The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-08-26
HOWsTO GUARD THE.
Unjust wean my four-mo sold.
baby. What sort Of bottle IS

baby What sort OF bottle IS
best2
The perfectly round or cylindrical
bottle ts best. 1t comes in two styles,
with a neck as large as the bottle. re-
Quiring 9 very large nipple, and va
small tapering neck which will ac-H
odate smaller nipple. The
latter Is more conf Portable for the ba-
by to nurse. Never buy. q bottle with
..corners., in which particles Of stale
milk can settle, and never use an old
medicine bottle for the same reason.
The bottle with measurements, BY
ounces. blown into the glass, is best.
These hold up to 8 ounces.
How many bottles should I buy?
AS many as the baby has feelings
ini24 hours. and one or two extra I'M
case OF Sbreakage. At months, the
baby is fed every three hours, starting
with 8 a. m. and ending at 8 or 10 .!
m. Therefore six bottles or more
willfbe needed. You should also
have q wire rack for lding the bot
ties. This Is economy as. 1t saves
Dbreakage. There should be absorb
emit cotton or sterile cottonwood for
stopping the bottles.
That are the best nipples?
Plain dark rubber, without glass
tubes. Bacteria lodge in glass tubes.
They rank among baby-k killers. AS
the size of the sole is Important. some
physicians recommend buying nipples
without holes, and piercing them with
hot needles. The hole should bel
Just large enough to permit the milk
to; drop or drip through when the bot
Tie Is inverted. 1t must not dow. II
the hole is too small, the baby is ex-
hausted by the effort to draw out the
milk; II too large.s 1T suffers from
choking or gulping down the milk.
l4.-How are nipples kept clean?
They may be boiled for a minute or
two when new. After that, boiling Is
mot necessary and rots the rubber
After each feeding, wash the nipple
thoroughly with hot soapsuds made
from white soap. Rinse in borax
water, then In cool, pure water,
shake. stand on a small plate or
saucer, and cover with an inverted
glass. This is considered better
method than leaving 1t to soak in
lborax water.
Never test the temperature Of the
milk by putting the nipple In your
own mouth, and never handle 1t with
your fingers nor allow flies to light on
ut.
Should bottles be boiled ?
Not necessarily, but they must be
thoroughly cleaned. fthe baby does
not take all the milk in the bottle,
throw away what is left, and imme-
diately scrub the bottle inside and out
using a brush which comes for the
purpose, and suds made from pure
soau. Rince with hot water, then fill
with water in which borax or bicar-
Donate Of soda has been dissolved.
Stand in 9 rack until the food is pre-
pared the next morning. Then turn
upside down to drain, rinse thorough
" with clear water, to remove the
.orax. Turn upside down to drain
land cool, ready for refilling.,
6.1s there any special equipment
for modifying milk?
You can secure the equipment
from any first-class house furnishing
Istore. You need six graduated bot
ties, three nipples, a graduate or
measuring glass holding sixteen
LOUNGES, for measuring milk and wat
Ter. q wide-neck porcelain or glass
pitcher holding two quarts and pour
ling easily. a glass funnel fitting
Ieasily into the neck of the bottles, a
sauce pan and tablespoon Of enameled
ware. q quart preserving jar for Cruel
lor boiled water, wire bottle racks and
q clean Ice, chest.
| q How should the milk be heated?
BY placing the bottle, still stop
Ipered with cotton, in a pan OF warm
water and letting 1t stand until It
reaches body temperature. Test by
dropping on the bare forearm. New
Ter boil the milk and return 1t to the
bottle. sis
81 have only an old-fashioned ice
chest, with Ice and food mixed.
The bottles Of milk are often
broken. Can you tell me of an
\ inexpensive little refrigerator for
milk alone? Z,
| Any house furnishing or depart
ment store can supply a nursery re-
|frigerator at $50 o or more. This uses
about cents worth Of ice per day.
4 A husband or son handy with tools
can make little ice chest for the
baby's milk as foilows:
Get a wooden box large enough to
hold, an ordinary zinc or tin water
pail. Fasten lid on this box with
hinges and a stout hook or clasp. Set
q large pail in the center and pack 1t
all around with sawdust. Set a
much smaller pail inside the first one,
and pack Ice between the two pals.