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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (April 26, 1936)
Pag 4 The Oregon Statesman Baby Edition Pint and Half of Millc Daily Need No Other Food Can Take Its Place in Diet of Healthy Infant II a child "wont' drink his milk," the parents may be to blame. Parents should drink milk, too, to set a good exam ple. Milk should be the foundation of every child's diet. No other food can take its place. It con tains fats and sugars which are needed to supply warmth and en ergy, special proteins for body building, and vitamins for health and growth. It is especially rich in Vitamin A, which builds up resistance to Infections. The growing child needs plen ty of calcium to build bones and teeth. Milk is the best source of calcium, one quart furnishing about as much as would thirteen large oranges. Milk also provides other miner als, such as phosphorus to build bones, teeth and nerve tissue. Products Valuable The averase child needs about a pint and a half of milk every day. Part of this may be given with cereal. In soups and cus tards, and In other simple foods. Milk products, such as ice cream, butter and cottage cheese are also valuable in the diet. In most cities there are sev eral grades of milk on the mar ket. The names given describe the conditions under which the milk was produced and its treat ment after production. "Certified" milk has been pro duced under such good condi tions that it meets the require ments of a medical board. These requirements Include absolute cleanliness of cows, barns, dairy and milk handlers, certain stand ards of washing and sanitary fa cilities, medical inspection of milk handlers, veterinary inspec tion of cows including tuberculin testing every six months. "Pasteurised" milk is milk that has been heated for thirty min utes at a temperature that kills disease germs. Perishable Foods "Grade A" milk is from tuberculin-tested cows and has been produced under good conditions. Certified and Grade A milks which have been pasteurised are the best for children. But milk Is a very perishable food and it must be properly han dled in the home. All milk to be given to a child under two years of age should be used within 36 hours after it has been pasteur ised. To prevent the growth of germs it should be kept in a re frigerator with a temperature be low fifty 'degrees. It should al ways be boiled before using (three minutes over a direct fire, or 10 to 20 minutes in the double boiler). For children over two years it is necessary to boil milk only when there is some doubt as to whether it has been thoroughly pasteurised. Milk for the very young baby should be boiled as soon as deliv ered, put into the nursing bot tles, and stored in the refriger ator. This not only guards against germs and spoilage but makes it easier for the baby to digest. Use of Hospitals For Births Gains Salem' may be the center of Marion county's population, but health records show that more babies are being born to parents living outside than inside the city. The number being born in hospi tals, however, 1b increasing. Last month of the 84 babies born In the county, 33 were born to parents living in Salem and 46 to county residents living in other communities. Between January 1 and March 31, 80 of the 239 births reported were to Salem and 239 to rural homes. One hundred ten of the 239 ba bies born in the county this year sounded their first cries in hos pitals. While 263 babies were born in the same period In 193 5, only 105 of them mere born in hospitals. Simple Toys Usually Best Liked by ': Child; JIany Lessons Learned From y Play; Guidance Is Aim For Parents Parents providing children with toys should remember that the simple toys are the best liked. Frequently a child will turn from an expensive toy to a box of peb bles with which he can .have more fun. The everyday things about him provide more chance for ex perimentation and discovery than the more elaborate, mechanical things which a person can buy. When too many toys are heap ed upon a child, he becomes bored with them and it Is no wonder that he soon demands the moon. Better for a child to have a few simple playthings which he learns to use and to appreciate than to be heaped with expensive gifts which grow useless in his possession. From his experimentation with toys the child learns many things: he learns to judge weight, to evaluate shapes and form, to dis criminate in colors, although in the latter case he learns colors long before he can tell the differ ent names of them. Should Learn Initiative In the handling of a child and his toys the parent will remember thet wisdom calls for some sug gestions in the use of toys but the child should be left free to develop his own Initiative and self reliance at an early date. The more the child can use play mater ial without direct supervision, the better. Guidance rather than man agement should be the parents' aim. Of first Importance in choosing a child's toys is provision for ma terials which will no be injurious to him and which rough handling will not break. A child's play things should permit him to exer cise; to develop vigorous muscles; to learn to coordinate his physical senses. Strings of beads and strings of spools are sources of never-ending delight for a baby. The baby