Parenting & Childcare

1. Always keep the baby neat and clean. 2. Cut the nails properly with utmost care. 3. Wet nappy should be removed and parts should be cleaned with soap...

The respiration of a pure air is at all times, and under all circumstances, indispensable to the health of the infant. The nursery therefore should be large, well ventilated, in an elevated part of the house, and so...

Crying is a normal event in the lives of all babies.When a baby comes out of the womb the first thing to do is crying. By the first cry he will take some air in to the lungs for the first time in his life..

It is highly important that a mother should possess such information as will enable her to detect disease at its first appearance, and thus insure for her child timely medical assistance. This knowledge, it will not be difficult for her to...

From the first moment the infant is applied to the breast, it must be nursed upon a certain plan. This is necessary to the well-doing of the child, and will contribute essentially to preserve the health of the parent, who will thus be...

Exercise is essentially important to the health of the infant. Its first exercise, of course, will be in the nurse's arms. After a month or two, when it begins to sleep less during the day...

The special province of the mother is the prevention of disease, not its cure. When disease attacks the child, the mother has then a part to perform, which it is especially important during the epochs of infancy and childhood..