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these nightgowns very long and very plain ; the neck and slee ves may be 

 faced with wash ribbons. Have the gowns open at the back with 

 buttons and button-holes and make the placket holes of. goodly length. 



Caps may be of silk or muslin with an extra silk lining in summer 

 or a wadded one in winter, or a knit cap of silk or wool may be worn. 

 Bear in mind that the baby's head will grow rapidly and probably will 

 be larger at first than you think; as the cap is not required at once, 

 for this reason I am advising waiting until later to make or purchase. 

 The same is true of the coat. Until the infant gets lively a warm shawl 

 or sleeping bag of eider down flannel is quite enough to wrap him in 

 when going out for the air. For the coat choose a narrow wale Bedford 

 cord, cashmere or other soft white woolen cloth, and make it large and 

 roomy, with ridiculously long sleeves. Line it with white sateen, blind 

 stitched in loosely, as in washing the outside will shrink far more than 

 the inside, making alterations necessary. A yoke pattern may be select- 

 ed, but capes, long or short, single or in sets, and turn over collars are a 

 nuisance. If you think you want one or more capes, take my advice 

 and finish it separately from the coat, binding the neck with ribbon and 

 leaving ends long enough to tie. Finish the edge of the cape with heavy 

 lace or gathered ribbon. Protect the front of the cape with a bib of 

 more or less elegance. A goodly supply of bibs of heavy material with 

 scalloped edges which will cost from 10 cents apiece upward will be 

 found handy for months. Keep the elaborate bibs for great occasions. 

 There will be more need of them the second year than the first. 



The proper way to put on the clothes is as follows. You should 

 be seated in a chair without arms of such a heighth that your legs are 

 at right angles to your body when your feet rest firmly on the floor. 

 All that you will require should be conveniently placed at your right 

 hand ; the infant should lie in your lap with his head to the left. First 

 adjust the band; then the shirt, remembering that arms bend up and 

 back, not down and back. Adjust the diapers, pinning them to the 

 shirt in front and around each leg just above the knee. Do not fold 

 diapers too small nor put on too tightly, but a properly adjusted pair 

 of diapers will prevent many accidents to the other clothes. Next put 

 on the socks. The flannel skirt and slip, or dress, should go on over the 

 feet. Slip your right hand up through the garments, grasp the infant 

 firmly by the feet and work the garments to the proper position with 

 the left hand. Turn the infant over on his face, pin the diaper to the 

 shirt in the back and button the dress. 



