The baby; his care and training / [Marianna Wheeler].

  • Wheeler, Marianna, 1856-
Date:
[1901]
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Credit: The baby; his care and training / [Marianna Wheeler]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    hearing the baby cry. It is only too often that the mother, in not wanting her child to cry, is simply considering her own nerves, humoring herself, and wilfully spoiling the child. Bad-tem- pered, stubborn, self-willed, and even delicate children are the result of this over-indulgence in infancy. The unfair- ness of this lack of training is shown later when punishment, corporeal and otherwise, is resorted to to subdue the strong will and naughtiness of the older child. He is not to blame for what you have made him, and under these circum- stances it is wrong to punish him. It is much easier to make a right start than to wait awhile and then try to correct faults which have already taken deep root. This is valuable time lost. It is not pleasant for you, and is unjust to the child. We will first, then, consider the cry of an infant. Let the mother not hush his cries by walking or rocking him; this is a very bad habit. Instead of quieting, on the contrary it should be a mother's duty to insist that her baby indulges in a certain amount of good, healthy crying each day.