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 The air in them being rarified by breathing hot air within them, they will gently draw as they cool, and receive milk that will flow from the over-extended breasts even by the pressure of the dress. These will act twofold: they will relieve the breasts, and save the dress from being con- stantly wet and soiled.

Nursing women require rest and sleep for the formation of plenty of good milk: consequently they should not keep the baby in bed with them; for it will soon learn its way to the breast, and nurse all night, even unknowingly to the mother. This would be very injurious to the child, besides exposing it to the accident of crushing or suffocation. If the mother has an attendant, let the latter carry the child to her at the stated periods; if not, and the mother is com- pelled to keep the child in her own room, it is better that she should get up and take her child than run the risk of keeping the child in her own bed. A baby in her bed will sink lower than the pillow, and may eventually be covered over by the bed-clothes, compelling it to breathe the im- pure air emanated under them, while the purest air is necessary to its existence.

Do not expose your breast to the cold air; for, in its sensi- tive condition, it is liable to take up inflammation, which will end in abscesses or gathered-breasts, commonly called, so terrible to the mother, and dangerous to the child: avoid, therefore, nursing a child while taking a drive in a carriage, unless it is in a warm summer day.

Never nurse a child immediately after a heated walk or a fit of anger: rest, and get cool. After a fit of passion, it would be better to draw out the milk with the pump, and wait for a fresh supply.