Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-07-27
gadiss' Column.
THE CARE OF INFANTS IN
HOT WEATHER.

HOT WEATHER..
How to care for children in the
summer months is question of the
greatest Importance to the mother,
and, because the answer is not thor
oughly understood, thousands of the
innocents are slaughtered every year,
not so much from lack of care as
from injudicious treatment. Some
time ago prominent medical socie-
ty of Philadelphia formulated a Sc
ries of rules for the management of
infants during the hot season. In
1882 the New York Board of Health
issued a similar circular. These and
some others are summarized in a
recent issue of the Independent, and
a portion of the rules thus made are
given below: H *8fE
Battle the child each day in tepid
water. The health of the child de-
ponds much on cleanliness and upon
such slight cooling and stimulation
of the skin as bath affords. Avoid
all tight bandaging. Have light
flannel as the inner garment, and the
rest of the dress light and cool.
Have change for night, and do not
dry soiled clothing in the room in
which the child is. ,w
Give the child plenty of fresh air.
In the cool of the morning and early
evening have it out-ofdoors little,
if the weather is clear. Whenever it
seems to suffer from the heat, let it
drink water which has been boiled
and cooled, if need be, by ice. Ex-
cessive heat destroys the lives Of
very young infants. "
Keep your house sweet and clean,
cool and we'll aired. In very hot
weather let the windows be open day
and night. Do not sleep on the first
floor if you can avoid it. Do cooking
and washing in shed, or the yard,
rather than in a room in which the
child must be kept.
Trust to breast milk as the food
for the children who have no teeth,
and mostly for child under one
year of age. Where child under
this age thrives upon it, no other
food should be given in hot weather.
Where the supply is not enough, use
goat or cows milk, as hereafter di-
rected. Nurse the child about every
three hours during the day, and as
seldom as possible during the night.
Avoid giving it the breast when you
are over fatigued OF over-heated.
Where an infant cannot be sup
piled with breast milk, let it have
mostly milk food. Goats milk is
best, and next to it cows milk. This
if soalded is less apt to form curdles
in the stomach. If the milk disagrees,
tablespoonful of lime water should
be added to each pint. The nursing
bottle must be kept perfectly clean
and taken apart and rinsed after
each using, and tube soaked in wa
ter, to which little soda has beer
added. Where the child must de.
pend on artificial food, we place bar.
ley water and the peptogenic milk
powder highest on the list of foods
although Horlic's food, Ridges food
etc., have some claims.
The barley water is prepared b,
grinding in coffee grinder two tea
spoonfuls of pearl barley, adding II
it pint of boiling water with littl
salt. After fifteen minutes strait
and mix it with half as much boilet
milk. with a teaspoonful of sugar
Give, lukewarm, from a nursing bot
tie. Infants older than six months
may have larger proportion of milk
After children have four or NOR
teeth they may have each day crus
of bread OF be fed on little of ii
Beef broth, good potatoes and lit
tie rare beef are often allowable af
ter ten or twelve months of age
Children under two years should nc
be tempted by eating at the table
Candies between meals are Away
bad, and only those made of pur
sugar and in small quantities shout
be given at any other time.
In the diet of weaned children
and up to three years of age, gres
care should be taken to have til
child depend upon plain food, such 8
milk, butter, bread (not TO fresh,
potatoes and soup, or meat once pr
day Now is the time to insist @
slow eating and careful chewing
Regular meals do not always mea
that the child should eat only thrt
three times day; but when it do
eat, it should do so because hungr
and should chew well.--Bosto
Globe.
DOMESTIC RECIPES.
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