The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-09-11
BABY'S SECOND YEAR
DEVELOPMENT THEN DEPENDS
ON PROPER FOOD
The Following Sample Meals for
Healthy Child May Be Given
With Perfect Safety-List Of
tastes" to Be Avoided.

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Department OF Laborb
After the baby is finally weaned
from the breast. at about one year OF
age. he too often seems to have set
back. His development does not pro-
gress as satisfactorily as during the
first year. and the regular gain IN
weight does .ot proceed as before.
The troubls usually lies In the
babys failure properly to digest the
new foods given to him at this period.
In addition to foods suitable for the
period betw zen nine and twelve
months. after he is year old he may
have a small saucer OF well-cooked.
require about one quart Of milk during
"a hours.
At fifteen nc nths he may have
little rare bee, or well-cooked chicken
or mutton. Meat for a baby should
be boiled. roasted or broiled, never
fried. and shout be given to the baby
scraped or finely minced.
The following are sample meals for
q day for healthy child from eighteen
months to two years old: Can ounce
ls two tablespoonfuls.)
a m.-Milk, to 10 ounces; piece
OF zwiebach. toast or dried bread.
9 a. m.-Orange Juice. 9 ounces.
10 a. m-Cereal tablespoonfuls:
cup milk, toast or dry bread.
2 p. m.-Broth. 6 ounces; meat. l
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tablespoonful: stale bread. l piece;
oaked apple. tablespoonful
6p m.-Cereal, ~ tablespoonfuls;
milk, to ounces: toast or bread.
10 D. m.-Milk, ounces in cup
tmay be omittedD.
The following rules for cooking and
preparing certain Of these articles
may be helpful to mothers:
Toast.-Bread one day old. cut in
-ry thin slices: slices placed on edge
IN toast rack in an oven to dry.
Leave oven door partly open.
Broth.-Of round steak. one pound:
of water. one pint Put the meat on
In cold water and allow 1t to come to
a boil. then lower the flame SO that it
barely SINNERS for three or four
hours Remove the meat and add
enough water to make up the original
amount of liquid: strain through a
wire sieve and set aside to cool When
cold the fat is removed In solid
piece, leaving a clear liquid or Jelly.
Heat a small portion when it is time
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cred and On ice.
Meat.-One tablespoonful. Take
meat. round or sirloin steak. scraped
with silver spoon. When you have
the desired amount. shape into a pat
and broil on hot. dry spider When
done. add little salt.
Or. a piece of rare round O. sirloin
steak. the outer part having been cut
away. is scraped or shredded with
knife.
Spinach.-Cook spinach in sailed
water until tender. Pour cold water
over 1t and drain. Rub through
fine sieve.
Baked Apple-Apple baked three
quarters of an hour. Skin and core
removed, two tablespoonful of pulp
strained through sieve.
Cereal, Flour Preparations.-Cereal
preparation. three-quarters of cup
full cooked with one quart Of water
for three-quarters OF an hour in double
boiler. Add enough water to keep
moist
Oatmeal.-Have a pint of water
boiling in the top OF the double boil
er: add one-half teaspoonful OF salt
and drop in gradually one-half cupful
OF oatmeal flakes, stirring all the
while Cook for three hours and strain
through wire sieve. Pour on It one
to two ounces OF milk.
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