Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-15

we are not boasting. We realize
| that the Well-nourished and we'll
cared for child is susceptible to dam
gers which his parents, with all their
care, can not avert from him. 1t is
merely that we have been fortunate in
| having escaped thus far the 'pesti-
lence which walketh in darkness Il
| is deeply gratifying TO be able to say
that the only interference with the
health of our growing child, thus far
is a slight cold now and then, con-
tracted from visitors. bat without any
complications and the usual rash, APP
preaching at times the troublesome
stage.
Il credit our escape thus far TO our
following certain fundamental prin-
ciples which underlie the theories Of
infant feeding. While I have been
spectator, rather than an actor, in
the practical business of nourishing
the baby l welcome the opportunity
TO pass on the knowledge that we in
our household have acquired"
These are the views expressed by
DR.. Harvey w. Wiley. former chief
Of the Bureau of Chemistry of the
Department of Agriculture, in an en-
teTtaining and highly instructive ar
ticle in the current issue of Good
Housekeeping" DR.. Wiley is admira-
bly, qualified to discuss the subject of
The Pure Food Baby" as he and
Mrs. Wiley are engaged in the rear
ing Of just such an infant-Harvey
w Wiley, Jr., who was born May
16. 1912.
Healthy Milk Diet Necessary.
1T is a fundamental principle"
continues the distinguished chemical
expert, that the infant should have
the milk Of a healthy mother. 1t is
not until the so-called milk teeth
have been developed that the child is
capable of self-feeding. Up TO that
time his diet should be milk. and milk
alone. Better by far feed him too
frequently than too seldom! The di-
costing of milk is a simple process,
and the infant can take his food adj
vantageously at more frequent in
tervals than the older child or the
adult Do not require him TO chew
until he is able TO do so.
For this reason continue the milk
feeding through the first fifteen 10
twenty months, at least, for this will
carry the child over the second sum-
mer, which is often as dangerous as
the first. You Will make serious
mistake if you wean your child at the
beginning Of June. If you have
nursed him up TO that time, for heav-
without a radical change of diet at
the very season when It may be most
disastrous.
Experiments Are Dangerous.
The milk supply is even less de-
pendable i'm summer than before, more
subject 10 deterioration. more diff
cult TO transport from the dairy to
the home in good condition. The heat
takes the child's strength. the cut
ting Of the most difficult teeth may
be at hand. bowel troubles threaten
and il is a most inOpportune time 10
experiment with a new diet. Even
if one could combine exactly the con-
stituents Of mothers milk, there
would still be lacking the living. vitai
quality of breast milk which means
so much TO the child in safeguarding
il against disease and furnishing re-
sistance. II one or two bottles Of
modified milk have been given day
I'm addition to the breast feelings,
these may be increased in number
and the transition gradually made.
The age Of the child. of course, de-
termines the details. and no hard and
fast rules can be given. Water, milk
sugar. milk and cream I'm proportions
and the amounts varying with the
child's age. and She addition 10 the
/ diet of orange Juice. expressed peer
Juice mot bought beef extracts, So
called. and strained cereal gruels
tsome authorities recommend oatmeal
for its laxative effect. ana barley, TO
Counteract loose movements). are
merely suggested as d basis OF pro-
Cedure.
Standard Works Available.
There are standard works ON tho
care ami feeding Of children which