he presence of a light
in the sleeping-room, or the craving for a pacifier, we most strongly
urge the mothers to stick to the heroic work of "letting him cry it
out."

The notion that the household must move about on tiptoes is not only
unnecessary but perfectly ridiculous. From the very hour of his birth,
let the child become accustomed to the ordinary noises of the home,
and if this plan is early started he will prove a blessing and a ray
of sunshine to the family and not an autocrat to whom all must bow and
bend the knee.

BEDTIME AND SLEEPING POSITION

Bedtime is regulated somewhat by the hour of rising in the morning.
Usually, up to two years, baby is put to bed from five to six P. M.
Regularity is urged in maintaining the bedtime hour.

The seven o'clock bedtime hour is later established and continued
until the young child attains school age, when retiring at the curfew
hour of eight o'clock gives our boy or girl from ten to eleven hours
of sleep, which is essential to proper growth, calm nerves, and an
unruffled temper.

The first few days finds our little fellow sleeping nine-tenths of his
time. Let him lie on his right side, for this favors the complete
closure of the fetal heart valve, the foramen ovale.

Whether baby lies on his stomach, his side, or with the hands over his
head is of little or no consequence. His position should be changed
first from one side to the other until he is old enough to turn
himself.

WAKING UP AT NIGHT

Before baby is three months old, he should receive nourishment during
the night at nine and twelve, and again at six in the morning. After
four or five months a healthy child should not be fed between the
hours of ten P. M. and six A. M. At this age, many children sleep
right through from six P. M. to six A. M. without food.

After five months, if a healthy baby awakens between ten P. M. and six
A. M. warm water may be given from a bottle; he soon forgets about
this and the night's sleep becomes unbroken. There are many other
reasons than the need of food that cause the wakefulness of the child;
and since the baby should, after a few months, sleep undisturbed and
peacefully, if he is wakeful and restless--crying out in a peevish
whine--and then quiets down for a few moments only to cry out again,
you may suspect one of a half-dozen different things. Let us,
therefore, summarize the things which may disturb baby's sleep:

1. _Lack of Fresh Air._ Babies cannot slee