Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-14
LITTLE TALKS ON BABYOLOGY
BY ANNA STEEsE RICHARDSON
No. 2-Babys Source of Health and strength-Food.

troduce mother to her child's true con-
dition.
Mrs s." said the doctor, you
are starving that baby"
The mother was shocked and hurt.
Il nurse her every three nours," she
protested.
NO doubt" answered the doctors,
but your milk is not nourishing her.
Perhaps you are not strong enough.
Perhaps your baby should have both
the breast and modified milk. We will
find out"
They did. That mother learned that
her baby was drifting toward the dan.
gerous rock OF anemia. Her lesson in
Babyology was how 10 alternate the
breast mix with a bottle feeding of
modified milk
A third baby was what you would
call fat boy" He was covered
with the most "pat-able" creases, and
his complexion was blooming, but he
had such a scowl on his round face
and he showed everything and every
body away from him as if the entire
world were. distasteful. Mother said
he had never been a really good natur-
ed baby, and she didn't know why.
But the docbrs found out The plump
stomach of which his mother was so
proud was not an indication of health
but of undigested, unassimilated food,
overlooking.
At 10 mon MS, babys head. chest
and abdomen should measure just the
same. 1914 inches. This poor little
iaddie had an IS inch head, II inch
chest and an abdomen measuring 1914.
And just by exploring with his finger,
the doctor found an ugly little mass Of
undigested food down in one corner of
/ that bulging abdomen. OF course,
baby wanted to shove people away. So
I do you, grown.up, when you have q
/ sick headache or bilious attack
l Here was a baby being overfed with
milk. just milk, but milk not properly
prepared.
And there you have t., rash, mal-nu-
triton and downright indigestion, all
because three mothers did not know
what was going on inside baby's tum-
my. We think so long as baby has
milk and nothing else. he is safe.
Milk, even mothers milk, needs watch.
ing. and babyology tells you how to
do Il.
T., The feeding of baby begins before
II is born. The condition Of the new
born baby's stomach is largely deter
mined by the condition Of the mother
stomach before he comes into the
world That is why the expectant
mother should guard her diet and hef
digestion so carefully during the pree
ious months before her baby comes.
ANY pronounced digestive trouble is
communicated to the baby directly
and IL comes into the world i'll equip
ped for It's first months struggle fol
existence, The vast majority of babies
who die during the first year, die Of
hamilton, malsssimilation of food, in
digestion and summer-compiaint ThC
! mother can start her baby right b!
keeping her own digestion in the best
/, of condition. Some mothers, in tht
I. spirit Of self-sacrifice, serve at table
: the choicest food to their growing
= children, their hard-working husbands
and sons. No expectant. mother SHOULD
: deny herself the nourishment requir
} ed TO sustain her own strength anC
! thai Of the little child so soon to b.
ushered into the world.
The natural. the best food for tn,
) new born babe is mothers milk Ant
the Creator has given the aversg,
} woman strength 70 nourish her chill
+ in this natural way. Sometimes, d.