We all know the agony of tight boots.

I rubbed the feet and held them in my hands until they were warm, when the poor little thing fell asleep.

I said to the parents, "You are young people, I see, and this is probably your first child." They said, "Yes." "You don't intend to be cruel, I know, but if you had thrown those boots out of the window, when you threatened to throw the child, it would have been wiser.

This poor child has suffered ever since it was dressed this morning." I showed them the marks on the feet, and called their attention to the fact that the child fell asleep as soon as its pain was relieved.

The mother said she knew the boots were tight, as it was with difficulty she could get them on, but the old ones were too shabby for the journey and they had no time to change the others.
"Well," said the husband, "if I had known those boots were tight, I would have thrown them out of the window." "Now," said I, "let me give you one rule: when your child cries, remember it is telling you, as well as it can, that something hurts it, either outside or in, and do not rest until you find what it is.
Neither spanking, shaking, or scolding can relieve pain." I have seen women enter the cars with their babies' faces completely covered with a blanket shawl.