uffy air is devitalizing and even during the
early weeks when the fresh air must be warm, an electric fan should be
advantageously placed so that many times each day the warm fresh air
may be put in motion without creating a harmful draught.

Warm stuffy air makes babies liable to catch cold when taken out into
the open.

Throw open the windows several times each day and completely change
the air of baby's room. In the absence of the large screen, a wooden
board five or six inches high is fitted into the opening made by
raising the lower window sash. Then as the upper sash is lowered the
impure air readily escapes while fresh air is admitted.

THE BATH EQUIPMENT

Make early preparations for bathing the baby in the easiest possible
manner; in fact, the young mother should seek to attend to all her
duties--the family, the home, and the baby--in the easiest way. For
the administration of a bath during the early months, a table is
needed, protected by oilcloth on which is placed a roomy bathtub with
a folded turkish towel on the bottom for baby to sit on. In addition
to the tub, have:

An enameled pitcher for extra supply of warm water.
A small cup for boracic acid solution.
Castile soap.
A soft wash cloth.
Several warmed soft towels.
A bath thermometer.
A medicine dropper for washing baby's eyes.
Talcum powder.
Oil or vaseline.
Sterile cotton.
Tooth picks.
A needle and thread for sewing on the band.
All of the clean clothing needed.

See that the bathtub is clean and enamel unbroken, and if it has been
used by another babe, freshen it with a coat of special enamel sold
for that purpose.

BATH TEMPERATURES

During the first eight weeks Temperature 100 F.
From two to six months Temperature 98 F.
From six to twenty-four months Temperature 90--97 F.

A bath at ninety-eight degrees is a neutral bath, and after the baby
is six months and over, the bath may be given at this temperature, and
at the close quickly cooled to ninety degrees.

NURSERY CLEANLINESS

The nursery should furnish the baby's first protection from
contagious diseases. It must be a veritable haven of safety.
Therefore, no house work of any kind should be done in the room,
such as washing or drying the baby's clothes. The floors and the
furniture should be wiped daily with damp cloths. A dry cloth or
feather duster should never be used to sca