Infant care.

Date:
1945
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Infant care. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    GHAP TER (ee can be one of the greatest satisfactions in life. They can give their parents more happiness and also more fun than anything else. Around children develop many home interests that keep the parents together and help maintain their youth and their joy in living. In order to help your children be healthy and have happy, useful lives you will want to do many things for each child during his babyhood, such as the following: See that the baby’s birth is registered. See that he has a complete physical examination as soon after birth as pos- sible and another when he is about a month or 6 weeks old. Take him to a doctor regularly for general supervision. See that he lives in a home that is healthful. Supply him with clothes that keep him comfortable and give him free- dom to grow and to use his develop- ing powers. Encourage his development but never try to force him ahead faster than he wishes to go. Play with him. Help him develop good habits. See that he has plenty of undisturbed sleep. Keep him clean. Give him as much sunshine and fresh air as the weather permits. Give him enough clean, good food, at regular times. Keep him away from all sick people. Make sure that he is given inocula- tions to protect him against diphtheria and smallpox (and whooping cough and tetanus, too, if the doctor so advises). | | Try to give him a peaceful, happy babyhood. This can best be done by seeing that he lives in a peaceful, happy family. Childcare is-a great art. Ie is an important task, perhaps the most im- portant task any parerft ever under- takes. The parents have a responsibility not only to their child but also to the cemmunity to see that the child grows into an adult who can use fully all the talents and capabilities that he had within him when he was born. The father shares the responsibility with the mother. From the baby’s birth they will want te work together to see that this most important job is well done.