TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE Italic text is denoted by _underscores_. Some minor changes to the text are noted at the end of the book. [Illustration: MOTHERHOOD] CHILDREN WELL AND HAPPY A MANUAL FOR THE GIRLS’ HEALTH LEAGUE BY MAY BLISS DICKINSON, R.N. PUBLISHED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE FEDERATION OF WOMEN’S CLUBS LEROY PHILLIPS BOSTON COPYRIGHT, 1918 BY MAY BLISS DICKINSON ALL RIGHTS RESERVED TO MY MOTHER MALAH BLISS DICKINSON “Earth’s noblest thing, a woman perfected” CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. PERSONAL HYGIENE 1 II. HOME SANITATION 16 III. THE NEWBORN BABY 29 IV. BREAST FEEDING 38 V. BOTTLE FEEDING 46 VI. CARE OF THE BABY’S FOOD 55 VII. CARE OF THE BABY’S BODY 63 VIII. THE BABY’S CLOTHING 71 IX. HABITS AND TRAINING 78 X. THE BABY’S TEETH 88 XI. EMERGENCIES 93 APPENDIX A. ORGANIZATION OF THE GIRLS’ HEALTH LEAGUE CLASSES 103 APPENDIX B. RECIPES 110 INDEX 113 ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE Motherhood Frontispiece Correct Posture when Standing 2 Wrong Way to carry Schoolbooks 5 Right Way to carry Schoolbooks 5 Section of the Skin 7 The Correct Kind of Toothbrush 9 Ideal Ventilation 20 The Baby’s Bed 34 Model Birth Certificate 36 Weighing the Baby 44