Don'ts:

Te Ao Hou, September 1955, Page 64

Don'ts: 1. Don't give the new born baby castor oil or any other purgative. Nature supplied what is needed. 2. Don't resort to bottle feeding unless on instructions from the Public Health Nurses or the Doctor. 3. Don't feed baby at night—that is between 10 p.m.–6 a.m. 4. Don't wean baby because your milk seems to disagree with the baby and make it fretful. The common cause of such symptoms is indigestion due to baby being fed too often and taking too much. 5. Don't use a dummy or let baby such his thumb. 6. Don't wipe out baby's mouth, this tends to cause ulcers and thrush. 7. Don't give or use soothing syrups or powders. 8. Don't keep baby in a warm stuffy room, and then blame pure air, because he “catches cold’ when taken out. 9. Don't cover baby's face by laying anything on it—not even the flimsiest lace handkerchief. 10. Don't rock baby to sleep. 11 Don't take baby to bed with you. 12. Don't neglect a crying baby, the cause may be discomfort due to a wet napkin or a pin, or he may be ill. 13. Don't breast feed the baby after he is twelve months. 14. Don't feed the baby from a bottle unless the bottle and teat are clean.