Herald and news., June 21, 1959, Page 40, Image 40

An information-packed article about your baby's care, feeding, growth and fun.
Test your knowledge
of your newborn
Reassuring answers to
parents' questions
Tip on introducing baby
to new foods
The way new babies look and act
worries many parents needlessly!
This quiz answers common questions
with reassuring facts. Try it.
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: 1. All newborns' heads lopsided?
i 2. Why do baby's eyes often cross? j
i S. Is a receding chin normal?
i 4. Are all blotches birthmarks?
S. Why does baby sneeze so much? (
( You'll find aiwwn on Ais par.)
When you Introduce new foods,
here's a tip: Offer just a taste at first.
Let baby look around for more, in
stead of wishing you'd given him less!
Monotonous menus can bore
babies, too, remember. So give your
cherub's meals a lift by introducing
the grown-up flavors of Heinz' gently
seasoned High Meat Dinners. Heinz
offers a fuU line, including Beef,
Chicken, Ham, Veal. Each has (Ares
timet as much meat as ordinary meat
vegetable combinations. Strained and
Junior styles, in new wide-mouth jars
extra easy to serve from.
Facts about newborns:
1. Many babies' heads get a bit lop
sided or pointed during birth. But the
"egg head" returns to its natural
rounded shape in a few days.
2. Little babies often look cross-eyed
(but rarely are!) simply because they
can't control eye muscles just yet.
3. It's normal for baby to have a
receding chin. He's born that way so
he can suck better; but his lower jaw
develops fast.
4. Reddish blotches on the back of
baby's neck or between eyebrows are
seldom true birthmarks. They are
quite common and usually disappear
before very long.
5. Little babiea sneeze to get rid of
mucus or lint that tickles. Babies un
der two weeks hardly ever catch cold.
ssna ill
Eye to eye is one good way to find
out what's what. But before baby's
curiosity is satisfied, he'll probably
tost his new friend, too! A little baby
learns mostly with his mouth. A
creeper like this athletic fellow
uses his eyes, mouth, hands, nose and
ears to explore his exciting world.
Good thing Heinz High Protein
Cereal can be fixed in seconds it's
hard for baby to wait when he's
hungry! Thus new cereal contains
twice the protein of ordinary kinds.
Rich in iron, too like all our cereals.
What goes on ss easily as it comes
off"? Heinz Baby Foods' exclusive new
screw-on jar caps. Just one turn opens
or reseals these new time-savers.
Screw-on caps are already available
on many Heinz Baby Foods. More
coming soon.
First with screw-on caps
HEINZ
Baby Foods
Over 100 strained and junior varieties
. , , including meat, cereals, juice
Bob Hope
Bob credits wife with most help during adjustment.
'ontinuedj
My first rehearsal at NBC for a TV show to which I was committed
quickly showed me what I was up against. Everything went fine the first
few minutes, then I started to feel dizzy again. There was a slight pain in
my eye and a great wave of drowsiness engulfed me.
Remembering the doctor's warning, I excused myself and headed for
my dressing room where I lay down. After a few minutes and a glass of
cold water, I felt better.
Somehow I got through the rehearsal and the show, but I was limp.
I knew then I'd have to cut out all appearances for a while like it or not.
I've always accepted whatever benefit shows I could possibly squeeze
into my schedule. Now I've declined all but a few I had accepted before .
my illness. Among them was a policemen's ball in Palm Springs.
There were no television cameras, no scripts, no time limits. When I
walked off stage after twenty minutes, I felt great Obviously, it was not
the work that hurt me, but the tension of timing, of being on schedule
while trying to sound casual. I kept that in mind and cut out all live TV
except the Academy Awards show.
Since I was scheduled for only a six-minute appearance, I didn't think
it could do me any harm. But I was wrong.
As I stood behind the curtain, ready to go on, tension built up again. I
got another dizzy spell and became panicky.
There was no time to lie down, but someone brought me a glass of water
and it steadied me through the show.
Ordinarily I would have hung around the Pantages Theater till the
affair was over. This time I rushed home, took off my shoes, loosened my
collar, stretched out on the living-room couch and watched the rest of
the show on TV.
Gradually I learned other ways to conserve my strength. Like sitting
down during TV rehearsals, and letting my stand-in substitute for me.
I also take cat naps, and leave more of the detail work to others.
My wife Dolores has been a great help. She screens my calls, makes
sure I get at least eight hours sleep at night, and has cut our social
engagements to a minimum. And at the slightest hint that I'm tired, she
insists we go home.
In fact, my illness has brought us closer together. Last year she sent me
a birthday telegram which read: "Congratulations wherever you are."
Due to my hectic schedule, we had rarely spent a quiet evening at home.
Now we do, and it's wonderful.
One of the most important lessons I've learned from my illness is to be
neither too conscious of it nor to ignore it The doctors were frank with
me from the very beginning. I saw no reason why I shouldn't be just as
frank with my friends. Skirting the issue would have made them and
myself uneasy.
Thanks to my doctors, to Dolores, and to my own ability to readjust I
already feel a lot better. The vision in my left eye has improved. My dizzy
spells are less frequent. I don't tire as easily as I did.
I had planned to make another film immediately after "Alias Jesse
James." Now I've decided in favor of a long vacation with my family in
Canada this August It will be the first vacation we've had together in
years. From now on, we'll be taking them regularly.
But I don't plan to retire, now or ever. I have plans for other films, for
several TV shows, for personal appearances. But I don't intend to push
myself into the same mad schedule that nearly finished me off.
I've learned my lesson.
Family Weekly. June jj, ij5j