Don'ts for Mothers
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Following the success of Don'ts for Husbands and Don'ts for Wives a brand new old collection of advice:
- from Birth to Weaning
- the care of Young Children
- Boyhood and Girlhood
"Don't wash the baby in hot water, it would weaken and enervate the babe, and thus predispose him to disease. Luke warm rain water will be the best to wash him with."
"Don't choose a wetnurse of a consumptive habit. Check if she or any of
her family have laboured under "king's evil" ascertaining if there be
any seams or swellings about her neck"
"Don't rock an infant to sleep, it might cause him to fall into a
feverish, disturbed slumber, but not into a refreshing, calm sleep.
Besides, if you once take to that habit he will not go to sleep without
it."
"Don't add either gin or oil of peppermint to the babe's food. It is a murderous practice"
"Don't purge an infant during teething or any other time. IF WE LOCK UP
THE BOWELS, WE CONFINE THE ENEMY, AND THUS PRODUCE MISCHIEF"
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Don'ts for Mothers - Bloomsbury Publishing
DON’TS FOR MOTHERS
Contents
Introduction
Pregnancy and Childbirth
Ablution
Diet
Sleep
Health
Clothing
In the Nursery
Amusements
Boyhood and Girlhood
Introduction
If this book is to be of use to mothers and to the rising generation, as I humbly hope and trust that it will be, it ought not to be listlessly read, merely as a novel or as any other piece of fiction ; but it must be thoughtfully and carefully studied, until its contents, in all its bearings, be completely mastered and understood.
I express the hope that my advice, through God’s blessing, may not have been given in vain ; but that it may be—one among many—an humble instrument for improving the race of our children—England’s priceless treasures ! O, that the time may come, and may not be far distant, ‘That our sons may grow up as the young plants, and that our daughters may be as the polished corners of the temple !’
ANON
Pregnancy and Childbirth
Don’t indulge in any species of excess. Endeavour to keep the mind in the greatest tranquillity.
Don’t indulge in the caprices of pregnancy to too great a degree.
Don’t allow yourself to be tightly laced, this species of self torture fails of the desired effect and has pernicious consequences. Light and loose clothing is best for both mother and child.
Don’t employ the common sort of female midwife. Their ignorance is the cause of many fatal accidents.
Don’t allow delicacy to endanger. Engage the best female practitioner to be had, under the direction of a professional man, who should be in the house to apply to in the case of necessity.
Don’t forget that in nineteen cases out of twenty no assistance whatever is necessary to a woman in labour, only good sense enough to leave nature to do her own work.
Ablution
Don’t