The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-27

E HALF a pound in one week enough
Tor a baby 70 gain that is nursing the
breass? MRS. d"
Quite enough. IT the gain be steady.
We wiz suppose the little one weighed
six pounds az birth. At six months, with
this gain. 1t wouiC weigh n~ineteen-aH
enormou weight for a chld OF that age
SO long as the baby is healthy and evil
dently well nourished. do not coyeT a more
rapid gain Of flesh for him..
.'WouId sou please tell mellow toclean a
bEby's fur robe for a baby carriage? II
Is Angora wool The wool is very long,
and has become very soiled- ] am afraid
10 wash it, thinking 1t might be spoiled
"A. w"
Pin the robe firmly down to a sheet upon
your ironing table. wool uppermost, and
rub dry -four into it, as you would soap
sgds. clear down to the skin, working N
web rubbing soiled spots between your
hands, as in washing. Throw a cloth over
the robe and leave the -four m It for
twelve hours. Take up the skin and beat
out of doors with a supple cane or switch
until all the -four is out. Hang IN the
wind for a while to dispel the inner pow
der.
II have a baby now nearly ten months
nta. she AaS bEtA AahAA5 1rNtA1AACA~
from the breast exclusively, n when
three months old weighed thirteen pounds
having weighed SIX pounds when she was
born. I have tried feeding her twice, and
every time have upset her stomach She
has no teeth as yet. Now, viii some OF
vour readers who have had experience
tel me what to do2 Some tel me % keep
on nursing her TIN she has teeth, but II
IS almost an impossihility, as my strength
3 -L.HH ~H A HH#HHn mna-
during the day I could nurse her through
Inc summer, bat to keep her strictly to
the breast is robbiug me Of my strength
and i I'm afraid it VIII prove harmful 10
she baby. I am dreadins next summer
when she viii be cutting teeth = DO
not want 10 lose my health and strength
5ust when she VIII need it most. Baby
has q beautiful complexion and plump,
rounded limbs, and when / think that per
hans she may be puny and delicate It
nearly drives me distracted. She has been
r1 hut little / know next TO nothing OF
the care Of children. I never took care
Of one in my life. = was the only child.
losing sv mother when only two years
Old 50 Won can see how / I'm worrying
over my little one.
.In a late paper j. NJ r. suggests a
hook bv a child specialist VIII you kind
IL let NE know how 1 can ind out the
ZANE Of ite Any Information wIh be
thankfully resolved. A. 3. H.
Ff-se and foremost, that baby must be
weaned before the warm weather begins.
s~ferrize COWS milk, add one-third boiled
water. sweeten very slightly. q try
feeding her twice a day. at y O'Clock IL
ANA AT p. N. when her stomach becomes
a~casfomed 10 the new food give il 20 her
three times q day, then four, thus wean-
fne her gradually from the breast IL IS
Z safe general rule 10 Wean q b0by by the
time she Is nine months old. BY now,
rorre should nave learned 90 sleep all
rfrht without nursing. You Fsmnot bear
fhe continual drain upon the system. and
me- loss Of rest injuries you more than you
Srr,m Of Should the sterilized milk cause
6ise5mfort add q peptonizing powder. But
wan tie babyi And begin at once. The
hot weather viii be upon US soon. and she
cannot draw the requisite amount q sus-
tenance from an enfsehled mother
WI -. II. r. let me have me title
end publisher Of the book she recommeHo-
ed .hat I may send it to A. B H-
reprint here formulas for infants.
foad. published in this column some weeks
ago:
GO. ID
AS "steriizers ard ~-Pasteurzers are
rather expensive. ! would suggest 10 those
no- able to ano4- them to use q deep
pail with wide enough bottom 10 hold
seven bottles enough for rwenty-four
A5ursl. FIJI these bottles vita four ounces
tor more. & the child is cider than !