FORMULAS FOR MODIFYING MILK—MILK SUGAR, CANE SUGAR, OR MALT SUGAR—HOW TO TELL WHEN THE BABY IS PROPERLY NOURISHED—LIME WATER IN THE MILK—CONDENSED MILK—PATENT FOODS CHAPTER VI GUARDING THE BABY’S DIGESTION 79 STRONG DIGESTION MEANS A STRONG BABY—BOWEL CONDITIONS TELL THE STORY—THE UNDERFED AND THE OVERFED BABY—SYMPTOMS OF DISORDER IN THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM—VOMITING—COLIC AND CONSTIPATION—DIARRHEA AND ITS TREATMENT CHAPTER VII TEETHING AND WEANING 97 TEETHING A NATURAL PROCESS—PUTTING THE BABY IN SHAPE TO TEETHE EASILY—DENTITION TABLE—CARE OF THE FIRST TEETH—GRADUAL WEANING IS SIMPLE PROCESS—ALTERNATE BREAST AND BOTTLE FEEDING—EVILS OF DELAYED WEANING—DIET TABLES FOR CHILDREN FROM NINE MONTHS TO THIRTY-SIX MONTHS CHAPTER VIII CLEANLINESS AND HEALTH 112 HOW TO GIVE THE BABY’S BATH—CARE OF THE VARIOUS ORGANS—THRUSH AND ITS TREATMENT—SPECIAL BATHS FOR DELICATE CHILDREN—HABITS OF CLEANLINESS CHAPTER IX FRESH AIR AND SLEEP AS HEALTH PRODUCERS 126 HEATING AND VENTILATING THE NURSERY—OUTDOOR NAPS—SLEEPING HOURS FOR THE NORMAL BABY—WHY SOME BABIES DO NOT SLEEP CHAPTER X HOW THE NORMAL BABY GROWS 137 WHAT SHOULD YOUR BABY WEIGH AND MEASURE?—TESTING THE BABY’S MENTAL DEVELOPMENT—HOW SOON SHOULD THE BABY WALK AND TALK?—CRYING, CAUSE AND CURE CHAPTER XI BABY-COMFORT THROUGH CLOTHES 151 TIGHT BELLY-BANDS MAY TORTURE BABIES—UNDERWEAR THAT DOES NOT IRRITATE—EXTENSION SKIRTS TO PROTECT THE FEET—DRESSING THE BABY IN HOT WEATHER—HOW TO HANDLE THE BABY CHAPTER XII DEFECTS AND HABITS 168 TAKING DEFECTS IN TIME—HABITS THAT MAKE CHILDREN UGLY—FINGER-SUCKING AND NAIL-BITING—BED-WETTING—VICIOUS HABITS AND THEIR CURE—NERVOUSNESS AND ITS TREATMENT—THE HABIT OF HAPPINESS CHAPTER XIII BABY’S AILMENTS AND HOW TO TREAT THEM 182 MOTHERS NOW STUDYING PREVENTIVE MEDICINE—REMEDIES WHICH SHOULD BE FOUND IN EVERY NURSERY—TREATMENT OF DIARRHEA AND CONSTIPATION—COLDS AND THEIR CURE—ADENOIDS AND THEIR REMOVAL—AILMENTS OF THE SKIN CHAPTER XIV NURSERY EMERGENCIES 202 CONTAGIOUS DISEASES: SYMPTOMS, TREATMENT AND QUARANTINE—CROUP AND ITS TREATMENT—CONVULSIONS—WHEN FALLS ARE DANGEROUS—BURNS AND CUTS—POISONS AND THEIR ANTIDOTES CHAPTER XV DIET FOR OLDER CHILDREN 224 MILK FOR GROWING CHILDREN—EGGS, MEAT AND FISH—BREADSTUFFS AND CEREALS—RECIPES FOR NOURISHING DISHES BETTER BABIES AND THEIR CARE BETTER BABIES AND THEIR CARE CHAPTER I