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" Of all the joys that brighten iilf
forfnff earth, what joy la welcomed
Ilka a new-born child? Mrs. Norton.
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Devoted to Babies
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Wheradid you com from,' baby dear?
Out of the everywhere into here.
1 George. McDonald.
Proper Care
of Babies
' in Brief
For Mother's Information
The Journal is Inaugurating today
a weekly department for the mothers
of bebles. Jt la hoped to offer in these
columns matter that will interest and
inatrupt mother in the care of their
most precious and treasured posses-jj
Ions. A numDPr or Daoy specialists,
physicians, nurses, dentists and dieti
tians will contribute directly and Indi
rectly toward making this department
one of scientific yet practical value.
EVEUV baby has the right to proper
car, both before it is born and
ft-rward ; yet, how few mothers ac
tually know and observe the A B C of
the baoy's health, the elementals that
shculd be known and observed in the
humblest home.
See that the bowels move every day.
Never let a day pass without a good
movement.
Give 'the baby plenty of warm boiled
water to drink.
Give the baby pure air day and night.
Avoid dust, drafts, overheated rooms,
crowds and unnecessary contact with
colds and other germ diseases. The
belief that children should have measles,
whooping-cough, etc., "early and get
done with them" Is wrong. The after
effects of these diseases often keep chil
dren weak for many years.
.Bathe the baby dally, and keep it In
clean, dry clothing. Let everything that
goes into Its mouth be absolutely clean.
Keep the baby's hands and feet warm,
and its bowels warmly pTCtected with
wool. Try relieving pain with a hot
water bottle and a few swallows of
warm water.
No mother would quiet her child with
a blow on the head, nor should she stun
her baby with the opium and morphine
of soothing. syrups. Many babies have
been killed by medicine given to stop
a fretful cry. Any medicine that prom
. ines to quiet a baby or put It to sleep
ahould be shunned like poison. Castor
oil and. milk of magnesia, intelligently
used, are valuable home medicines. Give
nothing else without consulting your
doctor.
All young Infants are extremely nerv
. ous, so avoid exciting them, playing with
them, or handling them' too much. Do
not trot. shak or bounce the baby.
Do not start the bad habit of walking
the floor. ' Baby's bones are soft for
a long time, and even holding the baby
- habitually, may cause spinal curvature.
A little handling and petting rests the
haby, but most of the time your In
fants should He quietly in bed till strong
enough to sit alone and play.
Keefl regularly by the clock, not by
Impulse. Healthy mothers should en
deavor to nurse their babies, because
good breast milk Is the best and safest
. food. If artificial food Is required, let
It be fresh cow's milk properly modified.
- Love is the sunshine of the baby'a
mind, and If Is the mother's loving talk
. which guides the little one In its mar
velous, mental unfolding. Discord, im
patience and needless corrections shock
and stunt the baby's intellect. Talk to
the baby, but don't talk baby-talk. Re
peat the same words happily, musically,,
correctly, day after day .and give those
, words you want it specially to learn
a little tune or Inflection, for babies
learn Intonation before they learn syl
lables. Never hurry the baby mentally.
' Never set It Intellectual tasks. Never
perplex it too "much with entertainment,
too many toys. Keep its mental life
serene, but satisfied, and Its body
- healthy. Intelligence and mother-love
are equally needed for this double task-
There were born -in Portland last year
48l!i babies, of whom 1460 were boys and
2389 were girls, boys being In the ma
jority by ftl.
The faults of children are often In a
large measure due to their physical con-
dttlon.
LOOKING INTO THINGS
MOTHKR I,OVK
Lord, give the mothers of our
state
More love to do their part;
The love that reaches not alone
The children made by birth their
own
But every childish heart
Make in their souls true niother-
hood
Which aims at universal good. "
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Child Welfare
Paramount
Interest
T CANNOT too strongly express my
X approval of The Journal's clan to
institute a department for mothers and '
infant welfare." said Mrs. C. W. Hay- j
hurst, president of the Oregon Parent1!
Teacher association. J
"The thing for which there is a real :
need rarely faijs and so I feel that this
new department is going to be a sue- (
cess from the beginning, for our mothers
need to know many, many things. There j
Is no greater believer In the power of '
the press than I and when I think of i
the thousands of mothers that will be ;
reached by ' the messages in this depart-
ment I feel that infant welfare work i
in Oregon is going to take on new life. '
The mortality rate Is shockingly high 1
In Oregon and while our association .
through its hundreds of branches and j
our child welfare bureau do what they
can, our scope is necessarily limited.
The public press will reach hundreds of
mothers that we would never reach.
"I predict also that the department
will be widely read by mothers, for there
Is nothing In the world so interesting
and so precious to them as their babies
and while many of them do not know
how to care ror them, they are really
actually anxious to learn and so I feel
that the department's field of usefulness
is almost limitless."
ity in sleeping hours is as important as
regularity in feeding.
Library Holds
Interest for
Mothers
THE care and attention of infants is
receiving the marked attention of
Central library where books in unlimited
quantities are available tor prospective
mothers, and on the proper care of the
baby after its arrival.
