The Washington times., 1915-08-18
Guard W. ell
Baby's s Food
In Sum mer
BY DIR. L. K. HIRSHBERG.

copyright. 1915. Newspaper Feature servies).
~ VEN babes know that their
- health-giving food ought TO
l. come from their mothers
breast. There alone can be
found the pure, undenled, disease-prs-
venting nourishment.,
Unhappily. there are some mothers
who. through faulty care and for other
reasons. needs must fall back upon
some other sustenance than the nat
ural food for their infants.
Then arises the delicate question a.
10 the best meat and drink for tho
babe and a search for some artificial
| means to make up the need of human
milk and strong meat. Brown bread
and the gospel may be good fare. but
not for infants. and even the best sub
sttute for mothers milk may cause
| infantile catastrophes
One OF the many elements Of safety
and health in breast milk is the alb
sence of all contact with air. dust
germs. and human hands.
The breast babe might praise It 70
hath he good cause
That all the first year eats nothing
solid nor soft.
But nurses directly and makes UP
| his feast,
While loved on her bosom.
Keep Bottles Sterile.
The bottle baby" on the other hand,
| Is exposed to all of the poisons, MI
crobes and vicisstudes Of the space and
\ interval OF time which artificial foods
or cows milk require to pass through
In Its journey to the infants stomach.
Only well sterlized bottles, nipples.
water and milk. just before the infant
| drinks 1t. can save it from infantle
diseases and maybe death.
During the first week after birth an
infant should be fed every two and
! one-half hours from a sterlized bottle
| Seven feelings daily of from one to
two ounces each should suffice. Seven
| ounces Of boiled water one and q half
| ounces Of cream, one and a half ounces
Of milk. two small teaspoonfuis Of
sugar and a tablespoonful of lime
water will make enough for the seven
| feelings.
From the second week until the sec
! ond month many babies thrive beauti-
! fully upon seven daily feeds Of twice as
much boiled water as milk and cream
| ten ounces to two and one-half each OF
milk and cream. Every few days or
water and add a teaspoonful more Of
! cream and milk.
Thus step by step and with no harm
to the tender digestive apparatus OF
! the little one, the beginning of the
child's fourth month lie reached.
Regulate Baby's Diet.
Now the growing youngster demands
| q pound. or pint, Of the milk-cream--
sixteen ounces-each day. diluted with
an exactly similar amount-sixteen
ounces-of boiled water or barley water.
~ Noil At
intervals. with a little lime water and
a level teaspoonful of sugar in each
| one, should answer the call for weight
and growth of the infants fabric.
Twice a month the water should be
| cut down one-half ounce. and corre-
spending addition of milk be made.
When the the, as,tyesr al yea ns has snd dornded dnss
| combination as of barley water are
needed for five bottles to be given by
the clock every three and one-half
| hours.
The sixteen ounces requires two
ounces of lime water and three even
! teaspoonfuls Of sugar. tablespoonful
| OF milk should be added to the whole
| every two weeks.
| IT, however, here Is evidence of collie
| or undigested particles of milk appear
should there be any signs of gastric
| disorders in the little one. the incresse
In the milk should be postponed, About
the ninth month, sound, vigorous chill
! dren can easily take a combination
three times as strong in milk as water.
with four-hour intervals, for nourish-
ment.
| Babies about the seventh month may
| have a tooth A nibble Of zwiebak or
buttered cracker may then be tried
Barley Cruel, oatmeal cruel. spinach
! orange Juice. olive oil. and carrot juAoa
are all permissible in the cold seasons
| of the year, after the ninth month
Never invite danger in the summer by
| food experiments or even q taste OF
| this or that. Bottle babies are more
apt to be overfed than starved. Two
| or three DAYS starvation In summer
often saves them.