lustration (See Fig. 5) by
merely folding a blanket in such a manner that the child cannot
possibly uncover himself. The mother can sleep undisturbed, knowing
that the baby is always safely protected by at least one warm blanket
cover.

COMMON FAULTS WITH MOST LAYETTES

As a usual thing the first clothes are made too small. The sleeves are
too short as well as too small around. There is nothing more
uncomfortable than a tight sleeve. Everyone of our readers knows that,
and we recall one poor little fellow who kept up a fretful cry until
we took the scissors and cut the tightly stretched sleeve up to and
including the arm hole. He then relaxed and went to sleep. Sleeves
should be made two inches longer than they are needed at first, and it
is a very simple matter to pin them up or turn them back at the wrist.
They should be loose and roomy.

The yokes of the dresses usually are too tight before the slips are
discarded. Heavy seams and raw seams irritate and often make ugly
impressions on the baby's skin.

Usually the first layette is profusely embroidered, and, while it is
beautiful to look at, the mother feels when she sees it outgrown so
quickly that a lot of vital energy was wasted on garments that
mattered so little as long as baby was comfortable. Baby is dear and
sweet enough without the fuss and furbelows of such elaborate
garments.

Heavy materials are sometimes used where lighter ones would serve
better.

ERRORS IN CLOTHING

A soiled garment should never be put back on the baby. Dirt draws
flies, and flies are breeders of disease. Sour-smelling garments
should be changed at once. They are likely to make the baby sick and
interfere with his appetite if left on indefinitely. The care of the
diaper has already been mentioned.

The main symptom of too much clothing is sweating, and when the baby
sweats something must come off. If he has perspired so much that his
clothes are moist, the clothing should be changed and the skin well
dried with talcum powder. The feet and hands should be kept warm, but
the little head should always be kept cool. When the baby is crying
and getting his daily exercise, remove some of the covering, loosen
his diaper, and let him kick and wave his arms in perfect freedom.

When the baby's feet and hands are cool he is not warm enough. Cotton
underskirts cannot be used in the dead of winter on little babies.
They do not hold the body heat as woolen garments do. The baby's fe