will play for hours with these toys from the time he is a tiny young ster up to the two-year period. Wooden spoons are things for banging end for digging. A pan and a wooden spoon can afford no end of fun to a nine or ten-months-old baby. From earliest days, all people have enjoyed playing with balls. Care should be exercised in pur chasing balls for the baby's play things that the toys acquired should not be too soft, too easily destroyed or of a porous nature permitting dirt to accumulate therein. Small Articles Am me Locomotion for the child be gins around the first year period. At first the baby gets great pleas ure in going from room to room as fast as his legs can pull him. Member Ia a short time he Is eCger to pall something along; blocks on the end of a string, a little car, a coffee can tied to a string these little article. provide the baby with a never ending source of amusement. One of the early sources of amusement for a child if a sand box. Almost any child can have a sand box provided for him. With some spoons and shovels and a bucket or two. the way Is opened for all sorts of laterestlng experi ments. The tiny child pats the sand and lets it trickle through his fingers. If he is fortunate enough to be barefooted, lie digs his feet into the sand, carls his toes -under and provides himself with excellent exercise. He fills pan after pan, only to top them over and to start all over again. As the child gets older he begins to have fun in fashioning ob jects from the sand: by the time he is five years old, if he la an active boy. he will be making tunnels and bridges. Children Like Blocks All children like blocks. They should be provided in varying six es so the baby can learn toevalu ate their weight and to experiment with them In forming different patterns of playhouses and of toys. The child at youthful age does not long keep his attention on a matter. He will scatter his blocks over the house as some new matter claims his interest. In time he will learn experiments with blocks; will pick up first one and then another and will bull 4 with them fanciful objects. In using dolls, the ehild slowly wakens to the adult idea that dolls are miniature people. A two year old ehild cares nothing for clothes on a doll; given a dressed doll for a Christmas present, one of his acts will be to remove the clothes and to throw them about carelessly. If an adult says: "You'll hurt dolly" when the "baby" is being carried around by an arm or leg, the ehild looks in puzzled ignorance. Think It Orer Does your child hate to go to bed? Perhaps yon have put him to bed as a punishment for be ing naughty. If so, yon have made htm feel that there is some thing unpleasant about going to bed. Don't Understand Little children of two and three years will not always obey. This Is not because they do not was to, bat usually because tkey do not alwaya understand. The Federal Efeposit Insurance Corporation Boy? Left Off Clothes Suspenders Can Be Used to Decorate Suits "' For little Chaps Boys want to be "regular fel lows" after they get their first hair cut and pass .the romper stage. None of the sissy frills and flossy frocks that sister goes for, They crave ragged masculinity. How to adapt the sombre col ors and heavy materials of men's wear to the chubby little body of a lad of three Is a problem but it has been solved by children's dress designers. Suspenders hold np a young HAVE YOU Only the best i good eaoagb for babies. That's why Dr. Dafoe chose Putt tttt Cd Lir Oil, Firttaid Abmrhim Gtt tut ladSfri NipfiUs for the Dionoe Quintu plets. And that's why wise mothers every where choose these and other RcmU 2s d-QmUtj PrWrrf. nm Pnreteet Cod Liver Oil pt. 70c Sqnlbb's Cod litre r Ofl 12 os. 7e Master's Ood Liver Oil pC S9c Scott's Emvlafcm. lge. e Stork Nipples translucent S for . .15e Anti-Col 1 Nipple -5c Johnson's Baby Talcnm 19c Dr. HalTs Baby Talcum 1 lb. - 10e 115 S. COMMERCIAL ST. LADD & BUSH, BANKERS Established 1869 OFFICERS A. N. BUSH, WM. S. WALTON Vice President GEO. H. RICHES Cashier ROY BURTON Asst. Cashier C. M. COX Asst. Cashier man's pants very satisfactorily and decorate th affront and. back of hie shirt as wen pi course, at this early age they match the ma terial and color of the rest of his suit. Cotton mesa Is a popular fab ric for these suspender suits al though they also come In cotton , -I . W .1. . A m V- ft At jersey wma iu yiuu ---- pants and sporting striped polo shirts. .Nautical Motif Good -Follow the Fleet" might well be the slogan of the very young men this spring, for. nautical 'de signs galore appear In their cloth lr. Their polo shirts are laced a- at the neck with fine white roping and an anchor or two is sure to be found orer the heart or on the collar or sleeve of the suit A spanking (the harmless, cool ing kind) breese fills the sails ef the clipper ship appliqned across via 1im nf aim toddler suit. Waves, clouds and other back ground are embroidered aronna the boat. wihi im Metd'i Dextrl-Maltoeo 1 lb. 8MJL Food. 1 lb. Lactogen! Food. 1 lb. StmQac Food. 1 lb. JS7e -COc -Te Firstaid Absorbent Cotton 80c Hospital Cotton. 1 lb. 29c Nsrierj Castile Oenp S for lOe Pares Nursing Bottles 10c . , President J. FUHRER Asst. Cashier H. V. COMPTON Asst. Cashier TINKHAM GILBERT Asst. Cashier ROY NELSON Asst. Vice President