South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-05-30
BY CAROLYN COE.

During every tWentN-tOur hours In
the United States one thousand wOm-
en- go down to the very gates of
death through the long, dark, agon-
ling alley of pain to bring forth a
child-a tiny, helpless babe 10 suffer
and TO die within the year.
And almost all of these thousand
children could be saved TO grow into
the maturity of helpful lives and good
citizenship if the mothers who had
borne them and loved them would
only realize that certain material
common sense should be used in rear
ing children.
A woman needs more than that
blind animal love which Will fight for
her child, but does not take the trou-
bic TO use common sense and pa
thence in its care. Many young
mothers error through ignorance.
and through ignorance. and then
when too late grieve over little open
graves
The whole brute creation rears its
young with a certainty of it arriving
at maturity without sickness of any
sort. The children of man alone are
doomed TO run the gauntlet of cruel
and needless suffering.
Every mother should know that
not only natures cure, but natures
prevention of many of the ills that
attack young babies is mothers milk.
But experience has demonstrated
that even this liquid food must be of
such quality and quantity and re-
ceived at such intervals as to admit
Of perfect digestion and rapid assim-
ilation.
After the birth of your child do
not dose it with saffron tea, sweetened
water or diluted cows milk until
your milk comes"
is a substance secreted that is known
as colostrunn-thinner than milk and
very scant. but il is natures prescrip-
ton for cleansing the digestive or
gans of the newborn child Thus the
child should be put TO the breast as
soon as the mother has recovered
from her travail
During the first month the baby
should be fed every two hours, never
oftener. q am presupposing that the
mothers milk is good and contains
the normal amount of nutrition)
After that until the baby is wean-
ed. once in three hours. with an eff
fort TO cut down night feeding, is
often enough.
Always sit upright when nursing
your baby. whether night or day. and
no infant should be allowed TO nurse
longer than 90 minutes
the child is lusty ten or 90 minutes
are enough unless the milk is scanty.
The child should nurse from but one
breast at each feeding. and il should
not be allowed to take its meal too
rapidly. as this is liable TO produce
hiccough and splitting up OF food.
The splitting up of food Immediately
after feeding means that the baby is
taking more than its stomach will
hold comfortably. Stop nursing If
this occurs some time after feeding,
il means Indigestion. probably be-
cause the milk is too rich. In this
case the child should have one or two
tablespoons OF water before feeding
4 woman who does much work
about her house should wash her
nipples with a solution Of bOracic acid
each time before feeding the baby
Don't think that every time the
baby cries il is hungry. IL may be
crying because IL has eaten too much.
Above all else. DON'T FEED YOUR
BABY ANYTHING BUT BREAST
MILK UNTIL IT IS SIN WEEKS
OLD. After that a little orange juice.
oatmeal or barley water may be given
under nurses or physicians orders.