The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-07-19
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): CARE OF THE !:
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prepared by the Children's Bureau,
L. S. Department of Labor)
Summer Complaint
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! mild and some very serious. But any
undue looseness of the babys bowels
should put the mother on guard
against illness.
At the appearance of diarrhea, the
city mother should take her baby to
good doctor If she has no doctor,
she should go to the nearest infant
welfare station, where a competent
physician will advise her as to the
care of the baby, and the nurses in
attendance will help her carry out
his directions.
In the country, where it is very diff
fcut to get the advice of a doctor,
the mother has a harder problem Be
cause she is out of the range of in
fant welfare stations, hospitals, and,
often of physicians as well, it is most
important to prevent every attack of
illness possible by careful attention
to the baby's food and general care,
as already advised in these articles.
\ pamphlet which may be of help
to the country mother is Infant Care"
sent free to any one mailing a re-
quest to the chief of the children's
bureau, L. S. department of labor,
Washington, d. c. This pamphlet
contains simple directions for the care
and feeding of the baby and sug-
gests some ways of dealing with yari-
Gus energies.
The healthy baby usually has one
or two bowel movements a day. If this
number is increased to four or more,
it is time to take measures against
sickness.
1t is well to remember, however,
that the bowel movements of baby
fed entirely at the breast, are normal
ly more frequent than those of bot
tle-fed baby, and that slight increase
in the number of movements is not so
serious a matter to a baby at the
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fed at the breast does not usually
have diarrhea, and when such baby
shows signs of digestive disturbance,
it is usually because he is overfed-
either he is nursed too often, or at
irregular intervals, or is allowed to
nurse too long at one time. When
he does have diarrhea, the time be-
tween musings should be increased
to four hours, and the time at the
breast reduced to or 10 minutes. If
the bowels continue loose, the breast
should be withdrawn entirely for sew
eral feelings, if necessary, giving the
baby instead cool drinking water at
frequent intervals. In this case, the
mother should pump her breasts at
the regular nursing times, both to
keep them from drying up, and to
prevent their caking.
Bottle-fed babies are the most fire.
quent sufferers from summer diar-
rhea, and this fact furnishes another
strong argument in favor of breast
feeding. Diarrhea in a bottle-fed baby
is also best treated by reducing the
amount of food The bottle should be
omitted for s, y or "a hours. accord
ing to the severity of the attack, and
in place of the milk should be given
as much boiled and cooled water as
the baby will take,
Food should not be withheld for
more than "a hours, without the ad-
vice of doctor. When the bottle is
resumed, the food should be much
weaker than before; water should be
substituted for at least half the milk
previously given. The milk should be
skinned, and the sugar omitted
The return to the former feeding
should be made gradually by adding a
little more milk each day and begin
ming to add sugar The more severe
the attack has been, the more slowly
changes should be made.
If the baby is on mixed feeding,
that is, partly breast and partly bot
tie fed, the bottle feelings should be
omitted if diarrhea appears, and the
breast given once in four or five |
hours, with nothing but drinking wa
ter between meals.
Diarrhea is much more frequent in /
July and August than in the cooler |
months of the year, which fact has |
earned for it the name of summer |
Accordingly the mother
should use every means in her power
during the hot weather to keep the
baby cool In the heat of the day the
baby should wear only a diaper, with
possibly one other thin garment
Frequent cool spongings and at least
one full tub bath each day, plenty of
sleep and a constant supply of fresh
afr will help to protect the baby from
The excessive heat, and keep him we'll
Directions for this health care of the