THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 16, 1988,
SINCE BABY! WAS BORN...
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I Can't Get A Good Night's Rest!
A young mother writes her at her.
"I am half-dead with want of sleep, I can honestly say that I have never had a décent night's sleep since baby was born, and she cries a good deal in the day, too. I really feel I shall go crazy if some- thing doesn't happen soon.
"My husband has to go to work early, and he says he can't stand it any longer if he doesn't get a decent night's rest.”
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The baby who cries in the night, and particularly the baby who cries night and day, is suffering from îndigestion, and the feeding is at fault.
This is not only the case with bottle-fed babies; for if those who are naturally fed are allowed to indulge themselves too freely they also have indigestion.
Sleep is so valuable to us all and baby wants it just as much as his parents.
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During the first month of life- or perhaps six weeks-baby may wake between 2 and 4 a.m., because he has been accustomed to waking at regular three or four hourly in- tervals during the day.
He has yet to learn the difference between night and day, but if he în given a little warm, boiled, un- aweetened water, made comfortable and turned over, he will soon learn what is expected of him.
He will find that water is not worth. waking for, so that by two. or three months old he sleeps be- tween 10 p.m. and 6 a.m., at any rate.
The greatest pitfall is to give in to baby, and feed during the night. This is a case of "out of the frying-pan and into the fire," for _the_cause, which_is_indigestion, is not altered; in fact, it is increas- ed.
Crying becomes worse, and baby may get really ill.
The most healthy, modern babies are fed four-hourly in the day- that is, five feeds in the twenty- four hours, the last being given at 10 p.m., and the earliest at, say, 5.30 or 6 a.m.
Indigestion is so often mistaken for hunger because some of signs are the same.
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Baby is apparently always "look- ing for food," moving his head from side to side, opening his mouth, crying, restless and pitiful-altoge- ther an unhappy little person.*
It is only by examining his weight and general condition that we can be sure what is the trouble.
No baby should be allowed to gain more than 7oz. in the week, with an occasional 8oz., under six months of age, but, unfortunately, quite number of babies are allowed to ain 10oz. and 11oz. and more.
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A good pair of baby scales, weigh- ing to the 14oz., are a sound invest- ment for any home where there is a baby.
They are rather expensive to buy; though really give life service, as they can be used for household pur- poses afterwards.
Remember--the weighing should take place at the same time of day, and, if possible, baby should be naked.
If baby, is bottle fed, and crying unduly, then we must examine the type of food he is having, the quantity, the rate at which he takes the food, and the heat at which it is given, for these are all important| points.
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Even the naturally fed baby can feed too fast with dire results.
* ** The baby who is hüngry, or who is slightly underfed, usually cries chief little-yes, undoubtedly the cause for crying is indigestion. ́
Other causes
sometime may be discomfort, over-clothing, unwise management (of course, if baby is always dandled directly he opens his eyes, he will soon learn to ex- pect this, and become restless and spoilt).
There is no mistaking the 'cry of the sick baby; this is fretful and weak.
The lusty roar that is so distract- ing is undoubtedly nearly always due to overfeeding, and is very,pre- valent during the early months of
life.
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