50 GOOD HEALTH 



If you have a chance, you might visit the same baby 

 once a month for a year. Each time you will see that he 

 is bigger. His mother will also tell you that he does 

 nothing but sleep and eat, and from this you know that 

 he must be growing fast while he sleeps. It is a fact, 



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A GOOD POSITION FOR SLEEPING 



indeed, that babies who sleep the most grow the fastest, 

 and, as a rule, this is true of all children. 



Though we can sleep even when we are not lying 

 down, still we get the best rest when we are stretched 

 out on a comfortable bed. 



Several things about the bed must be looked after. 

 It should be flat and smooth. The pillow should not be 

 large, because the higher the head is raised the harder 

 the heart has to work to send the blood into it, and we 

 ought to give the heart as little work as possible at night. 



