Our Babies: Their Feeding, Care, and Training

Newark, New Jersey: Prudential Insurance Company, 1946. Very good.. A mid-1940's guide to infant care, penned by an important public health advocate and physician known for heading an infant welfare program that spurred a dramatic decrease in infant mortality in Chicago in the 1920s. This is a later, and updated, edition of a publication he wrote for parents of infants. Subjects covered include: breast and bottle feeding; weaning and sold foods; bathing; clothing and diapering; sleep; fresh air and sunshine; caring for a sick baby; common childhood diseases (e.g. measles, scarlet fever); caring for skin afflictions; growth and development; toilet training; caring for premature babies; and first aid. There is also a brief section on weight and a reference chart for ideal baby weights by age in weeks and months. Includes blank baby record chart on lower wrapper. Single vol. (10" by 7.5"), pp. 96, illus., in original illus. blue wrps with illustration of baby on front. Contemporary ink inscription of early owner to upper wrapper.