=Upon Birth.=—As soon as the eyes are cared for, by flushing them with warm boric solution (the physician may use Credé’s method—1 to 2 per cent. nitrate of silver solution, followed by weak salt solution), the baby should be wrapped in a warm, soft, sterile cloth (cotton flannel), and placed in a warm crib until the mother has been attended to. After that the baby should be anointed with warm olive oil, especially in the groin, axilla, in the folds of the neck and behind the ears. The nurse should then wash and sterilize her hands to dress the cord. Apply alcohol, 95 per cent., and then boric acid powder or any other antiseptic dressing the physician may order; it may be kept in place by a thin flannel binder, going around the abdomen but once and be fastened in the back (not too tightly) by sewing it together. Pins of any kind should be used only where absolutely necessary. The baby should be dressed in as few garments as possible. =Bathing.=—Until the umbilicus is healed the child should not be put in the full bath. The face, hands, and head may be sponged daily with tepid water. Gently massaging the body every day with warm olive oil, and rubbing with a soft towel, will not only keep the baby clean, but prove beneficial. The genitals should be washed well once daily and sponged after each evacuation of the bowels. During the first few weeks a little oil rubbed into the parts is better than powder; in most cases powder will dry the skin too quickly and rub off the delicate epithelium. =General Care of the Baby.=—The eyes, the mouth, and navel should be given the usual daily attention. The bowels, if constipated, should be encouraged by small doses of castor oil given with a medicine dropper. If the urinations are not clear and of sufficient quantity the baby may have warm water, about 1 oz. at a time, three or four times daily. Leave the infant with the mother _only_ during the nursing period. =Nursing the Baby.=—Practical experience is daily upsetting the theory that a set of rules and regulations can be laid down and followed for the nursing of all babies; that nursing must be done at certain hours and after certain intervals. While babies are alike in nearly every respect, speaking physiologically, there are only a few who can be awakened at regular intervals to be nursed by the mother or fed by the bottle. Some babies can not be awakened sufficiently for nursing, even after four or five hours’ sleep. Others will nurse for twenty minutes (the rules say it should not be longer than ten minutes) at two- or three-hour intervals during the day and then sleep all night.