Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-11-16
LITTLE TALKS ON BABYOLOGY
By M STEESE RICHARDSON
Director of The Better Babies Bureau ofMe WomanS Home Companion
No4.
Modified Milk and the Care Of Bottles
BIZ ANN STEESE RICHARDSON

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in his admirable book, 1.-The Healthy Baby:
The quantities of milk, sugar and water to be
combined depend upon the babys weight and age.
The amount of actual cows milk a given baby needs
in tWentyfour rours to sustain life and make q proper
gain. in weight is twice the number of ounces Of milk
as he weighs in pounds, provided he can digest one
and onehalf ounces of sugar in his total daily guam
tNy of food.
To illustrate: A child three months Of age, who
weighs IL pounds, should receive and digest "a ounces
of cows milk in "a hours. To this must be added
the proper. amount of wateer to make up the bulk
end lip ounces Of sugar. In "a hours, he would
receive 371-2 ounces of food. o. this "a ounces
would be cows milk, ~ ounces water and IL ounces
sugar. The water should be boiled. When COOL 1t
is added to the sugar and the milk and then set away
to be drawn on as needed Two level tablespoonful
of cane or graduated sugar make IN ounce, but if
malt sugar is used the tablespoons must be rounded.
A table for modifying milk for children OF various
ages will be furnished upon receipt of a stamped and
addressed envelope sent to me at this office. lac
proportions givn are for a healthy child of three
months. The new born baby, and the delicate baby
require special proportions of milk, water and sugar.
A baby less than a week old, for>example, is give.
8 or 4ounces of milk with - ounces of water and
no sugar. No mother of a delicate child, or a child
whose digestion is weak should decide on the prp1er
modification of milk without consulting her physi-
clan.
Now as to the division of the milk to be fed the
baby. No bottle baby should receive more than eight
ounces at a feeding. His feelings are divided inv,
the same intervals as those of the nursing baby. The
delicate baby, from birth to three months, is fed every
two hours from 600 a. m. to 900 p. M, ami once at
200 a. M; the robust baby from birth on. every
three hours.
All these Instructions are for normal, healthy
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special advice, special proportions in modified milk.
Finally the selection and care of the bottle. Here
are the simplest and most compact instructions on
this subject, prepared by a baby specialist. Every
mother of a bottlefed baby should tack them UP
where she can see them daily:
Care Of Bottles and Nipples.
Bottles should be round, not fiat, SO as to be easily
cleaned, having no sharp corners on the inside ii
which milk collects.
Have as many bottles as there are to be feelings
in twenty-four hours.
IMMEDIATELY after a feeding is taken, scrub
the bottle with a bottle brush and some soap. Rinse
out the soap and put a heaping teaspoonful Of borax
into the bottle, fill half, full Of water and shake until
the borax is dissolved. Then fill the bottle brimming
full of water, allow it to stand until the food is mixed
the next morning, when the borax water is poured
out, the bottle rinsed and turned upside down to drain
while the food is being made.
Nipples should be simple, so they can be thor.
oughly cleaned.
Clean the nipple after each feeding, by putting
one-half teaspoonful dry borax into the nipple and
rubbing it between the hands while holding it under
the faucet.
Keep the nipple in a solution of borax 1.-TWO tea
spoonfuls to a cup of water), freshly prepared twice
a day.
Look through each nipple before you buy it. You
should barely be able to see light through the hole
in the nipple.
1t should take the baby from ten to fifteen minutes
to empty the bottle.
The next article will discuss weaving the baby and
it's first year diet.