The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-10-14

mothers who are nursing their babies
Ia: May mix the babys food. Civ
ing him an occasional bother"
Doctors agree that the answer ID
governed by conditions, Sometimes
the mothers milk is not sufficiently
nourishing. In that case. under ths
direction Of the family doctor. bottle
and breast milk may be sternsted. Ir
this way. the baby 5is ,gente prepares
for weaving Again. tn ceftainsfahi
tiles II may be necessary or advisable
for the mother to have q certain
amount Of freedom from her duty Of
nursing the baby. The mothers milk
will still provide certain elements
which baby's system demands, and the
bottle may be alternated with breast
feeding, always with doctor advising
as to the food in the bottle.
Many prize-winning babies have a
record of mixed feeding, breast milk
exclusively for two or three months,
then an intelligent combination Of
breast and bottle diet.
And this brings us to the problems
of the mother who must bring up her
ably on the bottle exclusively.
The scientific and successful raising
Of baby on the bottle depends upon
two distinct lines of care and caution
the selection Of the food to be sup
piled and the care Of the bottles. The
best Of food in an unsanitary bottle or
drawn through an unclean nipple be-
comes dangerous to Babys health.
In choosing artificial food for your
baby, remember that even physicians
differ on this question. Many eminent
American specialists for children in.
sist that fresh cows milk, properly
modified, is the only substitute for
mothers milk. Foreign authorities
recommend goats milk. And there
are other recognized authorities on
baby-health who have found 1t advis-
able to prescribe for delicate bottle-fed
babies a combination of milk and
patent food. Not only must the mother
consult her family physician on this
question, but with the physician she
must watch the effect of the food
chosen on the baby
Vomiting, restlessness, sleeplessness
and the condition tfhe bowels all
tell the tale of food that is not being
In this connection the
mother must understand
that here are two forms of vomiting
in the young baby, or more properly
speaking, there is a difference between
vomiting and reorganization, slight to !
be sure, but worth watching. Regurgi.
tation Is merely the overflow of milk
when the baby has taken too much.
1t follows almost Immediately upon
having the breast or bottle taken
away, and the milk is in practically
the same condition as when 1t entered
the stomach. But when the baby |
vomits habitually after feeding, and
the milk Is curdled or tough or sour,
there is something wrong with the
bottle diet.
The bowels are a sure indication of
he way in which the bottle diet agrees
Dr. disagrees with the baby. When the
passage Is hard and bullet-like, when
It shows curds or white Jumps like
cheese, or when mucus is present IA
Shiny phlegm), or there Is diarrhoea,
he mother may be sure that the food
Ices not agree with her baby and the
1octor should be consulted immedi.
ately.
No medicine should be given in such
Eases without consulting doctor.
What the baby needs is not dosing. but
he right sort of food, the food its
stomach will digest.
At one contest in the midwest the
mother Of little prize winner told me
hat at eleven months, she almost lost
Ter baby. She had changed diet time
md time again. varying from certified
'ows milk to a well-known patent
God. The baby was reduced to a
keleton when the physician decided
o try not milk, but cream, diluted