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09th April 2009
lightest clothing.
The principles which ought to guide a parent in clothing her infant are as follows:
The material and quantity of the clothes should be such as to preserve a sufficient proportion of warmth to the body, regulated therefore by th...
Author: Jerald Shapiro
09th April 2009
The milk may also be rendered less nutritive, and diminished in quantity, by the mother again becoming pregnant. In this case, however, the parent's health will chiefly suffer, if she persevere in nursing; this, however, will again act prejudicially to ...
Author: Jerald Shapiro
09th April 2009
should happen, however, that the child has disturbed and restless nights, it must immediately be removed to the bed and care of another female, to be brought to its mother at an early hour in the morning, for the purpose of being nursed. This is necessary...
Author: Jerald Shapiro
09th April 2009
The especial province of the mother is the prevention of disease, not its cure. When disease attacks the child, the mother has then a part to perform, which it is especially important during the epochs of infancy and childhood should be done well. I refer...
Author: Jerald Shapiro
09th April 2009
The respiration of a pure air is at all times, and under all circumstances, indispensable to the health of the infant. The nursery therefore should be large, well ventilated, in an elevated part of the house, and so situated as to admit a free supply both...
Author: Jerald Shapiro
09th April 2009
sallow and sunken, the child will dread motion, and lie upon its back with the knees bent up to the belly, the tongue will be loaded, and in breathing, while the chest will be seen to heave with more than usual effort, the muscles of the belly will remain...
Author: Jerald Shapiro
09th April 2009
Deficiency of milk may exist even at a very early period after delivery, and yet be removed. This, however, is not to be accomplished by the means too frequently resorted to; for it is the custom with many, two or three weeks after their confinement, if t...
Author: Jerald Shapiro
09th April 2009
10, Phlegm in throat:--
This also causes difficult breathing resulting in cry.Often a typical sound can be heard with each breath.
11,General aching:--
Generalised body ache with restlessness is seen in flu and prodromal stages of some infecti...
Author: Jerald Shapiro
09th April 2009
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cleanliness is essential to the infant's health. The principal points to which especial attention must be paid by the parent for this purpose are the following:
At first the infant should be washed daily with warm water; and a ...
Author: Jerald Shapiro
09th April 2009
For women trying to conceive, diet and nutrition can be highly important. But even the greatest pregnancy medical advice will have trouble pinpointing the best days to become pregnant. Before you consider any infertility option, you should first make su...
Author: Aurelia McAleese
09th April 2009
The chief error in rearing the young is overfeeding; and a most serious one it is; but which may be easily avoided by the parent pursuing a systematic plan with regard to the hours of feeding, and then only yielding to the indications of appetite, and adm...
Author: Jerald Shapiro
09th April 2009
The first set of teeth, or milk-teeth as they are called, are twenty in number; they usually appear in pairs, and those of the lower jaw generally precede the corresponding ones of the upper. The first of the milk-teeth is generally cut about the sixth or...
Author: Jerald Shapiro
09th April 2009
A young lady, confined with her first child, left the lying-in room at the expiration of the third week, a good nurse, and in perfect health. She had had some slight trouble with her nipples, but this was soon overcome.
The porter system was now comme...
Author: Jerald Shapiro
09th April 2009
Since ancient times, reflexology has been applied to help stress, health, and well being in the human body. Recent techniques in pregnancy acupressure have also been proven to reduce labor symptoms, enhance natural contractions, and greatly help in easin...
Author: Aurelia McAleese
09th April 2009
As you near the end of your pregnancy you may be wondering what the signs of labor are. "When is it the real thing?" "When do I go to the hospital" or "When do I call the midwife?" While there are certainly variations among women, there are several signs ...
Author: pinkwitch
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