The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1915-07-23
BABY'S SECOND YEAR
THEN DEPENDS
ON PROPER FOOD.
The Following Sample Meals for a
Healthy Child May Be Given
With Perfect Safety-List Of
TASTES" to Be Avoided,

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from the breast, at about one wear Of
age, he too often seems 10 have q set
back. His development does not pro-
gress as satisfactorily as during the
first year. and the regular gain in
weight does not proceed as before.
The trouble usually lies in the
baby's failure properly to digest the
new foods given to him at this period.
In addition to foods suitable for the
period between nine and twelve
months, after he is year old he may
have a small saucer Of well-cooked,
strained cereal twice day, and will
require about one quart of milk during
"a hours.
At fifteen months he may have
little rare beef, or well-cooked chicken
or mutton Meat for a baby should
be boiled. roasted or broiIed. never
fried, and should be given to the baby
scraped or finely minced.
The following are sample meals for
a day for a healthy child from eighteen
months to two years old: Can ounce
is two tab!espoonfuls.)
Ia. m.-Milk, S to 10 ounces; piece
Of zwiebach, toast or dried bread.
8 q. m-Orange juice, 2 ounces
10 a. m.--Cereal, 2 tablespoonful;
cup milk, toast or dry bread
2 y. m.-Broth, c ounces; meat, 1
tablespoonful: vegetable (spinach), I
tablespoonful; stale bread, / piece;
baked apple, l tablespoonful
p. m.-Cereal, TX tablespoonfuls;
milk, 6 to 8 ounces; toast or bread.
10 p. m.-Milk. s ounces in cup
(may be omitted).
The following rules for cooking and
preparing certain of these articles
may be helpful to mothers:
Toast.-Brcad one day old, cut in
very thin slices; slices placed on edge
in a 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
boil, then lower the fame 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 small portion when 1t is time
to feed the baby. Keep the jelly COW
cred and on ice.
Meat.--One tablespoonful. Fake
meat, round or sirloin steak, scraped
with silver spoon. When you have
the desired amount, shape into pat
and broil on hot, dry spider. When
done, add little salt.
Or, a piece Of rare round or sirloin
steak the outer part having been cut
away, is scraped or shredded with a
knife.
Spinach.-Cook spinach in sailed
water until tender. Pour cold water
over it and drain. Rub through a
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 a 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
err; 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.
1t Is important, also, to know what
not to feed the baby. 1t is a great
temptation to please the baby by CIV
ing him tastes of various kinds Of
foods, especially when he Is fretful.
But this will almost surely result in
his harm. Never give him candy, cakes,
doughnuts, pastry, fresh bread, grid
die cakes, strip or molasses, pork or
tough meat Of any kind, bananas, over
ripe fruits, pickles, tea, coffee, soda
water or beer, nor the meats, vege-
tables and other things appearing on
the family table.