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Care Of
the Baby In
Summer
After Weaninq the Baby.


After mother has weaned her baby
she is very apt to begin to give him
tastes" of various kinds of food. He
Is often brought to the table as soon
as he Is old enough to sit up In high
chair and offered bits of the family
meal. In this way he soon has his appe-
tite spoiled for the simple food which
should satisfy him at this period
namely, milk cereal. toast and the like
But a far more serious result Of this
haphazard method of feeding Is that
1t Is very apt to make the baby sick.
1t Is not reasonable to suppose that q
baby who has been fed almost exclu-
sively on milk for the first nine months
of his life can all at once begin to eat
solid food Of various kinds and not suf-
fer any Ill effects from it. The fact
is that feeding at this period is hardly
less important than in early infancy.
and 1t is because so many mothers fail
to realize this and make so many mis-
takes in the choice of food for the baby
at this period that the Second sum-
mer" has gained an undeserved repu-
tation for peril to him.
The mother Is also apt to be making
these experiments in feeding at the
time when the baby Is cutting his
teeth and when, on account Of the
possible pain of teething, he Is not a.
well able to digest his food as usual.
On this account it is especially impOr-
tant at this time that the baby should
have the right food In suitable quanti-
ties at proper intervals and no other
way.
II, on the other hand, the mother re-
allies how important 1t Is to take
great pains with the baby's feeding at
this period much of the illness which
II popularity supposed to be necessary
to the second summer will be pre-
| vented.
It Is not true that this is a particu-
larly dangerous time for the baby.
| The fact is that about Eve times a.
many babies die In the first year Of
life as in the second and that the ma
jority die in the first three months.
Both the first and second summers
Of a baby's life are hard on him. Ex-
cessive heat alone is sufficient to make
| baby sick, and even properly fed ba-
bies may suffer in this way, but 1t Ia
far worse for those who are already
sick from other causes, the chief of
which is improper feeding.
The following food is suitable for q
baby Of nine months of age, in addt
tion to the milk prepared as directed
in the last article:
Strained orange or prune juice may
be given once a day after the baby Is
/ eight or nine months old unless his
bowels have tendency to looseness.
1t should be given midway between
feedings-for instance, if he Is fed
every four hours the juice is given two
hours after a bottle feeding or nurs-
ing. 1t is best to begin with q small
amount, say two or three teaspoonfuls,
and to increase slowly till one to three
tablespoonfuls are given daily.
At nine months he may be given beef
juice, beef tea or plain mutton or chick.
en- broth once day.
At ten months he may have one b
two tablespoonfuls of cereal once q
day. Wheat preparations or farina may
be used, either of which should be
well cooked for at least three-quarters
Of an hour in double boiler.
At ten months he may have a small
piece Of toast or zwieback or a crust
Of bread to chew Immediately after his
midday feeding.
At twelve months he may have cereal
twice day. If oatmeal is used 1t must
be cooked for three hours and strained.
The following diet may be recon-
mended for a child at twelve or thir-
teen months:
6a. m.-Milk. $40 ounces.
8a. m.-Orange juice, 1-3 tablespoonfuls.
10 a. m.-Cereal. one or two tablespoon,
I fuls with milk or stale bread and xwie-
back with milk. 6-S ounces.
2p. m.-Broth with stale bread or bssl
Juice, one ounce with breadcrumbs.
6p. INSANE as 10 a. m.
10p. m.-Milk, ounces.
Give the baby only one new article
Of food at time and watch its eff.
feet very carefully. If the bowels are
disturbed, or the baby vomits with
draw the new food altogether until the
attack is over. 'o .'-'- % 9'i'-an4
Begin with very small quantities Of
any new food and increase it very
slowly if 1t suits the baby. In this
way the baby is gradually taught te
eat new articles of food and to digest
them properly, without having to sui
fer from needless illness.
Never give a baby sirup or molasses,
candy. cake, doughnuts, pork or tough
meat of any kind, bananas, pickles, tea
or coffee. Do not let him eat between