One should get up and see that the child is comfortable--the clothing smooth under the body, the hands and feet warm, and the napkin not wet or soiled. If all these matters are properly adjusted and the child simply crying to be taken up, it should not be further interfered with. If the night cry is habitual some other cause should be sought (see page 121). _How is an infant to be managed that cries from temper, habit, or to be indulged?_ It should simply be allowed to "cry it out." This often requires an hour, and in extreme cases, two or three hours. A second struggle will seldom last more than ten or fifteen minutes, and a third will rarely be necessary. Such discipline is not to be carried out unless one is sure as to the cause of the habitual crying. _Is it likely that rupture will be caused from crying?_ Not in young infants if the abdominal band is properly applied, and not after a year under any circumstances. LIFTING CHILDREN _How should a young baby be lifted from its bed?_ The right hand should grasp the clothing below the feet, and the left hand should be slipped beneath the infant's body to its head. It is then raised upon the left arm. _What is the advantage of this?_ The entire spine is supported, and no undue pressure is made upon the chest or abdomen, as often happens if the baby is grasped around the body or under the arms. _How should a child old enough to run about be lifted?_ Always by placing the hands under the child's arms, and never by the wrists. _What injury may be inflicted by lifting the child by the wrists or hands?_ Often serious injury is done to the elbow or shoulder joints. THE TEMPERATURE _What is the normal temperature of an infant?_ The normal temperature varies more than in adults. In the rectum it usually fluctuates between 98 deg. and 99.5 deg. F.; a rectal temperature of 97.5 deg. F. or of 100.5 deg. F. is of no importance whatever unless it continues. _Where should the temperature of infants and young children be taken?_ The rectum is altogether the best place, and next to this the groin. The rectal temperature is from half a degree to a degree higher than that in the groin. _How long should the thermometer be left in place to take the temperature?_ Two minutes in the rectum, and five minutes in the groin. _Is the temperature of a young child a good guide as to the severity of its symptoms in illness?_ As a rule it is. A temperature of 100 deg. to 102 deg. F. commonly means a mild illness, and one of 104 deg. F. or over a serious one. The duration of the fever is, however, even more important than the height of the temperature. It should be remembered that in all young children slight causes often produce a high temperature which lasts for a few hours; one should not therefore be unduly alarmed unless the temperature continues high, or is accompanied by other important signs of illness. _Is not a high temperature a more serious symptom in a young child than in an adult?_