Baby's first month : hints to fathers and mothers / by F. Truby King.

  • King, Truby, 1858-1938.
Date:
1913
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Baby's first month : hints to fathers and mothers / by F. Truby King. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    NOTICE. For the first few weeks of life the baby is generally under the care of a registered nurse, but this is not always possible ; and in any case it is the duty of both parents to make themselves quite conversant with the essential needs of mother and child so as to ensure that no serious mistakes are made. This pamphlet is intended to serve as a guide for the first month after childbirth. However, Parents are advised to procure in addition the book Feeding and Care of Baby, about to be issued by the Society for the Health of Women and Children, which deals simply and fully with the needs of Mother and Child, not only before and after childbirth but also throughout the first few years of infancy. If this book is not yet procurable, the main essentials will be found summarized in the pamphlet What Baby Needs, issued by the same Society. If there is a Plunket Nurse living in the district, or visiting it from time to time, Expectant and Nursing Mothers are strongly advised to get into touch with her, either by direct application, or through the Secretary of the local branch of the Society for the Health of Women and Children. The Nurse's services are available, free, for help and reliable friendly guidance and teaching in the various simple practical matters that make for health in the home—especially the health and fitness of Mother and Child.