saliva becomes more abundant.

CHEST, ABDOMEN, AND LEGS

The baby's chest, as compared to the size of the head and abdomen,
appears at a disadvantage, while the arms are comparatively short and
the legs particularly so, since they measure about the same as the
length of the trunk. They naturally "bow in" at birth so that the
soles of the feet turn decidedly toward each other. All these apparent
deformities, as a rule, right themselves without any help or attention
whatsoever.

PULSE AND RESPIRATION

The pulse may be watched at the anterior fontanelle or soft spot on
top of the head while the child quietly sleeps and should record, at
varying ages, as follows:

At birth 130 to 150
First month 120 to 140
One to six months about 130
Six months to one year about 120
One to two years 110 to 120
Two to four years 90 to 110

The above table is correct for the inactive normal child. Muscular
activity, such as crying and sucking, increases the pulse rate from 10
to 20 beats per minute.

The respiration of the baby often gives us no small amount of real
concern at the first. The baby may be limp and breathless for some few
moments at birth, and this condition calls for quick action on the
part of the nurse and doctor.

The utmost care to avoid the "sucking in" of any liquid or blood
during its birth must be exercised, for this often seriously
interferes with the breathing. Sometimes this condition is not
relieved until a soft rubber catheter is placed in the throat and the
mucus is removed by quick suction. When you are reasonably sure that
there is no more mucus in the throat, then sudden blowing into the
baby's lungs (its lips closely in touch with the lips of the nurse or
physician) often starts respiration. Slapping it on the back also
helps, while the quick dip into first hot then cold water seldom fails
to give relief.

A quiet-sleeping infant breathes as shown below at varying ages. An
increase of six to ten breaths per minute may be allowed for the time
it is awake or otherwise active.

At birth and for the first two or three weeks 30 to 50
During the rest of the first year 25 to 35
One to two years about 28
Two to four years about 25

THE WEIGHT

The normal weight of the average baby is seven to seven and one-half
pounds. Its