mperature in Children--The Teeth--The
Permanent Teeth--Care of the Teeth--Dentition--Treatment of
Teething--How to Weigh the Baby--Average Weight of a Male
Baby--Average Weight of a Female Baby--Average Height of a Male
Child--The Rate of Growth of a Child--Pulse Rate in
Children--Infant Records, Why They Should be Kept--"Growing
Pains."

WHAT TO PREPARE FOR THE COMING BABY.--The physician should instruct the
young wife just what to provide for the coming baby. The following list
will be found useful as a general guide.

An ordinary clothes basket, padded and lined, is quite
sufficient for the first month; or, a baby crib, which may be
cheap or expensive as the individual taste dictates. The Taylor
crib is probably the handiest and best one on the market.

Pin cushion;

Puff-box and puff;

Soap box containing pure castile soap;

Hair brush and fine comb;

Two wash cloths;

Four ounces of crystal boracic acid, a saturated solution of
which is used for cleansing baby's eyes and mouth;

One pound of good absorbent cotton;

A flexible tube of white vaseline;

A bath thermometer;

A package of sterile gauze;

A half dozen baby towels, good quality;

A soft, white, good blanket,--one and one-half yards square;

One pair small blunt pointed scissors;

A package of the best safety pins;

Three or four dozen bird's-eye cotton diapers. First size,
eighteen inches square. Second size, twenty-five inches square;

One yard of soft white flannel for belly bands; each band
should be five inches wide, by twenty-four inches long.

Two silk and wool shirts;

Three flannel shirts (all shirts should be high necked, long
sleeved, and open down the front);

Three Eiderdown wrappers;

Three Cashmere sacques;

Three pads for crib;

Six dresses;

Six petticoats (they should be thirty-three inches long from
neck to hem; they should be turned up at the bottom for about
four inches and should button there to keep the feet warm; if
it is desired to use pinning blankets for the first two months
in place of the petticoats, they should be made of soft white
flannel with cotton bands);

Six night slips;

Six pair socks;

Two cloaks;

Two hoods;

One dozen bibs.

Simplicity, w