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 to be trotted, don't strike your heel. The baby will feel as if it were on a velvet spring that dances at the lightest touch. It will kick its little feet, laugh and crow, and you will have quite a frolic, forgetting that you didn't exactly want to help take care of it. If you do remember, you will wonder how you could possibly have felt cross about it.

"Another thing I want to impress upon you. Did you ever know that sometimes when babies cry all they want is a drink of water?

"One time a lady came to my home with her baby. It was a very warm day, and the baby was peevish and fretful. She scolded it, and I finally said, 'Perhaps it wants a drink,' and gave it a few drops from a teaspoon. I wish you had seen the