaken, At other times the infaius are piked in ; the ibs, unclean dingers are thrust into their mouths whether ihepn-Ir things like it or not, or they may be tickled into spa.- ms, or be ‘ borpeeped-’ ait vigorously as to ' thoroughly' scare them, | if it dues not induce hit. Yirus’ dance. Should the poor helpless victim scream, w>ich is the only pro:esl it can make, it is libelled by being called fracti u , and, perhaps,, dosed with soothing syrup. O.her kind friends," of the baby wil , in the most thoughtless manner, kiss anti bug the poor little vic im even when suffering themselves Irom cold r rethroat, and. so entail-an unknown amount of evil on the child, simply from \vant of the commonest thoughtfulness. If s> me of .t boisterous nurses and fm r n>(a would remember:that a very little violent excitement goes a long way wi h infants, t‘s«-y would save them much needle, s soffering both in their present and future health; rest and quietness are the chief tilings t. fey require,-and vet seldom get; esp c ally in a large family, or where there are many, friends who take their turn to tickle and amuse the victim into a s.or of hy.s erival spasm, and the thick him or her '•"> ap y. Again, in plavii g mu ic o them, the moat uois and startling tunes are generally s lected, to the acu e torture of the sensitive tym.anum, instead of those.airs which are most soothing and gentle. 1 These ae a few of the many needless* s fferings to which cHUa dren a e bought les-1, exposed. alhef very* ‘common sou oe of torrqr- arises, from.carelessness in wheeling the perambu’aior. Io street crossings the e vehicles are more often th#T not allowed to bump down t o full height offthe kerh-ato e, and then driven: full tilt agains the opposi e kerb. Such shocks’'try -severe y the spine and nerves of the ’t nder , infants who are unfortunately, consigned' to t ie tender mercies ef a careless nu se. We once heard of a baby who; was - reported to have said, 4 How stupid parents areT and if that infant p ogidy should-live to. bo a hundred it w uld never say a truer thing of the m tjority of fathers, mothers, ami relatives' in g ueral.—The Sanitary Eee rd. ... ■ ~