Teething, easy; management of the child, 136. —, difficult; hints upon, 139.
Tight-lacing, evils of, 92.
Tongue-tied, 205.
Ulceration or imperfect healing of the navel, 201.
Urine, retention of it in the infant after birth, 194.
Ventilation of the sleeping-rooms of children, 84. —, its importance in sickness, 246.
Walking, the best mode of teaching a child, 87.
Warm bath, 128. —, rules for the use of, 131. —, directions for the use of, when the infant is stillborn, 192.
Water, as a beverage for children, 63. —, in the head, 291.
Weaning, the time when to take place, 51. —, the mode of effecting it, 52. —; drying up the mother's milk, 53.