ther who takes
particular care to see that:

1. The drinking water is boiled or distilled.
2. The orange is not overripe.
3. The banana is not underripe or overripe and is not eaten
in chunks.
4. The milk is fresh and pasteurized.
5. The baby does not eat candy, ice cream, or other forbidden
foods.
6. The baby's bowels move daily.
7. He does not remain dirty.
8. He naps daily.
9. He is protected from dust, flies, flees, and mosquitoes.
10. He does not go visiting, to church, shops, or "movies."

The second summer is no harder than the first, as good clean water,
easily digested foods, and good general hygiene are all a baby needs
at this time. A large army of little folks grow up in spite of the
little care they get and the place in which they live. Did they not
possess good vital resistance, sound nerves, and good digestion, the
children of the "slums" and of the "ghetto" would quickly succumb to
their unhygienic surroundings.

TOYS

In selecting toys for the infant, it must be borne in mind that they
will be put to the mouth, and hence they should not be:

1. Toys with sharp points.
2. Small enough to swallow, or to push into the nose.
3. Covered with hair or wool.
4. Glass that is easily broken.
5 Painted toys.
6. Toys that may be taken apart and the small parts swallowed.
7. Paper books that may be chewed or torn.

Bear in mind that babies are easily amused with such simple toys as:

1. A half-dozen clothes pins.
2. An aluminum pan and a spoon.
3. Rubber toys (easily washed).
4. Celluloid dolls, ducks, and other floating toys.
5. Blocks.
6. A large rubber ball.

The older children have wonderfully good times out of doors with a
spade, a cart, and the sandpile. Boys most thoroughly enjoy a track
with its engine and cars, switches, etc. They build sham
fortifications, truly works of art, with their blocks, while the girls
are happiest with dolls and household sets. However, occasionally we
meet a mother who has a girl who is really a boy in her tastes for
toys, and so we say to that mother: give the little girl the desire of
her heart; if it's a train instead of a doll, or a toy gun instead of
a doll's trunk, well and good, let her have them. What we want are
free and easy, natural, children. They are much more likely to have
good nerves, clean thoughts, sound digestion, and equalized
circulation.

CHAPTER XXIV