The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-04-27

HS HALF a pound in one week enough
& for baby to gain that is nursing the
b breast? MRS. D..
& Quito enough, II the gain be steady:
We will suppose the little one weighed
six pounds at birth. At six months, Win
this gain, it would weigh nineteen-an
enormous weight for child Of that age.
so long as the baby is healthy and evil
IDENTIFY well nourished dc not covet a more
rapid gain OF flesh for him.
Would you please tell me how to clean q
taby's fur robe for BABY carriage!
"a Angora wool. The wool Is very long.
md has become very soiled. am AFRAID
TO wash it. thinking 1t might be spoileo.
"a. W.
Pin the robe firmly down to a sheet upon
yo,,r ironing table, wool uppermost ana
rub dry -four into it, as you Wouia soap
suds. clear down to the skin, WORKING IN
we'll. rubbing soiled spots between your YOU
hands as in washing. Throw ciotn over
the robe and leave the flour In ~ Tor
twelve hours Take up the skin and beat
out of doors with supple cane or s"itch
until all the ficur is out. Hang IN the
wind for a while to dispel the liner pow
der.
IT have a baby now nearly ten months
old. She has been taking nourishment
three months old weighed thirteen pounds.
having weighed six pounds when she was
horn. have tried feeding her twice. and
every time have upset her stomach. she
has no teeth as yet. Now. Will some OF
YOUR readers who have had experience
tell me what to do? Some tell me to keep
on nursing her TIL she has teeth, but it
is giving out If could get little rest
during the day could nurse her through
the summer, but to keep her strictly to
the breast is -obbing me of my strength
and j am afraid 1t will prove harmful to
the baby. ! am dreading next summer.
when she vii! be cutting teeth. and do
pot want to lose my health and strength
lust when she will need it most. Baby
has beautiful complexion and plump.
rounded limbs and when think that per-
haps she may be puny and delicate 1t
nearly drives me distracted. She has been
III ,,rt little i know next to nothing OF
TIE care of children. l never took care
OF o.e in my life. was the only child,
losing my mother when only two years
old, so you can see now am worrying
over my little one.
..1n isto paper j. NJ. r. suggests a
ho,k by s child specialist. Will you kind
L. let ms know how can find out the
rasae of Il? Any information will be
thaakf2lly received. a .. II.
First aid foremost, that +papy must DO
.yaared before the warm weather begins.
steriliae cows milk, add one-third boiled
-sater. sweetcn very slightly, and try
feeding her twice a day. at Il o'clock NJ.
mud at p. NJ When her stomach becomes
accustomed to the new food give 1t to her
three zines day. then four. thus wean-
inc .ec gradually from the breast. It is
safe general rule to wean a baby by the
lime she is nine months old By now,
your, should have learned to sleep all
risht without nursing. You cannot bear
The continual drain upon the system. and
the loss Of rest INJURIES you more than you
dream OF. Should the sterilizec milk cause
discomfort add peptonizing powder. But
,vean the baby And begin at oncel The
hot weather wiz be upon us soon. and sh1
cannot draw the requisite amount OF sus-
fenance from an enfeebled mother.
VIII 81. NJ. r.. let me have the title
ana publisher OF the book she recommends
cd that may send It to "A. 3. II. p.
reprint here formulas for infants
food. published in this column some weeks
eco;
(Nc. l.,
As "sterflizers" and "Pasteur1zers" arc
rather expensive. would suggest to those
not able to afford them to use 4 deep
pail with wide enough bottom to hold
seven bottles tsncugh for twenty-fear
hours) FIJI these bottles with four ounces
Tor more, Is the child Is older than