The Care and Feeding of Children

Book Excerpt: ... 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?_...