The first thing to do is t> fill a bath full of warm water. Cold water turns the baby blue, while het water makes her red. 'TH: fashionable colour is pink. The bath is usually small one, because in a big bath the baby might want to start swimming Jessons. And when a bab: malt's up her mind to do a thing, its good as done. You must be eared fal to put in the right quantity of water, For instance, if the bath holds six gallons, and you putin tive gallons of liquid, ther: two more zal. Tons of baby there's going to be a tidal wave, Baby should not be fed before her bath, in ease she sets indigestion, which is bad for baby, and worge for you, because she will howl. On the other kand a very thirsty baby has been known to drink the water, so that her father has had to warm up a lot more. But fa is of ro use trying to explain to baby tint ste must neti be fed, because babies demand nourishment all the time they are awake. The best thing do is to give her the bottle and: ope for the best.
Whils she is bana:
dda little toilet vinegar to the water, This freshens baby; but don't pat t: o much. Your sife accuse you of trying to pickle her.
Now! you can proceed to undress fir, The first thine you come to is a frock, with fasteners—those things that! won't keep fastened until you want to take abe thing off, when you can't separate them without a crowbar or a jemmy. Under this 9 a petticoat, tied round her neck with a tape. This tape ought to be tied it a bow, which jer to undo. But when you have the job of bat ing baby tis always done w> in "about ten sailor's knots, so that get into trouble for being rough her, when all you' trdoit the thing off.
Beneath this petticoat there are more things, then her stays, ther still more things, som of them nade of lace, and some of pink funnel. Some of them gre dene up sith hruttons, which always come off, and some with safety pins. Som of tem are vests, and some of the are—well, all you can do is to on taking the off until you get 10} She's inside ecmewhere.
'A man always gets a sheols when hho szes a baby undressed. She looks zo different in clothes. She is very beautiful, and pink, and round and fat. There are dimples knees, ard elbows where we've got king out, and. ske looks and clean' that ie seems a pity to wash her, But k" now she Hhas sean her beth—and
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