Sitt,—How much I agree with Isabel Quiglv about the importance
of allowing mothers to go into hos- pital with their small children. There is, too, on the other side, a problem which many mothers must face who themselves have to go into hospital and are told 'no visiting by children of under twelve. 1-his could be a reasonable policy where the mother is in hospital suffering 'rorn an infectious disease, but what of the mother who goes into hospital to have another baby?
Shortly, I shall be forced to explain to my three- year-old that she will not be able to see me possibly for fourteen days, and at the end of that time I shall reappear with another and an unknown member of the family. Surely, however much one prepares the older child for the acceptance of a sister or brother, resentment is bound to follow if, right at the be- ginning, the first child is excluded from its mother's life for such a long time. What possible harm could be done by a twice-weekly afternoon visit by a child? —Yours faithfully.
35 Glemitorne Gardens, Gams Hill, Ilford. EsS ex
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