THE SLEEP OF CHILDREN

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jan 2, 1893

THE SLEEP OF CHILDREN.

Young children need much sleep, and from the very first should be put to bed alone and in a dark room, and allowed to sleep until nature awakens them. A glare of light should never be permitted upon their faces as they sleep, for it seriously affects the optic nerve and produces various diseases of the sight. They should never be suddenly aroused, nor taken up before they are fairly awake, and should be covered lightly, and always undressed when taking a nap in the daytime.

A child who is accustomed to being rocked may be easily broken of the habit. It may cost the mother a little effort, but in a week she will be able to conquer by the gentlest means. The baby will cry, of course, for he has learned that he can get almost anything by crying for it, but when he finds that no attention is paid to his plaint, he will cease after a while to make it, and resign himself to the inevitable.—Jenness Miller Monthly.