Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-08-04
BABY IN HOT WEATHER.

The food suitable for a baby one year
old depends considerably upon its cOndi-
ton, and on whether it is 'bOttle baby
or one brought up at its mothers breast
When the child arrives al This age if he
is IN good health and has cut four teeth,
it is time to wean him. The process of
weaving, however, should never be begun
in the summer months, unless the physi-
clan orders it. Occasionally the moth
er's milk seems to act as a poison, and
in such a case it is necessary to choose
the lesser evil and change the child's
food.
It is almost impossible to give any sug-
Sestion as to the diet of a year-old baby
without knowing the diet that he has
become accustomed TO. If he has not
been weaned, do not make any change
in his food so long as he is well, but
wait until October, when the weather is
cooler. If he does not seem we'll and is
a nursing baby, try some of the many
we!l-recommended infant foods. What
agrees with one baby will not always
agree with another. The food to be
chosen depends upon the physical hab-
It's OF the child, and on whether his bow
els are costive or loose. There is no
universal food except mothers milk, !"
and even that does not always agree
with children.
Infant foods and pure. fresh cows milk
give a nursing baby in hot weather in
place Of his mothers milk, and they
should not be given unless it is absolutely
necessary to make change.
When the weather is cooler and the
baby is a little older he may be fed with
soft-boiled egg or small pieces of rare
roast or boiled beef of unimpeachable
quality, or with a little mutton or beef
BROTH thckened with barley or farina
and strained. A child may also eat with
his meat a little well-baked white bread.
buttered, and the center of a roasted
white potato.
This change should not take place until
the hot months of summer are fairly over,
and unless it is in good health and al
ready accustomed to cows milk.
Teething is a natural process, and if
the child is Kept III proper health and
is not allowed TO eat improper food, he
Will probably pass through this crucial
period with hardly a pang of suffering.
A child should be kept outdoors almost
constantly IN summer, and should take
his midday nap under the deep shade of
trees. Let him go outdoors as early in
the morning at > o'clock, or as soon as
he wakes and is fed. Bring him in to be
fed and bathed and then let him go
out again.
If he is restless and nervous with the
heat at night give him lukewarm salt
bath-not a cold one. Allow half a cup
of rock salt TO a baby bathtub OF wa
ter.
It is criminal to give a baby under two
years Of age fruit of any kind or any
vegetable. except the center of a we'll
roasted potato. Fish is not allowable,
nor pudding. nor sweet dessert of any
kind. Cows milk, infant foods, soft
broiied eggs, meat brOths, roasted pota-
toes (e;ther sweet or white), barley, oat-
meal and farina are about all tie foods
& little child should have until after its
eye and stomach teeth are out, or until it
is about years old. Its chief depend
ence. however, during its first two years
should be milk.
IN summer. when a child is in danger
Of diarrhoea, give it toast water or bar
ley water. Do not sWeeten it. Sugar
makes him drink more than he needs, and
this causes q sour stomach When a
child needs water to Quench his thirst,
give him a little cold water. If he is
feverish. allow him to have small bits of
ice to quench his thirst. If you are I'M
certain whether or not the water supply
is best. boil some of it for ten minutes
and then cool it in the open air, put it
in a small open-mouthed jar and set it
in the refrigerator or ice it. A little ice
water, which will Quench the baby S
thirst, is better for him than a larger
quantity Of half-chilled water.-New
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