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Identifier: womaningirlhoodw00soli (find matches)
Title: ... Woman in girlhood, wifehood, motherhood; her responsibilities and her duties at all periods of life; a guide in the maintenance of her health and that of her children
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Solis-Cohen, Myer
Subjects: Women Child care
Publisher: Philadelphia, Chicago (etc.) The J.C. Winston co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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ed, but should beloose enough for the hand to slip under it easily. The Diapers.—The diapers or napkins should be madeof linen or cotton, not of canton flannel. They should neverbe covered with water-proof material. For an infant atbirth they should be about a yard long and half a yardwide, but as the child gets older they have to be madelarger. Every time it is soiled, even if only with colorlessurine, the diaper must be changed. It should be washedwith pure soap, without soda, and thoroughly dried beforeit is again applied. The Infants Shirt.—The shirt may be of flannel, merinoor soft worsted yarn, the weight varying with the season.It should be made loose, with a high neck and long sleeves,and of a sufficient length to reach below the hips, where itis pinned to the diaper. Every part of the child must beprotected from exposure; chilling of the arms is often suffi-cient to cause pneumonia or diarrhoea. The shirt may beopen its whole length in front, being fastened by small, flat
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THE LITTLE MOTHER—A HEAVY RESPONSIBILITY. The older children are often a great help to the busy mother.The responsibility of an older daughter, as she takes the mothersburden, has its reward in the love of the little sisters and brothers. CLOTHING FOR INFANT AND CHILD 269 buttons, or it may be open just at the neck where it is fast-ened with tape or buttons. The Petticoat.—The petticoat should be of white flan-nel, made in Princess style and either fastened in the backwith one or two flat buttons or tied at the neck with anarrow ribbon. It should never be so long as to reach sixto ten inches below the body, for then it prevents the childmoving its legs freely. The Infants Dress.-—The simpler the dress is made theless will be the discomfort the baby is subjected to whilebeing dressed and undressed, and the less will be the temp-tation to allow the garment to be worn too long withoutwashing. The dress or slip may be made of cambric ornainsook. It should be a little longer than the

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