9. Don't amuse or play with your baby too much. Its regular daily routine is all the stimulation its little brain needs at first.
10. Don't let too many different people take care of the baby. Even members of the same family make a baby nervous if they fuss around him too much.
The Care of New-Born Infants.
1. The first thing to be done ordinarily is to give the little stranger a bath by using soap and warm water. To remove the white material that usually covers the child use olive oil, goose oil or lard, and apply it with a soft piece of worn flannel, and when the child is entirely clean rub all off with a fresh piece of flannel.
2. Many physicians in the United States recommend a thorough oiling of the child with pure lard or olive oil, and then rub dry as above stated. By these means water is avoided, and with it much risk of taking cold.
3. The application of brandy or liquor is entirely unnecessary, and generally does more injury than good.