The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-06-22

has issued a long circular relating tb
the care OF infants in warm weather.
from which we extract number of
valuable points:
II mother Is very warm she should
draw teaspoonful or SO from the breast
before nursing her baby. If the breast
has not been given for two hours or more
II should be drawn Off In the same way.
And If the mother has been badly fright
ened or very angry or excited 1t Is not
safe to give the breast at all; ii must be
drawn and the milk thrown away. No
sensible mother needs instruction on the
food for babies. If she is fairly healthy
her breasts will supply all the nourishment
her child should have until it begins to cut
Its teeth-the sixth or eighth month. Up
to this time 1t is a sin to give an infant
one morsel of solid food of any kind or
anything but breast milk. If the mother is
healthy, except water in very small guam
tity. occasionally, but never soon after
nursing. Many infants are killed every
year by bringing them to the table with
the family and giving them little bit of
this, that and the other-meat, vegetables.
etc.-which the little stomach it not fitted
for. They are KILLED just as surely,
though not so quickly. as If they had been
fed poison out of drug store.
If the breast milk gives out or becomes
thin and watery, or If the mother has con-
sumption or any other long-standng sick
ness. the baby must be put on the bottle
and fed with cows milk. AS soon as the
milk is received take what is to be used
for the baby and "scald" 1t. Don't let
II boil. A good way is to set a pan of cold
water on the stove and put the vessel con-
taining baby's milk into this pan; just as
soon as the water comes TO Il boil take It
off. Add pinch of baking soda to the hot
milk-half a teaspoonful to quart If
the milk hadn't begun to 'turn'' when re-
ceived it will keep sweet for twenty-four
hours or more after being treated this way
even in hot weather. To make this nearly
like breast milk fake two cups Of water
10 each cup of milk and add enough white
sugar TO make IL as sweet as breast milk
II this mixture is too rich the baby will
throw it up In curds or Jumps or it will
pass through the bowels in white flakes
and shreds. If this happens add more
water TO the mixture until you find just
what strength the baby's stomach will
stand. When the baby is about month
old barley water should be used instead of
plain water. Put two tabespoonfuls of
pearl barley in four ctfes of cold water
boil an hour or more-down to two cups
of salt and sweeten with white sugar to
breast milk taste. Add this to Il pint of
'scalded' cows milk, and begin feeding
this strength. Gradually use more milk and
less barley water until at about six months
of age the child is getting two-thirds milk
and one-third barley water. Then, after
teeth. comes the pure milk, baked potato
and milk. oatmeal porridge which can't
be boiled too long, and always eaten with
milk.
Don't overfeed the baby. Once in about
two hours IS often enough TO suckle or
feed baby until it is four or five weelss
old; after that do not feed so often. \
newborn baby's stomach will hold from
two to three tablespooonfurs, and this
quantity Is enough to begin with. As the
baby grows the quantity should be grad
ually Increased so that at the end of rhe
first month Il may be taking about four
tablespoonfuls at meal. Don't get in The
habit of feeding every time the baby cries.
II the baby is properly fed al regular times
II won't be hungry enough to make it
cry. Instead try to find out the trouble.
1t may be only thirsty and n few drops of
cold water-not a big drink-wlll stop 1t;
or its clothes may be uncomfortable.
Sucking is the natural way that u baby
takes its food: II needs the sucking action
of the lips and mouth and tongue to mix
its food with the fluids of the mouth and
to keep II from getting Into the stomach
too fast. Spoon feeding doesn't do this.
Use plain, fiat nursing bottle with rub
ber nipple and no tube. Take the nipple
off after each feeding and wash both the
nipple and bottle in boiling water at once.
Before using hgain rinse the bottle and
nipple in clean water-about a quart of
water with half a teaspoonful OF soda in it.
OF course, the baby's bottle food should
be warm-about the same as breast milk
or blood heat" that is. as warm as the
inside of the mouth. Baby should have at
least one full bath every day. and oftener
during extreme heat. Never bathe within
an hour after feeding it. Dress as lightly
as possible. 1t will be better stark naked
some hours a day during the hot weather,
when indoors. But keep 1t in the open air
as much as you can between sunrise and
sunset; the outdoor air even of dirty
street is fresher than the air in the house.
DO not let the baby sleep In the same bed
with any other person. If there is no crib
the mother should put az couple Of chairs
at her bedside with any soft sort OF COW
ering on them-not feather pillows or hot
woolenstuffs-and letthe baby sleep there.
CONSISTENCY:
She deplored their ignoring Of mental fa-
Women, she said, drilled their worst, not
their best
And she preached against fashion with
force and abality; ,1f.
But she Wore balloon. sleeves with the rest.
-Chlcoga Times-Herald,
A
BEFORE MARRIAGE:
Sie-The man marry must be "only a
little lower than the angels"
He {suddenly fiopping)-Here I am on
my knees little lower than one of them
He got her.-New York Weekly.
a Far-Sghted Grl-'T will work night
and day and make you happy" he said.
No she answered ,thoughtfully don't
do that. Just work during the day and
stay home at night. ht."-Washngton Star.
AT the coast.-"fou have saved my
daughter at the risk of your own life
from watery grave, young man. May /
infer from this that you have the means
10 establish u household of your own?'--
Flegnende Blatter. o
DO you think a girl ought to learn 10
cook before she gets married?' asked the
practical man..
, Yes" replied his dyspeptlc friend;
"either that.or she ought to be willing not
TO try."-Washingtop Star.
She-Er-George!
He-W-well, Laura.
She-I think we understand each other,
: George but-but is 1t my place or yours to
put the question, and ought to speak to
your mamma about 1t. or ought you to 20
and ask papa?--Chicago Tribune.
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