The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-05-19
GIVE BABY WATER ENOUGH
II Abundance Of Water Il Neglected
There IL Sure to Follow
Troubles.

You ask a young mother what and
how she feeds her baby, perhaps a
year old, and quite likely she will
say: Eight ounces Of milk diluted
with two OF water" Her utensils are
kept with the most scrupulous care.
the child fed with strict regularity,
and still he Is continually troubled
with constipation. and while not ex-
actly III. he is far from well. Why
does he not thrive better?
No. ne is not over fed. He is I'M
der watered. The milk should be di-
luted fully one-half. The load must
have an adequate vehicle. My baby,
now 16 months old, takes nearly one
teacup CT milk tc iced, but it is di-
iuted with water to make nearly a
pint. fed, OF course, blood warm; 4.
Is not safe to give cold food except
In the smallest quantities under two
years. Besides he drinks one fourth
to one-third cup OF cold water several
times during the day. He has some
plain, solid food with his meals two
or three times a day, bread, crackers,
johnny cake, or som:e plain cereal with
out hulls. He has nc oatmeal, no veg
etables, no sweets, but the moment
the abundance Of water is neglected
there is trouble.
1t is not the fats but the solids
which clog the Digestion. In all foods
irritation must lie avoided. But first,
last and always quantities of water
must be given 20 insure health. 1t
has been said that a baby suffers for
a barrel of water before 1t is old
enough to ask for it. or course, 1t
makes more trouble and many more
napkins to wash, but 1t makes rosy
cheeks and Astounding vitality. This
is my experience with four unusually
fat, rosy children.
III the baby is taken i'll, don't neglect
the water; it Is I'll the more necessary
then. In colds, during the feverish
period. give cold water and after that
passes, If the child relishes it, hot
water. In measles and all dangerous
fevers, give the water cold, but feed
1t with teaspoon A dozen spoonfuls
every Is OF 20 minutes will often keep
fever below the danger point. In
any acute stomach trouble caused by
indiscret;on In diet or hot weather,
give half an hour or so after vomit-
ing a cup of some cereal substitute
for coffee, hot, without milk or sugar.
Water is what IS needed, but plain
hot water is sometimes nauseating,
while the slight bitterness of the coffee
substitute is mosc acceptable and be-
sides, 1t has a small food value. Tn IN
give nothing until the usual time be-
tween meals has elapsed, when give
the same drink again. BY time tor
the next meal after that the stomach
will be rested and the same drink
with mink and a very little sugar will
be all-sufficient. L. possible, give no
solid food until the following day.
II this treatment is applied promptly
the bowels being moved II there is
the slightest need. the first vomiting
spell will probably be the last. When
teething. feed cold water with a spoon.
You will be surprised to see how Gag
erly the baby viii take 1t, and how
much he will want 1t cools the gums
and fed In this way no quantity will
do harm. The only harm water can
do is 10 chill the stomach. which it
will not do unless taken quickly in
Quantities.-Oranga Judd Farmer.