ap made for the
purpose.

THE SALIVA

Many mothers think that the presence of drooling or the excessive flow
of saliva is associated with teeth cutting. While it may be associated
with the teeth, this is not usually the case; it is more probably due
to the beginning of a new function of secretion. The newborn baby has
only enough saliva to furnish moisture for the mouth, and not until
the age of four or five months does saliva really flow, and since the
teeth appear a bit later we often confuse the institution of a new
secretion with the oncoming teeth.

SENSATIONS AND RECOGNITION

The young baby manifests a number of sensations early in its career.
Hunger and satisfaction as well as comfort and discomfort seem to be
recognized by the little fellow. He early learns that the approach of
someone when he cries usually means that he is to be taken up, and he
usually ceases crying as soon as he is taken up. He early manifests a
sense of comfort when he is cuddled; there also is early present a
manifestation of the desire to sleep, and the satisfying pleasure of a
drink of water.

At the age of three months he has recognized many things such as the
light or a bright object. He distinctly recognizes his mother and
often smiles at her approach. He recognizes his hands at four months,
and now begins to recognize other members of the household aside from
his mother. Even as early as one month, he may smile at his mother. At
two months of age he will often smile at other members of the family.
He laughs out loud or chuckles during the fourth or fifth month. But,
on the whole, he must be considered as just a little animal whose
greatest needs are to have his appetite and thirst satisfied, his
little body clothed, and his little nerves put to rest--to sleep.

SITTING ALONE

At four months the normal baby will hold up his head; and if he is
supported at the back with a pillow, he will sit erectly--holding his
head up--at six months; while at eight months or not later than nine,
the normal child should sit alone on the floor with no support. Later
in the ninth month he often manifests a desire to bear his weight upon
his feet. Care is here urged that the mother protect the little fellow
at this time and not allow him to rest his weight upon his feet but a
moment or two at a time.

He will reach for a ball suspended from the top of his carriage or bed
as early as the fifth month. About this time he discovers his toes