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The Good Doctor and His Little Patient: "Though the little life is saved through the devoted doctor's skill, the flame for awhile flickers low, and the parents' anxiety is shown in the grief-lined face of the father and in the sobbing mother."

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Title: ... Woman in girlhood, wifehood, motherhood; her responsibilities and her duties at all periods of life; a guide in the maintenance of her health and that of her children
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Solis-Cohen, Myer
Subjects: Women Child care
Publisher: Philadelphia, Chicago (etc.) The J.C. Winston co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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le tomove of its own accord, it should now and then be taken upby the mother and put down in a slightly altered position. TIME FOR SLEEPING. It is necessary not only that the child sleep a certainnumber of hours each day, but also that the sleeping hoursbe properly apportioned. There must be a definite timefor going to bed, for getting up in the morning, and fortaking the nap. For the first three or four months the baby should beput to bed at half past five or six oclock. It should not beroused more often than once or twice during the night, andmust sleep undisturbed for six full hours. In the earlyweeks it is allowed to sleep during the day as much as itwill; but after it is a month old, if it is kept awake forabout an hour previous to its bed time, it will be sureto have a better nights rest. When the infant is betweenfour and six months of age it should be put to bed at sixor seven in the evening, and sleep until six or seven in themorning. It may be awakened and fed at nine or ten
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THE BABYS SLEEPING HOURS S77 P. M., but must not be taken up at any other time, so thatit may become trained to awakening but once during thenight. A child who is between six months and a year old shouldsleep from six or seven in the evening to six or seven inthe morning, without being roused for feeding. It doesnot sleep so much now during the day, but should have anap in the morning and may have another in the afternoon.The morning nap should last from one and a half to twohours. The time of day selected will depend largely uponthe hours of feeding, which must not be interfered with, andupon the convenience of the mother, wTho may have otherduties in addition to caring for the baby. If an afternoonnap be required, it should be over by four oclock, lest itinterfere with the nights rest. During its second year the child should be put to bedat night at the same time as before, and should be allowedto sleep uninterruptedly for twelve hours. In the morn-ing, at about eleven oclock, the c

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