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| DEDICATION | v | |
| PREFACE | vii | |
| CHAPTER I | ||
| PREPARATION FOR MOTHERHOOD | 1 | |
| Motherhood a Profession which Requires Training—Prenatal Influence and Hygiene—Maternity Clothes | ||
| CHAPTER II | ||
| BABY’S BIRTHDAY | 20 | |
| Choosing the Nurse and Doctor—Sanitary Bedroom and Its Equipment—The Baby’s Layette—Prevention of Blindness in New-Born Babies—The Baby’s First Bath | ||
| CHAPTER III | ||
| THE NURSING BABY | 36 | |
| The Nursing Baby—Why Three Hundred Thousand Babies Are Sacrificed Every Year to Ignorance—Influence of the Mother’s Diet on the Baby’s Health—When the New-Born Baby Must Be Bottle-Fed—A Well-Balanced Diet for the Nursing Mother—Care of the Breasts and Nipples—Importance of Regularity in Nursing | ||
| CHAPTER IV | ||
| ARTIFICIAL FEEDING | 50 | |
| When Artificial Feeding Is Necessary—Weight the Test of Proper Nourishment—Cow’s Milk, Carefully Modified, Is the Best Substitute for Mother’s Milk—Source of Supply and Care—Care of the Bottles and Nipples | ||
| CHAPTER V | ||
| FORMULAS FOR ARTIFICIAL FOODS | 65 | |
| Formulas for Modifying Milk—Milk Sugar, Cane Sugar, or Malt Sugar—How To Tell When the Baby Is Properly Nourished—Lime Water in the Milk—Condensed Milk—Patent Foods | ||
| CHAPTER VI | ||
| GUARDING THE BABY’S DIGESTION | 79 | |
| Strong Digestion Means a Strong Baby—Bowel Conditions Tell the Story—The Underfed and the Overfed Baby—Symptoms of Disorder in the Digestive System—Vomiting—Colic and Constipation—Diarrhea and Its Treatment | ||
| CHAPTER VII | ||
| TEETHING AND WEANING | 97 | |
| Teething a Natural Process—Putting the Baby in Shape to Teethe Easily—Dentition Table—Care of the First Teeth—Gradual Weaning is Simple Process—Alternate Breast and Bottle Feeding—Evils of Delayed Weaning—Diet Tables for Children from Nine Months to Thirty-six Months | ||
| CHAPTER VIII | ||
| CLEANLINESS AND HEALTH | 112 | |
| How To Give the Baby’s Bath—Care of the Various Organs—Thrush and Its Treatment—Special Baths for Delicate Children—Habits of Cleanliness | ||
| CHAPTER IX | ||
| FRESH AIR AND SLEEP AS HEALTH PRODUCERS | 126 | |
| Heating and Ventilating the Nursery—Outdoor Naps—Sleeping Hours for the Normal Baby—Why Some Babies Do Not Sleep | ||
| CHAPTER X | ||
| HOW THE NORMAL BABY GROWS | 137 | |
| What Should Your Baby Weigh and Measure?—Testing the Baby’s Mental Development—How Soon Should the Baby Walk and Talk?—Crying, Cause And Cure | ||
| CHAPTER XI | ||
| BABY-COMFORT THROUGH CLOTHES | 151 | |
| Tight Belly-Bands May Torture Babies—Underwear that Does Not Irritate—Extension Skirts To Protect the Feet—Dressing the Baby in Hot Weather—How To Handle the Baby | ||
| CHAPTER XII | ||
| DEFECTS AND HABITS | 168 | |
| Taking Defects in Time—Habits that Make Children Ugly—Finger-Sucking and Nail-Biting—Bed-Wetting—Vicious Habits and Their Cure—Nervousness and Its Treatment—The Habit of Happiness | ||
| CHAPTER XIII | ||
| BABY’S AILMENTS AND HOW TO TREAT THEM | 182 | |
| Mothers Now Studying Preventive Medicine—Remedies Which Should Be Found in Every Nursery—Treatment of Diarrhea and Constipation—Colds and Their Cure—Adenoids and Their Removal—Ailments of the Skin | ||
| CHAPTER XIV | ||
| NURSERY EMERGENCIES | 202 | |
| Contagious Diseases: Symptoms, Treatment and Quarantine—Croup and Its Treatment—Convulsions—When Falls Are Dangerous—Burns and Cuts—Poisons and Their Antidotes | ||
| CHAPTER XV | ||
| DIET FOR OLDER CHILDREN | 224 | |
| Milk for Growing Children—Eggs, Meat and Fish—Breadstuffs and Cereals—Recipes for Nourishing Dishes | ||