Making and Care of Bed. Lay in the mattress—preferably a washable folded quilt, laid smooth, or a floss, hair, or straw-filled mattress.
Cover mattress with papricloth nursery blanket or light-weight rubber sheeting, laid smooth.
Over this, lay the large quilted pad or felting.
Lay on the lower sheet, tucking it under the mattress.
Lay a small quilted pad under the baby’s hips, or use a large size pad for older, tossing babies.
Lay a flat quilted or hair pad (which may be covered with a cotton or linen slip) or a folded diaper or soft folded towel for the head and face; a pillow is inadvisable.
Put on the top sheet and the coverlet, folding the sheet back six inches over the top of the coverlet for protection, and tucking in at sides (not tight) and at foot.
For cold weather, especially outdoors, put in first a woolen blanket. Lay several newspapers between this and the mattress, and when the baby is in, fasten this over the coverlet like a sleeping bag; for cold weather a knit or woolen sleeping bag is desirable.
When the baby is out of his bed, it should be taken apart, both morning and afternoon, shaken, thoroughly aired, and sunned.
In cold weather, the bed should be warmed before putting the baby in, and flannelette may well be used instead of muslin sheets.