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SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 
baby from its bed, the right hand should grasp the 
clothing below the feet, and the left hand should be 
slipped beneath the infant's body to its head. It is then 
raised upon the left arm. An older child should be 
lifted by placing the hands under the child's arms, and 
never by the wrists. If children are jerked or lifted 
by the arms, serious injury may be done to the bones. 
The bones, when a child is growing, are partly composed 
of soft tissue which is easily destroyed, and further 
growth is prevented. Many children are brought to the 
hospital with injuries done to their arms from being 
jerked across the street. Do not let a child walk too 
soon, especially a heavy child. Bow legs and knock 
knees come from standing and walking when the bones 
are soft. 
Exercise — At least twice a day an infant should be 
allowed for fifteen or twenty minutes the free use of 
its limbs by permitting it to lie upon a bed in a warm 
room, with all clothing except the shirt and diaper re- 
moved. In cold weather leave on the stockings. Later, 
when in short clothes, the baby may be put upon a thick 
blanket or quilt, laid upon the floor, and be allowed to 
tumble at will. 
Rest — Healthy children never sleep too much. A new 
born baby should sleep nine-tenths of the day. A child 
should have a nap during the day until four years old, 
and, if possible, until seven or eight years old. It should 
go to bed before six. It should have a crib or bed to 
itself, placed where it will have fresh air, but protected 
from draughts, and its eyes protected from direct rays 
of light. 
Air and Sun— A little child is in its room so much it 
is very important that fresh air and sunlight should be 
brought to it there. Rooms may be well aired twice or 
three times a day, removing the baby to another room 
