The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-08-05

Labor.)
When, for any reason, the baby can
not have breast milk, he must be fed
on a bottle. This method of feeding
is known as artificial feeding, be-
cause it is an imitation of the natural
way.
Since II was not natures intention
that a baby sholsd be fed on cows
milk, the baby finds it very hard often
times to adapt his digestive organs to
the strange food, and consequently
many thousands of babies, who would
have lived and thrived on breast milk,
die every year because they are I'M
able thus to adapt themselves.
On the baby's account, first Of all
every mother will do ell in her power
to secure breast milk, but on her W
account, there are many reasons why
she should choose to do this.
Artificial feeding requires the con-
slant attention Of some n person
and necessitates daily, painstaking
work, which can be left undope only
at the risk of the baby's health.
The mother must first of all study
her milk supply. Then after clean.
fresh milk has been obtained it must
have the most careful attention. and
bottles, nipples, and all the utensils
employed in making up the feelings
must be scrubbed and steriiized every
day.
In addition, the baby must be con
stantly watched to see how his food
is suiting him. His weight, the condi-
ton of his skin and of his bowels must
be noted, and the strength and guam
tity of his food increased or decreased
in accordance with these conditions.
A simple rule for feeding the aver
age healthy baby after the first month
is to give him 1h ounces of milk in
"a hours, for every pound of weight.
Thus, a t~en-pound baby will need Is
ounce of milk in "a hours, diluted
to his age.
On the first two days of his life
the artificially fed baby should have
nothing to eat except a little slightly
warm water, to which a very little
sugar may be added.
The following directions for feeding
the baby have been prepared by a COM
mittee of the American Medical asso-
citation.
beginning on the third day, the
average baby should be given three
ounces of milk daily, diluted with
seven ounces Of water. To this should
be added one tablespoonful of lime
water and two level ~teaspoonfuls of
sugar. This should be given in seven
feelings.
"At one week the average child re-
quires five ounces of milk daily, which
should be diluted with ten ounces Of
water. To this should be added one
and one-half even t~ablespoonfuls of
sugar and one ounce of limewater.
This should be given in seven feed
ings. The milk should be increased
by one-half ounce about every four
days. The water should be increased
by one-half ounce every eight days.
"At three months the average child
requires 16 ounces of milk daily, which
should be diluted with 16 ounces OF
water. To this should be added three
tablespoonfuls of sugar and two
ounces of limewater. This should be
given in six feelings. The milk should
be increased by one-half ounce every
six days. The water should be re-
duced by one-half ounce about every
two weeks.
"At six rlonths the average child re-
quires "a ounces Of milk daily, which
should be diluted with IL ounces OF
water. 80 :his should be added two
ounces of i.mewater and three even
tablespoonful of sugar. This should
be given in five feelings. This amount
of milk should be increased by e
half ounce every week. The milk
should be Increased only II the child
is hungry and digesting his food well.
AT nine months the average child
requires 80 ounces Of milk daily
which should be diluted with ter
ounces of water. To this should be
added two even tablespoonful Of SUI
gar and two ounces of limewater. This
should be given In five feelings. The
sugar added may be milk sugar or II
this cannot be obtained cane (granu-
lated) sugar or maltese (malt sugar..
At first plain water should be used to
dilute the milk.
"At three months, sometimes earlier,
a weak barley water may be used In
the place of plain water; 1t is made of
one-balf level tablespoonful Of barley
flour to 16 ounces Of water and cooked
for 20 minutes.
AT six months the barley flour may
be increased to one and one-half even
tablespoonful cooked in the IL ounces
Of water.
"At nine months the barley flour may
he increased to three level tablespoon
fuls cooked in the eight ounces Of wa
ter"
In the hottest weather the baby's
food should be weakened by pouring
out ~one-quarter of the usual contents
of the bottle and adding an equal
amount of boiled water.
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