730 HOW TO MAKE THE FARM PAY. 



exhibits, the first wail that comes from the darkened chamber, is 

 an indication of hunger, and crams the little stomach with food 

 not supplied by nature. Does she in this commit the simple error 

 of over feeding the child ? Far graver is the mistake. Within 

 the first three days' when the infant requires scarce any thing 

 but sleep and quiet, she may lay the foundation for an infancy 

 tormented bj'^ colic and a mature life cursed with dyspepsia. 

 Every physician who has been much in families will testify that 

 where one has during these first days of life siiflTered for lack of 

 nourishment, ten have been injured by over feeding." — Li/man^s 

 Ph.ilo.'<ophy. 



Dr. King's twenty-five rules are very simple, minute, and the 

 result of a life-long practice. We therefore introduce thtm here 

 with very little modification : — 



1. Let the child be put to the breast, if the mother is able to bear 

 the fiitigue ; but if it cannot procure any milk it should be with- 

 drawn, and fed very sparingly upon a thin infusion of slippery 

 elm, until milk can be had from tiie breasts. 



2. Let no mother refuse to nurse her own child, unless the 

 reasons for doing so are insurmountable. 



3. Never permit the babe to be fed so long as you can supply it 

 suflicient nourishment from your own breasts, and to secure this 

 point you should pay constant attention to your diet, airing, and 

 exercise. 



4. Dress the neck and arms of the child in flannel, and make 

 all its clothing subservient to health and comfort, rather than 

 to fashion. 



5. The be]l3^-band is the most important part of the child's dress, 

 and should always be of flannel, cut bias, and tight enough not to 

 compress the stomach. 



6. Protect the child carefully against all unnecessary wet, and 

 when it is discovered to be in this condition, it should be changed 

 as quickly as possible ; and it is desirable that the diaper should 

 be not simply dried, but waslied and dried before it is applied 

 again. 



7. Use as few pins as possible. 



8. Exercise in the open air as soon as your health and the 

 weather will permit. 



9. Never subject yourself to partial exposures, but remain in- 

 doors until you can go out or be taken out of the house. 



10. Confine your diet to such things as do not affect you un- 

 favorably, — for when any kind of food perfectly agrees with you, 

 if will seldom or never disagree with your babe. 



11. As soon as you find any articles to disagree with j^ou, stop 

 using them at once, as whatever disagrees with you will surely 

 disagree with your child. 



12. The child in health should sleep in a bed or crib by itself, 

 during the ui^ht. 



