Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-10-20

GOmplCateQ. On TIE one manu- lieS
nave been too complicated for the best
interest of the baby. On the other
hand, they have seemed 80 difficult
that many mothers have given their
babies condensed milk and baby foods.
They had no hope of being able to
make the more complex mixtures.
A simpler method is being advocated
by some of the best men in the coun-
try-a method so simple that no n
need hesitate to undertake it. This
method is not Intended for mothers
who car nurse their babies. If a
mother can nurse her baby h had
better do so. 1t is better for baby. 1t
is less trouble for the mother.
The reason why most women who
discontinue breast feeding their young
babies give them the bottle Is that they
think it will be less trouble. On the
contrary. bottle feeding is a trouble
maker. 1t is trouble to prepare the
milk. t. keep it properly. to get the
bottle ready. to heat the milk.
1t is more trouble to do this than 1t
is to put the baby to the breast. espec-
ially since mothers are now following
the plan of nursing their babies every
four hours. and only once or not at all
during the night.
When we take into account the sick
ness rate among bottle fed as COM
pared with breast fed babies. the ar
gument is very much in favor of the
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troublesome than bottle feeding. In
fact. bottle feeding is so very rouble-
some that most poor people give 1t up
and go to condensed milk and infant
food.
For instance, a good system and one
that is widely used consists of a series
of nine strengths. Nc. 1 in the list
consists of two ounces of z per cent
milk. n ounce Of milk sugar. n
ounce of lime water. and II ounces of
boiled water. No. 9 consists of 10
ounces of Z per cent milk. three-quar-
tiers of an ounce of milk sugar. one
ounce of limewater. and nine ounces
OF boiled water.
Between these two extremes there
are seven mixtures as the series pro-
crosses from one to nine. The quality
of milk increases one ounce a step and
the quantity of water drops corre-
spondingly.
Seven per cent milk is milk contain
ing Z per cent fat. 1t can be bought
as z per . mt milk or it can be roughly
q quart of ordinary milk or the upper
% ounces of Jersey milk.
Weighing, measuring for these mix
lures. and changing them as the baby
gains in age appears formidable. Pos
sibly 1t is not so complicated. but at
this is n of the reasons for the sim
pier system proposed. However. 1t is
not the only reason. Its advocates
claim that the simpler mixtures are
more easily digcsted and nourish bet
ter.
The Simpler System The basis
of the system is that in children under
a year of age n n a half ounces of
good. clean. fresh cows milk will fur
nish all Of the food necessary for
of baby for "a hours Then the first
step is to weigh the baby. The baby's
weight in pounds multiplied by one
and a half gives the number of ounces
of milk needed by the baby in "a hours.
Az the result OF very careful deter
limitations by very scientific men. one
of whom is Rubner. the man who is
responsible for he feeding standards
in use in the German empire during
this war period-it has been found
that a baby needs about As c~alories in
q day for each pound of it's weight.
One and a half ounces of good milk
with the cream on it is a little short
OF the required number of calories.
Instead of using more milk the calories
are gained by adding some sugar. The
reason that more milk is not used is
because n n a half ounces con-
tains enough protein. the food needed
for growth. n more than that amount
of milk would furnish more protein
than the child needs.
The necessary energy in younger
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OF ordinary cane sugar. milk sugar, or
malt sugar. Grulee says the best of
these is malt sugar, though various
forms of starchy foods can be given
slowly to displace it at any time after
the third month.
In babies over three months old the
days o can start with .one-half
ounce of malt food and this, within
two weeks. can be increased to one
ounce; We have, then. for a baby
weighing 10 pounds Is ounces of whole
milk to which has been added one
ounce of malt food.
The next question is how much wa
ter should be added to 1t? To determine
this 1T is necessary to know how many
ounces a laDv should eat in a day. How
manv times shall baby be fed and how
much at a time? The capacity of the
stomach at different ages according to
Holt is as follows:
At birth. / 1-2 ounces.
At 3 months. 4 1-2 ounces.
At 6 months. 6 ounces.
At l year. . ounces.
The next question to settle is the
number of times a baby should be fed.
The authorities are all in favor of long
intervals between feelings. OF course,
the policy Of feeding a baby every time
it cries OF to put 1t to sleep is not fol-
lowed now by anybody who is we'll in
formed.
The only people whom I have heard
advocate it in recent years arc a few
women who thought they know because
of practical experience. When asked
what the practical experience was they
said they had had large families, some
many of their children had died teeth
ing they answered. four. five, six, some
of them nine out Of 10.
The stomach must have plenty of