The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-01-11
For Young Married People.

the baby sleeps most of the time, wax
ing only to feed, to take its bath ant
to look about just little in this new
and wondrOus world. There is nc
danger that baby will sleep too much
and it should never be disturbed wheI
asleep. Some mothers are weak anC
foolish enough to interrupt baby's
nap or its sleep in the evening hours
to show 1T off to visitors. AS pen.
atty not to be evaded, the child is irri.
table and the mother often becomes
impatient and incapable of soothing
the nerves she has so unreaSonably eX-
asperated. And here it may he re-
marked that child at all sensitive is
very easily affected by the personal
magnetism of those who have it i'll
care. 1t the nurse or mother is un-
happy in any way herself, though she
StudlouSly conceal all outward mani
festation of her unhappineSs, the child
will feel it and be disturbed by it.
Many mother, after Il night OF
watching or day of nervous tension,
finds herself incapable of doing any,
thing in the way of soothing, con-
trolling or managing her child, and
wonders what the reason can be. After
she has had Il period of relaxation and
rest, and regalned her wOnted vigor,
all difficulty ceases.
The food nature provides for infants
is the best food; but when for any
reason this provision fails, something
else must be substituted. COWS milk
| is the general substitute, though it is
/ pot so nearly identical in its compost
ltion with the natural food of the child
y us asses milk, or even as the milk of
the goat. A physician who has had
4 large observation and experience in
this matter of artificial feeding of in
fantS has devised food that contains
the same elements found in human
milk, and in more nearly the same
proportions than any other food here
tOfOre recommended"
AS it is something not patented and
which every mother Can prepare for
herself, We give the directions. To
two tableSpoOnfulS of cream add one
of milk, two of lime water and three
of solution of milk of sugar of the
strength OF seventeen and three-quar-
ter drains to the pint of water. The
milk to be used should be good Ordin-
ary cows milk, not the rich milk that
contains an unusual quantity of but
ter. The best way to prepare and use
this food Is to order five or six pack
ages OF milk sugar from the druggist,
containing seventeen and three-quarter
drains each; the contents of one of
these are to be dissolved in a pint of
water; each time the child is to be fed
let the proportions as given above be |
mixed together. This makes about a |
gill, and If any is left over it should be |
thrown away, The solution of sugar |
should be kept in a cool place and only |
pint of 1t made at time. The dry |
sugar keeps indefinitely. The quanti- |
ty of this food taken by a newborn |
infant, should be two or three fluid |
ounces every two hours, and if it |
thrives it will soon take as much as a |
gill every two hours.
Growth varies in different children.
Some increase in stature so rapidly |
that their clothes are outgrown long
before they are worn threadbare,
while Others grow very slowly. A
table prepared by a French saVant
gives the following data: During the
first year after birth, the growth
in stature is about seven and
One-half inches; from two to three, it
is four or five inches; from three to
four, an inch and half; from four to /
live, about two and quarter inches
from seven to eight, two
and a half inches; from eight to
twelve, two inches annually; from
twelve to thirteen, one and eight
tenths, from thirteen to fourteen, two
and quarter inches; from fifteen to
sixteen, two inches; from sixteen to
seventeen. nearly two inches; and
after this. though growth continues
until twenty-one and sometimes for
years after, its rate rapidly dimin-
ishes. 1t mothers would measure
their children regularly on their
birthdays and preserve the
record, they would thus accumulate
valuable data for statisticians.
Progressive increase of stature is a
sign of good health, as increase in
strides shows weakness of constitu-
ton or imperfect health.
Dentition occupies little less than
one-third OF an allotted term of life,
the last teeth appearing about the
time of legal majority. The first teeth
usually come when the child is from
i've to eight months old, and from
his time till it is two and half or
.hree years it is said to be "teething." +;
When this stage is over there are {
twenty teeth in all. At four or five !
Years two more teeth in each Jaw I
appear, making twenty-four. At s
Tx or seven years the milk /
,eeth begin to drop out and
ire replaced by the permanent {
eeth, and four more molars, appear. Z
making twenty-eight teeth in all. 1
This stage ends at fourteen or fifteen 9
Tears. The appearance of the wis t
lom teeth" at from eighteen to tWen- |
y-five complete the full set of thirty
wo. '
The best time to wean a child, other ,,
hings being equal, is when it has c
welve teeth. This is before canine u
eeth appear, or the 'eye teeth" and Il
stomach teeth" as they are some b
ines called. AT this period there is r
n interval OF several months in the {
rst dentition, and this furnishes very il
avorable time for weaving the child. Il
,hlldren who have no need of artifi- v
ial food, whose habits are regular and n
Gho are kept much of the time in Il
he open air, have comparatively Il
title trouble in getting their teeth. Il
liter they are weaned, If their food is y
wholesome and nutritious, and they "
re kept as much as possible out of v
oors, they wiz pass the later stage of "
entition easily. Candies, sweetmeats p
nd the miscellaneous confectionery a
rash that is fed to children is an in Il
lry to them that has no compensa- b
Ion- of course they like the sweet b
olson, but they would be incompara- a
y better of every way without it. p
soesn't make bone, or sinew, or 81
Fcle. 1t does produce irritability, Il
stomach. decayed teeth, dysepep- j.
and as djaRGt consequence, acQl
bn utter Rvorable to norm
heathfl ID and IT,