The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-10-23

The last talk on Babyology set forth
the Importance OF mothers milk for
the baby under one year of age. and
the equal Importance Of the mother
keeping herself in good conddticn. A
well-nourished mother msans we'll
nourished baby.
Next in Importance to the sort Ct
milk supplied the baby is the regular
ty of supplying it. How strange it IL
that we grown-ups who know the bad
effects of irregularity in eating think
that newborn child can be fed ir-
regularly without bad effects.
One of the first questions asked a
mother at the Better Babies Contest
is:
How many times day is your
child fed .
The variety of replies is amazing
i d,n't know
Whenever he cries"
/ When he wakes up.
"Oh, when get through with my
work
Naturally babies fed In this way are
seldom prize winners. In studying the
score cards of prize winners IN doz-
en- states, find that ninety per cent
are fed at regular intervals. according
to their age.
Babies are born hungry For many
weeks they have nothing TO do. but
eat and sleep. A well known writer
on babies says that eating is the only
form of recreation babies have. Adj
ult intelligence must decide how oft
en- this habit of hunger should be sat
isfied, bearing In mind that a baby
will cry just as hard on an oyeloaded
stomach as on an empty one.
The time to start a baby in regular
habits OF feeding is the day OF its
birth. The new horn baby should be
nursed every two hours from 8 a. m.
to 10 p. M, and once during the night
at 2 a. m. Within week if the baby
is normal, the mother should begin
nursing it only once in three hours
between a. m. and 8 p. M. with the
extra nursing at a. m. This means
seven feelings in twenty-four hours.
At four months if the baby shows a
normal gain in size and strength, ac-
cording to the Better Babies Stand
ard Score card, he should NIT be
nursed between 8 p. M. ana 6 a. M.
but should be sleeping soundly. Be
tween a. m. and p. m. he will now
have six feelings and this shedple
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year old.
/ Many mothers ask CONTEXT physi-
clans whether the baby should be
awakened to be fed Physicians
seem to agree that baby should new
er be awakened at night to nurse,
/ and that the healthy baby I'll wake
of its own accord to be fed once in
/ three hours during the day There
are rare exceptions to this rule. For
example, when mother has fed the
child irregularly from birth, it some
times turns night into day, sleeping
by day and fretting for food by night
If the child is healthy, normal in
every way, then it must be re
trained to waken during the day foI
nursing and to sleep by night with
out n-zsing. This very example
shows the Importance CT starting tbs
feeding habits Alright from birth, b5
mot nursing more than once during
the night.
Another question asked by many
mothers who are nursing their babies
i is: May mix the baby's food, Civ
4 ing him an occasional bottle?"
4 Doctors agree that the answer is
governed by conditions Sometimes
the mothers milk is not sufficient,
nourishing. In that case, under thu
direction of the family doctor bottle
and breast milk may be alternated
In this way, the baby is gently pre-
pared for weaving. Again. In certaii
families 1t may be necessary or ad
visable for the mother to have Ger
tain amount OF freedom from he
duty of nursing the baby. The moth
er's milk will still provide certa n ele
ments which baby's system demands
and the bottle may be alternated wit
breast-feeding, always with docto
advising as to the food in the bottle
Many prize-winning babies have
record of mixed feeding, breast mil
exclusively for two Or three month: