Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-07-26

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kind Of food whatever should = given
while ths bot weather lasta. At all
seasons ofths year. bat especially IN
Sumnss,- ,-thsss -is~no safs sahstitnts
for milk 10 the infant has uSt 0ut Is
front teeth. Sage. arrOwFoo1. pcsa-
toes. corn -four. crackers. btaAd every
patented food. and every article Of
diet Containing ssarch.s dannot ana
mnstsnot bS depended on - 5Ood for
very young infants. Crssping and
walking children must not be allowed
to pick up unWholssome food
saRnls 8. r. The Mil 5 knosn o Be
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not water added TO II until the child
is three months old; after this age the
proportion Of water should gradually
be lessened. Each half pint Of this
food should be swestsned, either with.
q heaPing desert spoonful of sugar of
milk, or with . teasnoonful ofcrushed
sugar. When the heat Of the wealth
er is great, the milk may be given
quite cold. Be sure that the milk is
unskimmed; have it as fresh as possi-
bic, and brought very early in the
morning. Before using the pans into
which it is poured always scald them
with boiling suds. In very hot wealth
er boil the milk as soon as it comes,
and at once put away the vessels hold
ing it in the coolest place in the house
upon ice, if it can be afforded, or
down well. Milk carelessly allow
ed to stand in warm room soon spoiIs
and becomes unfit for food.
Rule 9. If the milk should disagree
a tablespoonful of lime-water may be
added to each bOttleful. Whenever pure
milk cannot be got, try the condensed
milk, which often answers admirably.
It is sold by all the leading druggists
and grocers, and may be prepared by
adding to ten tablespOonfuls of boil
ing water without sugar one table
spoonful or more of milk, according to
the age of the child. Should this dis
agree q teaspoonful of arrow-root, or
sago, or corn-starch may be cautious
ly added to a pint of the milk, as
prepared under rule s. If milk in
any shape cannot be digested, try for
few days pure cream diluted with
three-fourths or four-fifths of water
returning to milk as soon as possible.
Rule 10. The nursing-bottle must
be kept perfectly clean. otherwise the
milk will turn sour, and the child will
be made i'll. After each meal it should
be emptied, rinsed out, takensapart,
and the nipple and bottle placed in
clean water, or in water to which a
little soda has been added. 1t is a
good plan to have two nursing-bot-
ties, and to use them by turns. The
best kind is the plain bottle with the
rubber nipple and no tube.
Rule IL. Do not wean the child
just before or during the hot weather;
nor, as rule, until after the second
Summer. If sucking disagrees with
the mother she must not wean the
child, but feed it, in part, out of a
nursing-bottle, on such food as has
been directed. However small the
supply of breast milk, provided that
it agrees with the child, the mother
should carefully keep it up against
sickness; it alone viii often save the
life of q child when everything else
fails. When a child is over six months
old the mother may. save her strength
by giving it one or two meals day of
stale bread and milk, which should be
pressed through a sieve and put into
q nursing-bottle. When from eight
months to a year old it may also have
one meal day of the yolk of fresh
and rare-bOiled egg. or one of beef, or
mutton broth into which stale bread
has been crummed. When older than
this il can have a little meat finely
minced; but even then milk should be
its principal food, and not such food
as grown up people eat.
BSef rules for cases Of emergency.
Rule l. If the child is suddenly at
tackled with vomiting, purging and
prostratiOn, send for doctor at once.
In the meantime put the child for a
few minutes in hot bath; then care
fully wipe it dry with q warm towel
and wrap it in warm blankets. lifts
hands and feet are cold, bottles filed
with hot water and wrapped in fan
mel should be laid against them.
Rule 2. A mush pOultice, or one
made of Raxseed-meal, to which one
quarterpart of mustard -four has been
added, or hannels wrung out Of hot
vinegar and water, should be placed
over the belly.
Rule 3. Five drops of brandy in a