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Airing in the room may be begun, even in cold weather, when the child
is one month old, at first for only fifteen minutes at a time. This
period may be gradually lengthened by ten or fifteen minutes each day
until it is four or five hours. This airing may be continued in almost
all kinds of weather.
_Is there not great danger of a young baby's taking cold when aired in
this manner?_
Not if the period is at first short and the baby accustomed to it
gradually. Instead of rendering the child liable to take cold, it is
the best means of preventing colds.
_How should such an airing be given?_
The child should be dressed with bonnet and light coat as if for the
street and placed in its crib or carriage which should stand a few
feet from the window All the windows are then thrown wide open, but
the doors closed to prevent draughts. Screens are unnecessary.
_At what age may a child go out of doors?_
In summer, when one week old; in spring and fall, usually at about one
month; in winter, when about three months old, on pleasant days, being
kept in, the sun and out of the wind.
_What are the best hours for airing out of doors?_
In summer and early autumn a child may be out almost any time between
seven in the morning and sunset; in winter and early spring, a young
child only between 10 or 11 A.M. and 3 P.M., although this depends
somewhat upon the climate. In New York and along the Atlantic coast
the early mornings are apt to be damp and the afternoons raw and
cloudy.
_On what kind of days should a baby not go out?_
In sharp winds, when the ground is covered with melting snow, and when
it is extremely cold. A child under four months old should not usually
go out if the thermometer is below freezing point; nor one under eight
months old if it is below 20� F.
_What are the most important things to be attended to when the child
is out in its carriage?_
To see that the wind never blows in its face, that its feet are
properly covered and warm, and that the sun is never allowed to shine
directly into its eyes when the child is either asleep or awake.
_Of what advantage to the child is going out?_
Fresh air is required to renew and purify the blood, and this is just
as necessary for health and growth as proper food.
_What are the effects produced in infants by fresh air?_
The appetite is improved, the digestion is better, the cheeks become
red, and all signs of health are seen.
_Is there any advantage in having a child take its airing during the
first five or six months in the nurse's arms?_
None whatever. A child can be made much more comfortable in a baby
carriage, and can be equally well protected against exposure by
blankets and the carriage umbrella.
_What are the objections to an infant's sleeping out of doors?_
There are no real objections. It is not true that infants take cold
more easily when asleep than awake, while it is almost invariably the
case that those who sleep out of doors are stronger children and less
prone to take cold than others.
_What can be done for children who take cold upon the slightest
provocation?_
They should be kept in cool rooms, especially when asleep They should
not wear such heavy clothing that they are in a perspiration much of
the time. Every morning the body, particularly the chest and back,
should be sponged with cold water (50� to 60� F.).
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