Books have been selected upon the
recommendations of prominent physl-
ciana and it is the aim of the library
to never fall short of the demand, but
to always have a book upon the shelf
for whoever may inquire-
The Prospective Mother." by J. Mor--i.
cLmnni' "Before the Baby Comes."
by Marlanna Wheeler; the Century
books for mothers, and "The Mother
and Her Child," by Sadler, are among
the books most in demand, i nere are
also government pamphlets on "Prenatal
Care." issued by the United States de
partment of labor. - Any of the books
may be borrowed for two weeks.
Each morning members or tne UDrary
taff check un on the birth notices and
to each mother is mailed a card telling
her of the library's interest m ner Daoy
and offering to loan good books about
hnhiea that have helped other Portland
mothers to keep . the baby happy and
well.
Among the books at the -library on
the early care of the infant are: "The
Baby." by Brown ; "Care of the Child,"
by Chance : "Healthy Baby," by Dennet ;
"Care and Feeding of Children," by
Holt; "Hygiene for Mother and Child,"
by McCarthy, nad "Mother's Guide," by
Tweddell.
Several copies of Abdt's "Care and
Feeding of Children" have ust been re
ceived and. are ready for checking out.
This book, together with Ramsey's "Care
and Feeding of ' Children," which has
not yet arrived, were' ordered upon the
recommendation of a local physician.
That more mothers read baby books
loaned by the library than they do if
they purchase the books themselves is
the experience met by the library. For
the mother who buys a book puts it
upon a shelf and there It stays, explains
one of the librarians, while if she gets
it from the library, knowing it must be
returned within two weeks, she reads it.
For the older babies, there are books
on the care and training of children and
on the Montesorri methods of education
until they reach the school age.
Infant Welfare
Society Is
Formed
HAVING for its purpose the promo
tion of the health, happiness and
general, welfare of the babies of Oregon,
the Cooperative Infant Welfare society
of Oregon was organised Thursday by
a group of representatives of several
educational, medical and welfare bodies.
Dr. K. A. J. Mackenzie ' acting as tem
porary ohairman.
The purpose of the organisation as
laid down in the constitution and by
laws, which- were adopted at thlB meet
ing, is to promote the distinctive mod
em form of health service for well in
fants and to secure between this service
and the other lines of infant welfare
work an effective, mutually helpful co
operation. Representatives of the following bodies
constitute the society: University of
Oregon Medical school, three delegates;
University of Oregon extension depart
ment, two delegates ; Oregon Parent
Teacher association, two delegates ; Vis
iting Nurse association, two delegates
People's Institute, two delegates; Ore
gon Tuberculosis association, one dele
gate ; Oregon state board of health, one
delegate ; city board" of health, one dele
gate. Delegates present at the first
meeting were: Dr. George Rebec, Mrs.
George T. Gerllnger, Mrs, Robert G.
Dleck, Miss Valentine Prichard, Mrs.
Saidle Orr Dunbar, A. L. Mills, Mrs. C.
W. Hayhurst, Dr. U. C. Moore and Dr.
Mackenzie. In addition to the delegate
representation. Individuals, who , by
training and interest are eligible, may
also become members. A meeting for
tha election of officers will be held
Thursday, February 5.
The immediate object of the society
will be a demonstration of Intensive
work in some one district of the city!
where Infant mortality is greatest. The
Visiting Nurse association will finance
the services of a public health nurse
who will make a survey of the district,
visiting both the sick and well babies,
making suggestions as to the proper
care and feeding of infants and hygienic
living conditions and instructing the
mothers in these things. Once or twice
a week a clinic will be conducted in the
neighborhood, the physician to be fur
nished by the medical school of the Uni- '
verslty of Oregon, and there diseases '
and defects will be attended to ; this j
work will be under the direction of Dr. i
Moore, a child specialist, who Bpent 16
months in Infant welfare work in France
and Italy during the war. ;
The specialists fee,! sure that this serv-
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greatly asd If their conviction is real
ized neighborhood Infant welfare nurses
and clinics will nro-bly become gen
eral throughout the city.
The - baby sleeps sounder,
better out of doors try it.
longer . and
Five babies are born every minute in
the United States, but it is not the
babies that are born but the babies that
live that count; one out of each of the
five die during the first year.
A new born baby will sleep most of
the time, but as he grows older he will
sleep less and less, until . when he is
about a year old he will usually sleep
about two-thirds of the time. Regular-
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Furniture for the Baby
Visit our third floor baby department for home furnish
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These are some of the dainty things we show at very
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Cribs
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Orioles
Chairs
High Chairs .Rockers Go-Carts
We show a large collection of
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Fdr the little folk we have many
interesting things. uch as:
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Portland water
and lime is ESSENTIAL
to the BUILDING of
BONE and TEETH.
Sound teeth for your
baby depend upon the
lime they get from other
foods. MILK contains
just the right amount
and no other food can
fill its place.
A auart a ddv will keeh
your child away from
the dentist in later years.
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Straight little legs depend
upon the lime in MILK
for bone food. Give that
future athlete MILK
there is no substitute.
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