The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-05-27
CLUB NOTES.

LaPorte, Ind.-Dear Sir: l have enjoyed
and now will be very grateful ii you can
help M in a matter that is troubling me-
My baby is three weeks old and, ala
though | have nursed her this far, ! find
my milk is drying up and am afraid 1
will have to put her on the bottle unless
you can help me.
| have three other children. The first
| had plenty of milk for, the second | had
to raise on the bottle, owing to my poor
health after his arrival, and the third
had to be put on the bottle when about a
month old, whenI was taken with diph-
iberia. have been in very good health
all winter, and have regained my
strength very rapidly since baby's ar
rival, SO that | am able to be about, but
now | am fearing another experience
with the bottle baby. l would do any
thing to be able to nurse her through
the summer, at least, and if you can help
me / will be more than grateful. | have
been drinking tea and cocoa at meal
times, and several cups of cereal coffee,
but | was told tea was best. was also
told that a drink made with bran would
be good, but have not tried it. Please
give me your opinion of these things and
anything else that l could use. l am
very anxious to nurse my baby, as we
live in the country. Please help me if
you can, and greatly oblige, Mrs. E. w.
You should be very careful of your
W health, masticate all Of your food
carefully and thoroughly, and by all
means avoid constipation. AS to diet,
drink freely of new warm milk. Have it
brought to the bed. and drink at least a
pint at atime. Take it one or two hours
before breakfast. If milk cannot be OBJ
tanned possessing animal warmth, then
take new milk. add One-teEth water, and
heat over a water bath TO a temperature
of 120 degrees. Cheese makers testify
that the addition of water prevents rem
net from cOagulating the casein in the
stomach; also warm water prevents the
pepsin from curdIing the milk. If it is
as warm as the stomach, and does not
cOagulate, it Will be taken up by the alb
sOrbents and conveyed directly to the
blood, without going through the pro
cess of digestion. Mothers who have a
great aversion TO milk. learn TO cultivate
a decided relish for it for the sake of the
child. Bear in mind, however, that if il
does not contain the animal warmth, it
ought to be hot, SO it is necessary TO
heat it.
DR.. R. P. Harris, in speaking of milk
as a diet for delicate mothers, says:
Those who with ordinary food ~invaria-
bly, fail to nurse longer than a few weeks
are capable by this diet OF becoming not
only good nurses, but also of gaining
flesh while secreting milk in abundance.
When a delicate mother Of Sc pounds
weight, who had failed after & month
with each of three infants, is enabled by
it to nurse a child IS months. and gain
at the same time 10 pounds, the diet
must be an effective one" The article
next best for promoting the secretion of
milk is cocoa or chocolate, prepared with
plenty of milk.
Every form Of malt and spirituous
liquors should by all means be avoided.
They derange the nervous and digestive
systems of both mother and babe. Gus.
tom, happily, has to a large extent done
away with the idea that nursing wom-
en- must have ale or beer" To those
who still maintain this view | would rec
onmend The study of the question,
whether the help expected is at all COM
mensurate with the danger incurred of
a pernicious appetite being cultivated in
both mother and child.
Good digestion is usually all that is es-
sential for an abundant flow of milk. The
food should be simple, but nutritious,
Depend upon grains and fruits mainly,
and by no means exclude the bran from
the wheat -four. The saline elements in
the bran not only stimulate digestion,
but excite the secretion Of milk as well.
Try the experiment of feeding an Alder |
ney COW upon fine white flour. excluding |
the bran. By the lack Of milk you will
prove that the bran contains elements |
preemeinently stimulating t tactical Sc
cretion3. Therefore the bran drink rec |
commended is better, much better, than |
tea. / trust that others as well as your
self may derive benefit from.these sug-
gestiCns.