New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1915-08-28
CARE OF THE BABY IN
SUMMER.
Feeding the Baby during the
Second Summer.

Nothing is so dangerous to q
baby's health as wrong feeding
nothing so important to his heal
thy development as proper feed
ing. ~
For the first nine months
Breast milk is the only food a
baby should have. except a little
pure drinking water. If the
breast milk is not sufficient. II
may need to be supplemented, as
directed in a previous article OF
this series, with properly pre-
pared cows milk given in a bot,
tie. .
For the baby between 9 and II
months of age, certain foods may
be carefully added to this list OF
which was given in the preceding
article.
For a healthy baby at the be-
ginning of it's second year, the
same diet may be used and as the
child grows various foods may be
added. He may now take undi-
luted cows milk, and we'll
cooked cereals twice a day, in
addition to fruit juice. broth and
dried bread.
At Is months he may have a
little rare beef, or well-coOked
chicken or mutton. Meat for a
baby should be broiled, roasted
or boiled, never fried, and should
be given to the baby scraped or
finely minced.
The following are sample meals
for a healthy child from Is
months to 2 years old: Can
ounce is two tablespoonfuls.
7 A. M. Milk s to 10 ounces.
Piece of zwiebach, toast or dried
bread.
ga. M. Orange juice, 2 ounces.
10 A. M. Cereal, 2 tablespoon
fuls. Cup milk.
2P. NJ. Broth, 6 ounces. Meat
I tablespoonful, Vegetable (spin-
ach) ! tablespoonful, stalled bread
/ piece, baked apple / to 2 table
spoonfuls. '-~
6 p. M. Cereal l IL table
spoonfuls, milk 6 to 8 ounces,
toast or bread.
10 P. M. Milk. s ounces in cup
(may be omitted.)
Thae following rules for cook
ing and preparing certain Of these
articles may be helpful to moth
ers:
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, ! pound; of
water, ! pint. Put the meat on
in cold water and allow it to come
to boil, then lower the flame so
that it barely SINNERS for three
or four hours. Remove the meat
anu add enough water to maize up
the original amount Of li;;uid
strain through a wire sieve and
SCI aside to cool. When cold the
fat is removed in a solid piece,
leaving a clear liquid or jelly.
Heat small portion when it is
time to feed the baby. Keep the
jelly covered and on ice.
Meat. '"
l tablespoonful. Take meat,
round or sirloin steak, scraped
with silver spoon. When you
have the desired amount, shape
4 into a pat and broil on a hot, dry
spider. When done, add little
salt.
Or, "a piece of rare round or sir
loin steak, the outer part having
been cut away is scraped or
shredded with a knife.
Spinach: I4-rr-f
Cook spinach in sailed water
until tender. Pour cold water
over it and drain. Rub through
a fine sieve.
Baked Apple:
Apple baked "a hour. Skin
and core removed; 2 tablespoon
fuls of pulp strained through a
vne sieve.
Cereal: Flour preparations:
Cereal preparation. "a Of a
cup, cooked with l quart Of water
for "a of an hour in a double
boiler. Add enough water to
keep moist.
Oatmeal:
Have a pint of water boiling in
the top of the double boiler; add i