New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1915-07-24

the warmth Of the milk by sprink
ling a fe drops on her arm. l.
it feels just slightly warm it vii
be right for the ,baby.
After the baby has finished, the
bottle should be emptied, rinsed
and filed with cold water. Al
some cOny enient hour in the day
the mother will wash all the used
bottles with soap and warm water
using a bottle brush to clean the
inside Of them. She should then
rinse the mand boil them in the
same pan Or kettle in which they
were pasteurized. This kettle and
all the dishes used in preparing
: the baby's food should be kept
for that purpose alone.
The nipples should he washed
carefully. A little salt rubbed
on the inside will remove the
milk. They should then be rinsed
and dropped into boiling water
for a few moments. They will
dry with their own heat when re-
moved. They should then be put
aay in a dry glass jar that has
also been boiled, covered and
kept out Of the light.
When handling the sterilized
nipples take hold of them by the
lower rim. Do not touch the
part which is to 90 into the baby
mouth. Never pct the nipple into
the mouth to test the milk, as the
baby might easily be made sick
If the mother happened to have
cold or throat trouble.
1t will be found convenient to
have enough bottles, nipples, and
clean bottle corks for the twenty
four hours, and it will be a great
saving Of time if all the feelings
are made up at once. This will
also insure their being of uniform
quality.
A later article will give a few
directions for modifying the milk
for babies of different ages.
Whenever possible, it is best for
a mother to have the advice of
good physician in regard to feed
ing her baby.
Whenever possible the baby's
bottles should be kept on ice. A
homemade refrigerator which
will keep the milk sweet for "a
hours is easily and cheaply made
at home. For this purpose pro-
cure a lard or candy pail, or
galvanized bucket, or even a
wooden box with. cover. In the
bottom place a layer of sawdust
an inch thick. Inside the box or
pail place another smaller recep-
tacle, such as a ten-quart pail
(tin,) with a cover, and fill all
the space around it with sawdust.
l his inner pals holds the ice and
the milk.
The ice will keep longer if it is
broken up and inclosed in a small
covered pail. Put the little pail in
the bottom of the refrigerator
and pack the bottles around it,
and put the cover on. Then close
the outer cover. which for addi-
tlonal, protection may he lined
with newspapers, or with a cush-
ION stuffed with hay or straw
Where Ice can not be had. thcl
bottles may stand in a pail, under
stream Of running water.
"A bottle baby should be- fed
with the same regularity as a
baby. The bottles NAV
De given at 6 and 9 a. m. at p
noon. and at 3, 6 and 9 p. m. %
% the age Of four months the
oaby will need one more night
.eeding. After that he. should ,
leep all night. {
BEGINNING at the fifth month e
ne time between feelings should
re heightened a quarter of an 6
our each week until the interval I
5 four hour, when the baby is six /
nonths old. Give no other food L
han the bottle feelings and h
rlnklng water in the first few
lonths of the baby's life. v
The baby should nurse slowly. p
ut ought to finish his feeding in e
bout 70 minutes. If he is in t
lined to take his food too greed g
Y, withdraw tae nipple from his a
louth several times during the D
'edine and let him rest a mo- a
tent. !,
1t is esneciallv important in O
INNER not to over-feed the baby. O.
is far better to keen him on
lther low diet than to BRING on
I attack Of diarrhea by eivinc i sH,
m too mrch food. or that which p Ins
unsuitable. or bv feeding him TO- TO