PART XIV.
Labor.
occupation of the mother during pregnancy.
A woman with child would find it greatly to her advantage, and conducive to her health and happiness, to employ her leisure hours in the preparation of the necessary articles of clothing for herself and her coming baby.
As many seem really ignorant of what is necessary, I name some few of the articles which she will absolutely need. These will naturally suggest others to women accustomed to the convenience of plentiful supplies.
Articles needed by the Mother.
Six cotton night-dresses.
Six unbleached cotton bandages, one yard and a half long.
Two flannel skirts.
One flannel dressing-gown, to wear on getting up.
Three dozen napkins.
One dozen common face-towels.
One pair bed-room slippers.
Two pairs of open drawers.
One large apron for the physician.
Articles needed by the Child.
Eight belly-bands of infants' flannel; four of them one-quarter of a yard wide and five-eighths long, and the other four not quite so wide, for earlier use.
Two dozen diapers.
Four flannel barrie-coats with muslin bodies; left open like an apron.
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