Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-10-09

department
Labor.)
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 1t is an imitation of the natural
way.
Since It was not natures intention
that baby should 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 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
al the risk of the baby's health
Inc mother must first of all study
ner milk supply. Then after clean,
Iresn milk has been obtained it must
nave 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.
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
Is to give him l " ounces of milk in
"a hours, for every pound Of weight
Thus, 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 q very little
sugar may be added
The following directions for feeding
the baby have been prepared by 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 tablespoonful of
sugar and one ounce of hmewater.
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 tablespoonfuls OF SUI
gar and two ounces of limewater. TINS
should be given in five feelings The
sugar added may be milk sugar or II
| this cannot be obtained cane tgranu-
| lated) sugar or maltese (malt sugar..
At first plain water should be used to
| dilute the milk.
"At three months, sometimes earlier,
| weak barley water may be used In
the place of plain water; it is made of
! one-half level tablespoonful of barley
-four 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
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