Excerpt from The Library of Home Economics, Vol. 12: A Complete Home-Study Course on the New Profession of Home-Making and Art Right Living; The Practical Application of the Most Recent Advances in the Arts and Sciences to Home and Health; Prepared by Teachers of Recognized Authority for Home-Makers, Mother The average boy baby weighs about seven pounds at birth; the average girl, about six and a half pounds. The head is larger In proportion to the body than in after life; the nose is incomplete, the legs short and bowed, with a tendency to fall back upon the body with the knees flexed. This natural tendency should be allowed full play, for. The flexed position is said to be favorable to the growth of the bones, permitting the cartilaginous ends of the bones to lie free from pressure at the joints. The plates of the skull are not complete and do not fit together at the edges. Great care needs to be taken of the soft spot thus left exposed on the top of the head - the undeveloped place where the edges of these bones come together. Any injury here in early life is liable to affect the mind. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.