Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-17
DASY's SOURCE OF HEALTH AND
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A third baby was what you wOul'
call fat boy He was covered
with the most "pat-able' creases, ant
his complexion was blooming, but h
had such a scowl on his round fac
and he showed everything and every
body away from him as if the entir'
world were distasteful. Mother salt
hes mad never been really Soot
natured baby, and she didn't knoy
why. But the doctors found out Th'
plump stomach OF which, his mother
was so proud was not an indication
Of health but of undisested unassiml
lated food, overlooking.
At sixteen months, baby's head
chest and abdomen should measur,
Just the same, 1872 inches. This poo!
little laddie had an eighteen inch head
= seventeen inch chest and All ahdo
men measuring 1915. And just by ex
ploring with his finger, the doctor
found an ugly little mass Of undiSest
ed food down in one corner OF thai
bullying abdomen OF course. baby
wanted to shove people away. So do
you, grown-up, when you have sick
headache or bilious attack.
Here was a baby being overfed witt
milk, just milk, but milk not property
prepared
And there you have it, rash, NAL,
nutrition and downright Indigestion,
all because three mothers did no.
know what was going on inside Of
baby's tummy. We think SO long as
baby has milk and nothing else, he is
safe. Milk, even mothers milk, needs
watching, and babyology tells you how
to do IT,
The feeding Of the baby begins be
fore 1t is born. The condition Of the
newborn babys stomach is iargel.
determined by the condition Of It's
mothers stomach before he comes III
to the world. That is why the expect
ant mother should guard her diet and
her digestion so carefully during thu
precious months before her baby
comes
Any pronounced digestive trouble is
communicated to the baby directly,
and it comes into the world lily equity
ped for it's first months struggle for
existence. The vast majority of babys
who die during their first year, die Of
hamilton, mal-assimilation Of food, in
digestion and SUNNI er-complaint The
mother can start her baby right by
keeping her own digestion in the best
of condition. Some mothers, in the
spirit Of selfsacrifice, serve at table
the choicest food to their growing
children, their hand working husbands
and sons No expectant mother
should deny herself the nourishment
~ 81 hoy Off
and that Of the little child so soon to
be ushered into the world.
The natural, the best food for the
new born babe is mothers milk. And
the creator has given the average
woman strength to nourish her chlld
in this natural way. Sometimes, d.
rectly after the baby's birth, the
mother is very weak, then well-mean-
ing but interfering relatives and ad-
visers urge her to ween the baby at
once, when with little patience, the
supply Of milk would be ample. I'm
less the mother is anemic or suffering
from constitutional or acute disease,
the baby will thrive best on mothers
milk. And the ability to nurse until
q safe time for weaving can be en-
couraged by careful attention to the
mothers diet.
A well balanced diet, made up from
a variety Of foods which the mother
Graves, will nourish both mother and
child. ........-
Meat that is easily digested, like
chicken, beef and lamb, is better than
pork and veal. Fish may occasionally
be substituted for meat, and eggs are
desirable if they do not create Dill
ious condition Green vegetables and
fresh or stewed fruits the mother
should have in quantity. On the other
hand, she should avoid excuses in
dieLe whether this be tea, sweets or
pastries. Light desserts do no harm,
but. rich pies and buildings that keep
the mother awake at night will have
precisely the same effect on the baby.