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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (April 26, 1936)
The Oregon Statesman Baby Edition Page 11 Back Yard Place For Playground Children to Find Health, Happiness. Together With Security Why not plan to make the back yard a. real playground for the children? In addition to the en joyment they'd get put of it. you aa a parent would , experience a new sense of safety and security. In a back yard there's no auto mobile traffic to endanger the tot who doesn't look where'? he go ing. If your back yard is the most attractlTe one in the neighbor hood, small playmates will con gregate there, enabling you to know at all times just what your children are doing and with whom. ' even a smaii space win re quite r r r a n a.. IV I 1. m n H a Diiffi. ciently exciting In the younger set. mw IaaI awav oafal if VAI1 ,Mence u in so mat me smaii cnua ' is less apt to be frightened by in quisitlve neighborhood dogs. Sand Box First -. For a. little tot. you'll want a sand box first of all. It should be equipped with clean white sand, a pall or two, little scoops and a set of tin dishes for making pies. If the child is going to play there in the heat of the sun. the sand box should be eqnippedwith a shelter ing awning. The moderate prices of this play equipment will bring big returns in healthful activity and enjoy ment for the baby. Slightly older children need playthings adapted to their needs, of course. It's good for their small bodies to hare outdoor "teeters" and other simple toys. If there's a tree with a strong branch, a swing will prove a source of enjoyment all summer long. Or you might choose one of those outdoor gymnasium pieces which comes with its own sup ports. A slide is always a source of ex citement for younger children and I oiaer ones ante, inciaeniaiiy, me ciimoing invoivea neips me young ster to develop several groups of muscles. In purchasing a slide, choose the right size for the child's age, for these come in many sizes, and then set your mind at rest. The play is wholesome for your child and he will come to no grief manufac turers are making these slides so smooth and well balanced that the youngster is safe on one of them. Back Yard Swimming During extremely hot days, you might try putting bathing suits on the children and a good size wash tub filled with water at the bottom of the slide. The ecstatic shrieks from happy youngsters will assure that the idea is a tremendous suc cess ! If there is room in the yard, you might try setting aside a tiny space, circled with pretty stone, for the child's own garden. Even in summer some quiet occupation will be needed if the child is not to over-exert himself. And the garden will help to teach he child the wonders of growing things. Don't help the child toe much with his garden. It should be his very own, with Just a few sugges tions from you. Ask your seed dealer 1.0 give you flowers or vegetables which can stand a bit of neglect, for the child will frequently forget to take care of them. First Triumph Show the child how to prepare the earth and sow his seeds. Give him a little sprinkling car and a set of little gardening tools. His first blossom and his first radish will be triumphs for the entire family! City children escepially can ben efit from this contact with the earth and the things it gro urs. Aft er the child has passed the age of five it is not too young to enjoy baring its own little garden plot. Tveo to Three Glaa 4'S Of Water Needed Daily Moat children will take a suf ficient quantity of water far their need if they hare been given wa ter regularly from the time they were babies. At three J ears of ags. a child should be c rinking from two to three glasses of water a day and mora than that quan tity la the iimmer time. It is heat not to -giv. ice water to chil-46. Great Variations in Children as Far as Mental Development Goes; I Precocity Not Necessarily Good ' in describing the mental devel opment of a child It Is important to remember that there are wide variations in different children which are still considered normal. It is most unwise for mothers to compare each others' infants In thl respect. Precocious children sometimes speak before they are a year old. but such ability is no cause for the parents to boast. It Is interesting to describe the average age at which babies ac quire mental accomplishments. At birth an infant is afraid of fal ling, and loud nolces. and that is about all. At birth a child can not see. and it is not uutil about the fourth week that the eyes appear to follow objects. Neither can a baby smell at birth. One might sav that at birth a child is in a vegetative state. Laughs at Six Months We hope, however, its sensa tions are pleasurable during the period of learning to express it self. At two months a child us ually smiles to express pleasure, and at six months can laugh. At the third month we see evidence of memory, the baby recognizing its mother and smiling when the bottle of milk is produced. At nine months a baby will stretch out both hands intelligently, and can be taught to play "peep-bo." It clearly understands many things spoken to it long before it is able to speak any words. At the end of the first year the baby has learned distinctly to indicate by expression of face and gestures its likes and dislikes. It is im portant to realize that during infancy and early childhood the sensations of anger and fear and pain are extremely transient and completely forgotten in a few minutes. When sometime after the first year the baby starts off under his own steam and walks there is great Joy, usually followed by much grief over broken lamps and ash-trays and falls and tum bles and bumps. We now see de veloping the individual wanting and demanding his place in the household. Too Much Freedom Bad Much is written and said. nowa days among modern mothers You took Some PLAY Then I'll ... and when he gets those PLAY -TEX "Double -0" PANTS, he 11 not only be ...ll -i as proud . . . he'll be as comfortably cool, as un hampered in his playing, as dry and unchafed, too! For PlayTex Pants completely overcome all the undesirable features of the old-fashioned, hot, binding baby pant. They are made of pure latex the softest, coolest, most elastic material known. They never chafe or cause perspiration. Small, medium and large sizes flesh or Th ( white DVcV playtex sheets: flesh or white 8JQ0 Also Play-tex Fashion Bibs priced at 50c MILLER'S about self expression In the child, and there are. many who believe the ideal way to bring op a child is to exercise . the leat "possible restraint in all regards. t John nie wants to bring the garden hose through the window and squirt the grand piano, exercise your sense of humor and don't restrain him. He is expressing himself. And at the other ex treme are the so-called old fash ioned parents whose sharp com mands and severe punishment govern every move of the grow ing child. And in the middle, between these two extremes, is the child specialist's idea of the best attitude. . Remember a child of two to four years of age can be well compared to a savage. He doesn't care to be clean, he wants to move and jump and yell, and insofar as his elders can bear it with calmness and placidity, he should be allowed to be dirty and noiswr. But we see many cases of adult jitters caused by too miich self expression to the children This price is too great to pay. "Should married life be monot onous?" was recently asked, and the answer is "yes, it should." for the good of the children. Prob ably there is nothing more im portant for normal mental devel opment than regularity and same ness from day to day of a child's environment. Our modern city life is not ideal for good mental development of children and of course for this we have ourselves entirely to blame. Bettceen-Meal Feeding Is Altcayg to Be Avoided As a general rule, feeding children between meals is to be avoided. Exceptions may be made where the child has a ravenous 8ppetite. It can be given a one half slice of bread and butter, half an apple or one-half a ban ana. 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