y be acquainted with the
bottle and thus one-half of a hard battle has already been fought and
won.

BABY'S FIRST NAP

The baby's bed should be separate and apart from the mother's. It may
be a well-padded box, a dresser drawer, a clothes basket, or a large
market basket. A folded comfortable slipped in a pillow slip makes a
good mattress. A most ideal bed may be made out of a clothes basket;
the mattress or pad should come up to within two or three inches of
the top, so the baby may breathe good fresh air and not the stale air
that is always found in a deeply made bed. Into this individual bed
the baby is placed as soon as it is dressed; and a good sleep of four
to six hours usually follows.

Frequent observations of the cord dressing should be made as
occasionally hemorrhage does take place, much to the detriment of the
babe. If bleeding is at any time discovered the cord is retied just
below the original tying. By the time baby has finished a six- or
eight-hour nap the mother is wondrously refreshed and is ready to
receive it to her breast.

PUTTING TO THE BREAST

During the first two days the baby draws from the breasts little more
than a sweetened watery fluid known as the colostrum; but its intake
is essential to the child in that it acts as a good laxative which
causes the emptying of the alimentary tract of the dark, tarry
appearing stools known as the meconium. On the third day this form of
stool disappears and there follows a soft, yellow stool two or three
times a day.

The child should be put to the breast regularly every four hours; two
things being thus encouraged: an abundant supply of milk on the third
day and the early shrinking of the uterus. More than once a mother has
missed the blessed privilege of suckling her child because some
thoughtless person told her "why trouble yourself with nursing the
baby every four hours, there's nothing there, wait until the third
day;" and so when the third day came, there was little more than a
mere suggestion of a scanty flow of milk, which steadily grew less and
less.

THE URINE

The urine of the very young child should be clear, free from odor and
should not stain the diaper, nor should it irritate the skin of the
babe. Often urination does not take place for several hours, sometimes
not at all during the first twenty-four hours. If the infant does not
show signs of distress, there is no cause for alarm; the urine should
pass, however, within th