Identifier: babyhood2188unse (find matches)
Title: Babyhood
Year: 1886 (1880s)
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Subjects: Child Rearing Parenting
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Babyhood Magazine
Contributing Library: The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Historical Medical Library
Digitizing Sponsor: The College of Physicians of Philadelphia and the National Endowment for the Humanities

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r. A Busy Woman.—You are kept pretty busynowadays, remarked a stranger to Mrs. Simmons,whose husband has a ranch on Onion Creek. Yes, hardly get time to turn around. There isalways something to keep one busy. If it aint thecows, its the sheep ; if it aint the sheep, its thepigs ; and if it aint the pigs, its the children.—Texas Sift nigs. A fond father, blessed with eleven children, andwithal a very domestic man, tells this story : Oneafternoon, business being very dull, he took theearly train out to his happy home, and went up-stairs to put the children to bed. Being missed, hiswife went up-stairs to see what was going on.Upon opening the door she exclaimed: Why,dear, what for mercys sake are you doing ? Why, says he, wifey, I am putting the childrento bed, and having them say their little prayers. Yes, says wifey, but this is one of our neigh-bors children all undressed. And he had to re-dress it and send it home. After that he called theroll every morning and night.—Exchange.
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Great Fun with Papas New Revolving Chair.—Puck. Babyhood. Devoted exclusively to the care of infants and young children, and the general interests of the nursery. Vol. II. NEW YORK, JUNE, 1886. No. 19. WRITE the word discriminate uponever)-item of advice about feeding thebaby in the hotter months. Any food maydisagree because of some very slight changefrom its usual character, or because thechilds stomachic or intestinal abilities areless and different. No theories or rules willreplace observation. If the usual food dis-turbs the course of nature—sleep, the evacu-ations, the appetite—then first make surethat it has undergone no irregular chemicalchange, that it has been properly prepared,and especially prepared in a cleanly manner.Certainty on these points must be reachedby close investigation, which may discover asimple cause in time to avoid rushing towrong conclusions, too often followed byexperimenting with unnecessary and danger-ous changes. Over-anxiety in such casesmay be

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