The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-10-28
MILK MUST Be PURE
IMPOSSIBLE TO GIVE roo MUCH
CARE TO BAsYs FOOD.
"ArtiHela" Feeding Means c~onstan,
W~atehfuInsss " the Health Of the
Little one 10 10 De Properly
Preserved.

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When. for any reason, the baby can
not have breast milk, he must be fed
on a bottle. This method OF feeding
IL known as artificial feeding. be.
cause IL il an imitation OF the natural
way.
Since II was not natures intention
that a baby should be fed on cows
milk. the baby finds II very hard often
times to adapt his digestive organs to
the strange food. and consequently
many thousands OF babies, who would
have lived and thrlvod on breast milk,
die every year because they are un'
able thus TO adapt themselves.
On the baby's account. FIRST OF all.
every mother will do all In her power
10 secure breast milk, but Oh her own
account, there are many reasons why
she should choose to do this.
Artificial feeding requires the con
slant attention OF some one person
and necessitates daily, palnstaking
work. which can b. left undone 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 II must
have the most careful attention, and
bottles. nipples, aud all the utensils
employed In making up the feelings
must be scrubbed aud sterilized every
day.
In addition. the baby must be con.
stantly watched TO see how his food
In suiting him His weight, the condi.
tion 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
II 20 give him IA ounces OF milk In
"a hours. for every pound of weight
Thus. a ten.pound baby will need IS
ounces OF milk In % hours, diluted
with water and Hweetened according
10 his age.
on the first two days OF his hfo
the artihcially 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 tablespoonfuls OF
sugar and one ounce OF limewater
This should be given Ia scyen 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 l6 ounces Of milk daily. which
should he diluted with lG ounces OF
water To this should ha 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 months the average child re-
qulres q ounces Of milk daily. which
should be diluted with ~ ounces OF
water. To this should be added two
ounces OF limewater and three even
tablespoonfuls OF sugar. This should
be given I'm Ave feelings. This amount
OF milk should be increased by one
half ounce every week. Tho milk
should be Increased only II the child
Ia hungry and digesting his food well.
AT nine months the average child
requires 30 ounces Of milk daily.
which should be diluted with ten
ounces Of water. To this should be
added two even tablespoonfuls Of SUI
gar and two ounces Of limewater This
tUOulu ut ElNfh III NV Af'hAAhaf AN'
sugar added may be milk sugar or n
this cannot be obtained can (granu-
Iated) sugar or maltese (malt sugar.
At first plain water should be used 10
dilute the milk.
AT three months, sometimes earlier.
a weak barley water may be used In
the place Of plain water, II is made OF
one.half level tablespoonful Of barley
-four TO 10 ounces OF water and cooked
for 20 minutes
AT six months the barley flour may
be Increased to one and one.half ever
t~ablespoonfuls cooked In the ~ ounces
OF water.
AT nine months the barley flour may
be increased TO three Lowell tablespoon.
fuls cooked In the eight ounces OF wa
ter
In the hottest weather the haby's
food should bo weakened By pouring
out one.quarter OF the usual contents
Of the bottle and adding an equal
amount Of boiled water.
lie should be fed with absolute regu
larlty, once In every three hours, for
the FIRST Ave months Of his life, and
the interval should be gradually