Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-07-28
BABYs SECOND YEAR
DEVELOPMENT THEM DEPENDS
ON PROPER food.
The Following Sample Meals for q
Healthy Child May Be G.
With Perfect safety-Llst Gf
Tastes" to Be Avoided.

prepared by the Children's Bureau, u. 8.
Department of Labor)
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 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 small saucer of well-cooked.
strained cereal twice a day, and will
require about one quart of milk during
"a hours.
At fifteen months he may have a
little rare beef, or well-eooked chicken
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
is two tablespooniGis.)
a. Milk, to 10 ounces: piece
of zwiebach, toast or dried bread.
9 a. m.-orange juice, ounces.
10 a. m.-Cereal, 2 tablespoonfuls;
cup milk, toast or dry bread.
2 p. m.-Broth, 6 ounces; meat,
tablespoonful: vegetable (spinach), L
tablespoonful: stale bread. 1 piece;
baked apple, l tablespoonful.
p. m.-Cereal. liz tablespoonfuls;
milk. to 8 ounces; toast or bread.
10 p. Milk, ounces in cup
(may be omittedl.
The following rules for cooking and
preparing certain of these articles
may be helpful to mothers:
Toast.-Bread one day old, cut in
very 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 it to come to
a 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 ~
wire sieve and set aside to cool. When
cold the fat is removed in a solid
piece, leaving a clear liquid or jelly
Heat a small portion when it is time
TO feed the baby. Keep the jelly COW
cred and on ice.
Meat.-One tablespoonful Take
meat, round or sirloin steak. scraped
with a 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 a
knife
Spinaeh.-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 tablespoonfuls of pulp
strained through sieve.
Cereal. Flour Preparations.-Cere
preparation. three-quarters of a cup
full cooked with one quart of water
fox three-quarters of an hour in double
boiler. Add enough water to keep
moist
Oatmeal-Have a pint of water
boiling in the TOT 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 a wire sieve. Pour on it one
| to two ounces OF milk.
II 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.