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CRISIS No. I FOR BABY Helping baby through his teething troubles takes long-term planning : Ante natal diet has to be properly balanced to build tooth and jaw elements satisfactorily to allow for easy cutting in the first year of life. While breast-feeding baby, mother’s diet similarly needs to be balanced. (Refer to Health Department published guides if in any doubt). Remember —the first teeth begin to develop about 6 months before birth. m am m m mm mi m m Helping baby as teething time approaches and actually begins: Give baby a sterilised teething ring to bite on, or a smooth bone to gnaw. Let him have some hard fibrous foods as soon as he can manage them. Pay particular care to cleanliness and dryness of clothes and cleanliness of utensils and food to avoid infections at this time. See that he gets his proper sleep, fresh air and sun bathing. Don’t fuss over his food at this time, for he may have a temporary lack of appetite. Avoid teething powders, syrups and lotions. A little increased dribbling, slight flushes, and irritability i may be natural. Anything more such as feverishness, intestinal-upsets, convulsions, is not normal. Consult your doctor at once. ■ ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH Keep this announcement for future reference. . . , 7/47