Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-03-23
Feeding Children.

It must be looked upon as gentle reminder
that he would like-he would not object to
something with little more in it than
milk alone. Well, there is pap to begin
with, and all sorts Of ways Of preparing it.
If it be made from bread, the bread should
be somewhat stale, without being sour; you
cannot be sure that there is no alum in it or
other deleterious substance, so it ought in
all cases to be soaked for an hour or two in
cold water, the water poured off, and the
best Of new milk added with little sugar,
the whole should be beaten with fork, aud
beaten well, too, to make sure that no Jumps
are left it. OF this you may give two meals
a day, and some children will want three.
Still greatly object to overfeeding infants,
and ! would much rather give child less
than he would take, remembering that it is
not what he eats, but what he digests, that
does him good, and that distended stomach
is, for the time-being, weakened, thin
walled stomach, which has not the power to
mix the food. Never force child 10 eat
quickly, else the food will not get mixed
with the salivary juice, and therefore will
not assimilate. Always taste the food to
see it is not too warm, and that it moderately
sweet. | need not give receipts for other
"paps," which may be made of biscuit,
rusks, corn, flour, arrowroot, etc.. nurse
can always manufacture these, but they
should be prepared with the greatest care
and attention to cleanliness. II they are at
all lumpy, or singed even, they will not
agree. When about nine months old lit
tie nourishing soup may be given with the
bread about once day, instead Of the milk.
| am not in any great hurry advising this,
however. Milk contains all that is required
to supply the wants of infant life; there
fore, | say milk, milk, milk-let milk be the
staple of your child's diet till four or five
years old. And here let me say, parenthet-
ically, that more good is often done by send
ing city children to the country for three
months than could be effected by years
residence at the seaside. Many child
could tell you of, who, having been put
under the care of kindly cottager or small
farmer, from the pale sickly subject it was
when sent there, has developed in very
few months into your very beau ideal of
happy, rosy, hard-feshed health. And what
wrought the change? Why, the change it
self-new sights and new sounds, every
thing new and everything strange and above
all pure air and pure milk. The country
has one other advantage over the seaside as
resort for children-it is far less expen-
sivA - Un-y'o-'s IVeelln
Cold Feet and Sleeplessness.
The association between cold feet and
sleeplessness is much closer than is com
monty imagined. Persons with cold feet
rarely sleep well, especially women yet the
number of persons so troubled is very con
ply to the head is kept up, sleep is impossi
hla An r1I thao1Oniap phap opl
sleepy with much writing found that he
could keep his brain active by immersing
his feet in cold water. The cold drove the
blood from the feet to the head. Now, what
this old gentleman accomplished by design
is secured for many persons much against
their will Cold feet are the bane OF many
women. Tight boots keep up bloodles,
condition of the feet during the day, and il
of the blood vessels when the boots ART
taken off. These women come in from |
walk and put their feet to the fire to warn
the most effective way of cultivating chill
blains. At night they put their feet to thu
fire, and have hot bottle in bed but it il
all of no use their feet remain cold. How
to get their feet warm is the great question
of life with them in cold weather. Th
choCtiNc pau 10 uot Noi "oeioStiNo az III o
sight to many minds. 1t consists in frs
driving the blood vessels into firm contrac
ton, after which secondary dilation fol
lows. See the snow-baller's hands. Th
| first contact of the snow makes the hand
terribly cold, for the small arteries are driver
thereby into firm contraction, and the nery
endings of the finger tips feel the low tenn
perature very keenly. But as the snow
baller perseveres, his hands begin to glow
| the blood vessels become secondarily dilated
and the rush of warm arterial blood is fel
| agreeably by the peripheral nerve endings
This is the plan to adopt with cold feet
They should be dipped in cold water for
brief period. Often Just to immerse then
and no more is sufficient and then the
should be rubbed with pair of hair-hes
| gloves, or a rough Turkish towel till the
glow, Immediately before getting into bed
After this hot water bottle will be success
full enough in maintaining the Temperature
of the feet, though without this preliminar.
it is impotent to attempt to do so. Dis
agreeable as the plan at first sight may az
pear, it is efficient aud those who hav
once fairly tried it continue it, and find tina
they have put an end to bad nights and col
feet. Pills, potions, lozenges, "night-caps,
all narcotics fail to enable the sufferer t
WOO sleep successfully; get rid OF the col
feet and then sleep will come OF ITSELF
Boston Medical journal.