Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-08-19
Diet for the Little Ones.

If a teaspoonful of pure cold water
be given every two or three hours it will
be found that baby cries often from
thirst and not from hunger. Water be
comes safer for use by boiling, which
process kills any bacteria or germs that
and given freely Washing the mouth
thoroughly every morning with soft bit
Of old linen and cool water prevents that
bane of all comfort, sore mouth. Give
meals regularly, not too often. Induce
by every effort plenty of sleep. Keep all
infant belongings exquisitely clean.
Finally, use common sense continually
and in large doses, and baby will be the
JOY and comfort that nature intended him
to be.
4 famous specialist lays great stress
upon the following diet for children from
/ to 3 years:
Milk-Always the basis of the diet,
one quart daily; without dilution unless
very rich; always warm.
Eggs-Soft-boile or poached, never
fried not oftener than three times a
week.
Meats After eighteen months. if most
of teeth are present; once daily, finely
bruisedgor scraped; rare roast beef, roast
lamb, 8broiled mutton chop or beefsteak;
white meat of chicken or turkey; fresh
fish, boiled or broiled, bones the only
drawback.
Vegetables Potatoes (not till two years.
roasted; peas, asparagus tops, spinach,
string beans, boiled onions, stewed cell
cry; all should be very well cooked in sea.
son and fresh.
Cereals Oatmeal wheaton grits, hom-
my, barley, rice, farina and arrowroot;
all should be cooked at least two hours,
and given with milk, we'll sailed, better
without any sugar.
Broths, Etc.-Beef juice extracted from
broiled round steak (one-half to one
pound) mutton or beef or chicken broth,
as follows: One pound fnely-chopped
lean meat, one pint water, stand on ice
four to eight hours, cook slowly one hour,
strain and season with salt, cool and skim
off fat.
Bread and Crackers--In some form to
be given with each meal; only stale bread
(well baked; toast, zwieback, Graham,
oatmeal and gluten crackers, with meals
only.
Desserts-After two and one-half years
plain custard ice cream, rice pudding inc
raisins), baked apple, stewed prunes.
Fruits-After twenty months, oranges:
after two and one-half years apples, pears
grapes, berries, etc. In the country, al
most all varieties in moderate quantity;
give very cautiously in cities and during
the summer.
The following articles of food are I'M
proper for a healthy child under years
under all circumstances:
Meats-Ham, sausage, pork in all
forms, salt fish, corned beef, dried beef
goose, duck, game, kidney, liver and ba.
con- meat stews and dressings from
roasted meats.
Vegetables-Potatoes except when
roasted, cabbage, raw or fried onions
raw celery, radishes, cucumbers, toma
toes, raw or cooked; beets, carrots and
green corn.
e Bread and Cake-All hot bread, bis
cults or rolls, buckwheatvand all other
griddle cakes, all sweet cakes, particular
" those containing dried fruits anG
those heavily frosted.
Desserts-All nuts, candies, dried
fruits; pies, tarts and pastry Of every
description.
Drinks-Tea, coffee, cocoa, wine, beer
and cider.
Fruits-Bananas; all fruits out of sea-
son; all stale fruits, particularly in cities
and during the summer. Grapes are OBJ
jectionable only from seeds. With most
of the other fruits it is excess in the
quantity which makes them injurious.
A child during the second year ordi
narily requires five meals a day, three
of which, the Z a. m., p. m. and Z p
M. meals, should be the most important
those at 10 a. m. and p. m. being light
er.
During the third year four meals only
are required, the p. m. meal being
omitted and the supper given at 6 p. N
Nothing except water should ever be al
lowed between meals.-Jenness-Mi Miller
Monthly.