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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 22, 1961)
An information-packed article about your baby's care, feeding, growth and fun. Quips and Quotes What if baby won't listen to "No"? Differences in same-age babies Heard about Heinz Instant Cereals? Next time your little rascal laughs at or hist plain ignores your No, ask yourself: Was that No necessary? Even a "little annul" needs guidance and protection to make him feel secure and happy. But many a lovable baby can be turned into an uilovable, spoiled child by too much discipline, as well aa too little! A few simple tips: Arrange your baby's life and living quarters to cut down the need for so many No's. The fewer he hears, the more he'll pay attention to. Don't you find distracting is easier and works better than scolding? Onco you've said No, stick with it. You'd be surprised how soon baby knows whether you mean business! Make sure your rules fit your child's capabilities. A curious little ex plorer can't stay clean; a baby learning to feed himself can't learn table man ners, too. Prediction: the older your baby gets, the more often he'll try to please by copying .you. Self-discipline develops best through loving imitation! The instant you mix Heinz exclu sive new Instant Cereals, you'll decide these satisfying foods deserve their name. In 5 seconds . flat you have smooth, easy-to-feed cereal and it stays that way! Nutritious new Heinz Cereals are packed in colorful new boxes extra easy to And at your food store. 5 deli cious flavors: Oatmeal, Rice, Barley, Mixed Cereals, and High Protein. A t- ' Pi 1 -jT7 Easy riddle: What is pleasant) v sweet, almost as easy to swallow as milk, and a favorite with babies just beginning solid food? Right! Heinz Strained Fruits. Kor instance velvety Bananas, nice juicy Applesauce, mellow Pears, wholesome Prunes, tnngy Plums plus tasty twosomes, such as Apple sauce and Apricots, Pears nnd Pineapple. All nro sxvially pmccssnl to preserve precious viuimins and minerals. Cheerful news: smiling and laugh ing, having fun and making friends are about the earliest skills your baby learns. Keep baby care and discipline on the light side; you'll get cooperation from baby's built-in funny bone! Fun to compare babies! These two were born 5 days npart. Regina (left) weighed 7 lbs., 6 ot. Jean (right) 7 lbs., 1 oz. Not quite seven months Inter, Regina tips the scales at IS lbs., Jean at 16. Both eat about the same, but Regina drinks twice as much liquid. Placid Regina doesn't creep, can't sit well nlone, likes 2-hour naps. Wiry Jean sits unassisted, creeps, thrives on half-hour cat naps. Both are healthy, but see how different same-age babies can be? Newest mother's helper conven ient new screw-on caps that come off with a turn, rescal airtight just as easily. Introduced by Heinz now on all Heinz Baby Foods Strained and Junior. Aren't screw-on caps great? First with screw-on caps HEINZ Baby Foods Over 100 strained and junior varieties . . . including meats, cereals, juices Wy roocJ The wealthy man wheeled "his huge, chrome-heavy sedan into a parking space only to discover he had no change for the parking meter. But farther up the block he spotted a va cant spot with a few minutes still left on the meter, so he ' quickly pulled into it. As he stepped out, he heard a boy behind him say to his little brother: "See. That's how you get to own big cars." Frances Benson It's a Mystery to Me Our house key burglars could not find, 1 hide it so astutely. I checked on snots of every kind Before I cached it cutely. I scorned as commonplace the mat, The window sill, the shelf. No burglar knows where it is at, And I'm not sure myself. Richard Armour Striking Development Wives who have trouble opening cartons, Unscrewing bottle caps and all, Somehow perform like a band of Spartans, Given a team and a bowling ball. Robert Besch "How do you turn it on?" One of the most popular attrac tions at the church bazaar was the fortuneteller, a local matron dressed up in a gypsy costume. The more outlandish the things she predicted, the more neighbors flocked to her tent. When a stran ger sat opposite her, she was a little confused but tried to bluff it through. "I see a . buried treasure," she said mysteriously. "Oh, yes, I know about that," the stranger replied, "that would be my wife's first husband." The patient claimed he was al lergic to just about everything in modern life, and the doctor put him through a series of tests. They Family Weekly, January 22, 1961 proved only that the patient was probably a hypochondriac, but the doctor gave him some pills just the same. Several weeks later, the patient returned in high spirits. "Those pills were wonderful," he said. "Cleared up all my trouble." "Those pills," the doctor replied sarcastically, "were nothing but lit tle balls of bread." "Good heavens," yelled the pa tient, turning pale. "White or whole-wheat?" Advice to Young Men 1 you go Dutch on dates, You won't go much on dates. D. O. FUjnn
