The overweight child It is difficult to explain many cases of obesity. Some children will eat largely without becoming fat, while others will get plump on a similar intake; minor variations are not to be regarded as pathological. The body seems able to absorb and store up fat, but... 

The thin child Some children have been well nourished and then progressively lose weight-becoming thinner and thinner. Other children have always been thin art overactive, coming of a thin stock. A thin child must be carefully examined to exclude organic disease as tit cause of wasting.... 

The Pacifier A pacifier is helpful for colic and to prevent thumb-sucking. A pacifier is a “blind” nipple (without a hole in it), attached to a plastic disk that rests against the baby’s lips. He can suck vigorously on the nipple, and the disk keeps it from being... 

Thumb sucking is a subject about which there is yet no final agreement. I’ll give you an idea of what is known and my suggestions of what to do about it. It used to be thought of as just a bad habit. That’s why, when a baby first started, the mother would try to prevent... 

Twins I once made an appeal to mothers of twins to tell me what solutions they had found for their problems, so that I could pass them on. I got 200 wonderfully helpful letters. As you might expect, they showed sharp differences of opinion in some respects, great unanimity in others. Help! All...