elop habits of regularity in the
evacuation of the bladder and bowels. If taken up regularly most
children learn to use a chamber for bowel movements by the time they are
three months old. Normal children, if properly trained, usually have no
bladder discharge during the night after they are 18 months old, and
they learn even earlier to indicate a desire to urinate during the day
time.

CLOTHING.--The amount and weight of a baby's clothing should depend upon
the season; but garments worn next to the skin, except the diaper,
should be wholly or partly of wool, the lightest weight in summer and
heavier weight in winter. During the first few weeks a baby's abdomen
should be supported by a flannel binder about six inches wide, applied
snugly but not tightly enough to restrict either the abdomen or chest
walls. It may be replaced later by a loosely fitting knitted band worn
for warmth only. Such a band is especially necessary if there is
tendency to diarrhoea, but in no case should it be discarded before
the 18th month. All garments except the diaper and first flannel binder
should hang from the shoulders, and should fit loosely but well.

Clothing for babies should be of soft materials and should be simply
made. Even the first clothes should not be very long. The weight of very
long clothing is an unnecessary burden, and prevents free movements of
the legs. At night an entire change of clothing should be made, and a
nightgown of warmer material substituted for the petticoat and slip.
Most children are dressed too warmly indoors, but in low temperatures
they need to be well protected.

Diapers should be soft and absorbent. It may be necessary to wash new
diapers several times before using in order to make them soft enough.
Care should be taken not to apply them too tightly, or in such a way as
to cause pressure on the genitals. They should be changed during the day
whenever wet or soiled, and at night when the baby is taken up to be
fed. Proper care of diapers is highly important, however laborious. They
should be well washed, boiled, and thoroughly dried before they are used
a second time. Diapers that have been wet but not soiled should not be
dried and used again before being washed. Much work can be saved if
pads of loosely woven absorbent material are used inside the diaper to
receive discharges. The pads can be burned, but even if washed the labor
is less than washing full sized diapers. Like all other infant's
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