Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-25

spoon, and finally stale bread, softened
in warm milk. These soft foods, now
ever. should not be served in guam
tity, Just occasionally as an alternate
with the breast milk or modified bottle |
milk. They are the gradual, gentle
preparation for the final weaving at Il
months. 1t is not good for either
mother or child to nurse the baby ex-
clusively after the 18th month. In
fact. it should be weaned completely
al about this time, or the mother be-
comes anemic and the BABY no longer
gains in weight, while its muscles be
come fiabby.
The weaving of bottle-fed baby is
no less serious than that of the breast
fed baby At II months, the bottle-fed
baby should be having three bottles a
day and TWO meals of soft food. At
l16 months, the diet shifts to three
daily meals Of soft food and bottle
at 10 O'Clock. At Is, the bottle is laid
aside. there are no night feelings, and
I the baby is weaned.
The breast-fed baby that gains
steadily needs nothing but breast milk
UP TO the time the scheduled weaving
/ begins, but the bottle-fed baby should
have from two TO eight teaspoo1fuls
of strained orange juice daily, from six
/ months upward. This is because in
! the mothers milk there is certain
7 iii o,,oI;ty NOT foupd In POWig milk
which the babys system requires. The
diet of orange juice should be con
| tinued TO bottle-fed babies after wean-
| ing and should be started for breast
! fed babies after weaving.
/ Just as soon as the baby can sit up
( in high chair. he Is welcomed at he
average family table. Often this is
I fathers OF big tzother's only chance
] to make the acquaintance of the new
conner in the family circle. Also his
I efforts to share the repast of grown
/ ups are AMUSING Doctors and moth
ers have met at contests tell me that
many child's stomach ailments. start
/ ed at the family supper table. Either
the child tTets for what he sees, and it
:
than to discipline him, or some one
thinks 1t Is cute to see him eat
! foods that should be served only to
adults. and so the mischief is wrought
The fairest thing to the child toe
young for solid food is to feed him, be.
| fore the family meal is served and
leave him safely sleeping or playing
! -, 2
! sary. however, to have him at the fam
! lily table. then see that he eats only
such food as he can digest and assim-
| ilate AS soon as he can handle a
| spoon, he may be given a little por-
ringer of bread pap. the safest table
! dish for baby one year old. This is
Well toasted bread boiled in milk.
Next comes farina cooked in half milk
and half water.
For the benefit of mothers, who have
asked me at contests for diet table.
suitable for children of various ages.
l am giving the following tables taken
| from the folder, Hints to Mothers"
| complied for the better babies bureau
by eminent dieticians. This folder
! will be sent to mothers on receipt of
a stamped and self-addressed envelope
sent to me, care this paper
Here are the diet tables
DIET FOR CHILD FROM 18TH TO
18TH MONTH.
BREAKFAST.
Juice OF sweet orange, strained, or
pulp of six stewed prunes, eight ounces
of milk (half a pint), with either zwie-
back or toasted biscuits or toasted
stale bread
Fruit should be given either half an
hour before or half an hour after the
milk.
SECOND MEAL DURING FORE
NOON.
Milk alone or with zwieback
NOON MEAL.
l. Six ounces of soup made from
chicken, beef or mutton, or three
ounces of beef juice. 2 Stale bread
or milk toast, or bread pap.
/ FOURTH MEAL. MID-AFTERNOON
Milk or toasted bread or zwieback
EVENING MEAk
!. Four ounces thick Cruel mixed
with four ounces of top half milk tthe
top is l6 ounces. or a pint, from a
quart bottlel. with zwieback. The gruel
may be made of oatmeal. farina. bar
ley, hominy. wheatina or rice. 3 APP
pie sauce or prune jelly.
DIET FOR CHILD FROM 18TH To
Path MONTH.
/. Orange juice strained. or prune
pulp. 2 Well cooked cereal served
with top milk slightly sweetened OF
seasoned with butter and salt s. Glass