Indispensible Advice...

I found old book published in 1851 and was intrigued by the title:

LADIES' INDISPENSABLE ASSISTANT ~ 

BEING A COMPANION FOR THE SISTER, MOTHER, AND WIFE

It contains all kinds of interesting 'cures' and 'advice', 

and after composing myself, I just had to share this part of the book with you! 

SAFE DIRECTIONS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF CHILDREN : 

"It is of the greatest importance that mothers should 
understand the management of their offspring. The 
newly-born child should be kept warm and not exposed 
to sudden changes of temperature or currents of air. It 
should not be handled but kept as quiet as possible. 

It should receive its food at regular hours, three or 
four times a day, and it should not be permitted to take 
so much as to cause vomiting. The stomach of a new- 
born infant is very small, not larger than a common-sized 
thimble, so that there is great danger of giving it too 
much food.  

Wash it every morning in warm water, and never, as 
some have done, plunge it in cold water." 

Yes...indeed, some really wonderful advice right there... 

Don't you just love the way they refer to the child as 'it'!?