The Western outlook., 1915-10-02
MILK MUST BE PURE
IMPOSSIBLE TO GIVE TOO MUCH
CARE TO BABYs FOOD.
Artificial" Feeding Means Constant
Watchfulness II the Health Of the
Little One Is to Be Properly
Preserved.

Little One Is to Be Properly
Preserved.
prepared for This Paper by the Chill.
dren's Bureau, U. S. Department OF
Labor0
When, for any reason, the baby can.
not have breast milk, he must be fed
on bottle. This method Of feeding
Is known as artificial feeding, be.
cause it Is an imitation of the natural
way.
Since 1t was not natures intention
that a baby should be fed on cows
milk, the baby finds 1t very hard often.
times to adapt his digestive organs to
the strange food, and consequently
many thousands of babies, who would
have lived and thriyed 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
to secure breast milk, but on 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, painstaking
work, which can be 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 it must
have the most careful attention, and
bottles, nipples, and all the utensils
employed in making up the feelings
must be scrubbed and sterilized 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 ~ ounces of milk in
"a hours, for every pound Of weight
Thus, a ten-pound baby will need Is
ounces of milk in "a hours, diluted
with water and sweetened according
to his age.
On the first two days Of his life
the artificially fed baby should have
nothing to eat except little slightly
warm water, to which 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.
cat 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 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 months the average child re-
quires "a ounces Of milk daily, which
should be diluted with IL ounces of
water. To this should be added two
ounces of limewater and three even
tablespoonfuls of sugar. This should
be given In five feelings. This amount
of milk should be increased by one
half ounce every week. The milk
should be increased only If 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 ten
ounces of water. To this should be
added two even tablespoonful Of su-
gar and two ounces of limewater. This
should be given in five feelings. The
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this cannot be obtained cane (granu-
lated sugar or maltese (malt sugar..
At first plain water should be used to
dilute the milk.
Eat three months, sometimes earlier,
a weak barley water may be used In
the place of plain water; 1t Is made OF
one-half level tablespoonful Of barley
-four to Is ounces of water and cooked
for 20 minutes.
''At six months the barley flour may
be increased to one and one-half even
tablespoonfuls cooked In the IL ounces
Of water.
"At nine months the barley flour may
be 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.
He should be fed with absolute regu-
larity, once in every three hours, for
the first FIVE months of his life, and
the interval should be gradually
heightened until at six months 1t In
four hours.