The broad ax., 1915-06-12
Care Of
the Baby In
Summer
Bottle FEEDING.

10 90 Tor baby Is to find the right food
for him. When for any reason he "a
deprived Of the one right food. his
mothers milk, some substitute must be
found. Experience in feeding many
thousands Of babies in this and other
countries has shown that clean, fresh
cows milk is the only food that can be
depended upon to take the place Of
breast milk with even a fair degree of
success.
In order TO have milk that is clean
enough for a baby's food, the greatest
care must be taken to keep II clean
from the time it is drawn from the COW
until 1t goes into the baby's mouth. II
COW Is kept ON the place it should be
possible for the mother to see that the
COW Is brushed clean before being
MIXED, that the teats and udder are
washed before the milking begins, that
the hands and clothing Of the mixer
are clean and that a partly covered
milk pail is used, which has been
scalded with boiling water before use.
1t Is sometimes advisable to boil the
milk, especially in hot summer weather.
Usually the method Of treatment called
pasteuriZatiOn renders it safe. Here is
a simple method of pasteurizing:
Put gallon of water over the fire in
large kettle. When the water is boil
ing hard remove the kettle and let it
stand uncovered for ten minutes.
Stand the filed and corked bottles in
the hot water. cover the kettle and al
low II to stand for half an hour. Re
move the bottles and cool them, under
running water If possible, until they
are cold, and keep them on ice or where
they will be cold until needed.
Perfect cleanliness must be observed
in making up the baby's feelings. The
mothers hands should be washed
clean, and she should wear a clean
apron. All the dishes and articles to
be used should have been boiled before
being used. and as far as possible they
should be kept for the baby's use
alone. Milk is very readily tainted by
being put into dishes in which food
has been cooked. II convenient have
on hand a kettle large enough to hold
eight nursing bottles at a time, a two
| quart bowl or pitcher to hold the milk
mixture. a funnel through which to
pour IT into the bottles, long handled
spoon to stir il with, a bottle brush.
enough nur1ing bottles and nipples for
all the musings in twenty-four hours.
and the same number Of new corks.
A graduated measuring glass is con-
venience. but a nursing bottle having
q scale in ounces blown in one side
may be used instead.
It is most important that the bottles
shall be kept cold from the time the
milk is prepared until it is used Here
Is a cheap and effective icebOI:
Use a lard or candy bucket or q
wooden box for the outside receptacle.
| In the bottom put a layer Of sawdust
an inch thick. In the middle Of this
box place an eight quart tin pail with
a cover and fill all the space around
II with sawdust- Inside this pail put
the fee and the bottles and cover both
the inner pail and the outer box II
the fee is broken up and put into
small covered pail which is set inside
the refrigerator it will keep longer
than when it is not thus protected
II the outer box has cover on hinges,
as win be most convenient a thick
LAYER of newspapers may be tackled to
the underside of the cover. Or cush-
ion stuffed with hay, straw, excelsior
or sawdust, made to fit the cover OF
the box, may be fastened to 1t IL
properly made this little device VIII
keep the baby's bottles sweet Tor
tventy-four hours with very little 1ce'
provided they are very cold When
put In.
when IT is time to feed the baby
take one of the bottles out Of the ice
box and put 1t in a small pail or pan
of water over the fire TO heat The wa
ter should come up to the milk line
ON the bottle. Do not make the mix
roo hot. The mother may test the heat
bv shrinking a few drops on the inner
surface Of her arm; when II reels just
comfortably warm to her skin II VIII
be right for the baby.
After the feeding is finished, remove
/ the bottle at once duu CAAPNs
milk that may be left. Rinse 1t with
cool water and leave it filed with wa
ter. At some convenient time wash
the bottles with warm soap and water
using the bottle brush TO scrub them
clean inside. Rinse thoroughly ana
mt them over the fire 20 boil. The ket-
lie used for pasteurfzing may be used
for this purpose. The water should
cover the bottles and they should be
ho5led for fifteen minutes They may
stay in the water until the feelings are
made ND. Wash and boil the eorks
at the same time.
To clean the nipples. wash and scrub
them In warm soapy water. A little
common salt rubbed on the inside WIZ
remove the milk. Rinse well and drop
them into boiling water for i've min
utes. They win dry with their own
heat when removed and should be put
ewav dry. i'm a dry glass jar, which