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Life in the making: 335 total pages.

A little child a day old lies in his crib. After a long sleep he is just waking. We bend over him and look into the tiny eyes just opening; we smile, we speak to him. He gazes at us, but with 'never an answering smile. We are slightly disappointed. Does he see us at all? we wonder. His daily life 17 18 LIFE IN THE MAKING is one round of eating and sleeping. His only feel­ings seem to be those of hunger and satisfaction, comfort and discomfort. Beginning to Learn. The days pass. Each day the program of sleep, food, bath, and outing in the fresh air has been rigorously followed. The baby seems to be learning to know this program almost as well as his mother. If his bath is delayed, he becomes restless and cross. The feeble wail that voices his desire for food has been so often rewarded that he forms the habit of crying when he is hungry. Now, in these early days the emphasis is usually on the physical side of life. Most parents recognize the necessity, for the sake of their children's health, of having their babies form regular

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