Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-08-24

fed too much, too often, or that his
food is stronger than he can digest.
If the baby is breast fed, the inter
walls between musings should be
Heightened to four hours, as a first
measure. 1t is wise to see the doc
tor, when possible. For bottle-fed
babies the amount of the days feed
ing may be decreased by using one
half of the usual contents of each
bottle until the disturbance has sub
sided.
The baby needs pienty of cool, un-
sweetened water to dring 1t is safe
to boil all the drinking water for a
baby, which should be given to a
young baby lukewarm, never icecold.
Never put sugar or anything else in
liz. Offer it to the baby between feed
ings; in the summer especially he
needs to drink frequently. A run
q bout" baby is constantly exercising
while awake and requires a great
& cal of water. Fretful babies, espec-
i&lly those who are cutting teeth, are
often quoted by cool drink.
The Feeding of Older Infants
The following rules are quoted
from the report of the committe of
the American Medical Association.
Unless a child has loose bowels he
should be given from l to 3 table
SPOON fulls of strained fruit Juice
once a day after he is Ito months
ICld.
After he is 8 months old he may be
given squeezed beef juice, beef tea,
or plain mutton or chicken broth
once day.
When he is 10 months old he may
have part of a soft egg, a small piece
of crisp or zwieback, or a crust of
bread to chew on Immediately after
is feeding.
Other solid foods should not be
liven during the first year.
At twelve months he may take his
milk undiluted and strained cereal
may be given twice a day.
During the second year the child
hould have four meals a day. Hours:
G. a. m, 10 a. m, p. m, 6 p. IN.
JOthing but water should be allowed
letween his meals.
At - months the baby should be
weaned from the bottle and taught
to drink milk from a cup. He may
then have cereals twice a day, which
should be thoroughly cooked, and
for the first two or three months they
should be strained. He should have
! cups of milk daily.
When l s months Old he may nave
It first a teaspoonful, later l table
lpoonful of rare scraped beef, mutton
or chicken.
When is months old he may have
one-half of mealy mashed potato
daily.
When years old he may have
most of the green vegetables when
Thoroughly cooked and finely mashed
The Juice of fresh fruits may be
given after IL monts.
Cooked fruits, such as baked apple
or apple sauce, should be given once
u day after child is IS months old.
1t should first he strained.
Stale raw fruits are especially dan
gerous in the city and in the summer.
Begin with a very small quantity
of each new food, noting carefully
the effect on the baby, and strength
ening it slowly as required. For in
Istance, begin by giving l teaspoonful
of fruit Juice, diluted with an equal
IQuantity of water, and increase grad
lually until the proper amount for the
lgiven age is reached.
Beef juice is valuable chiefly as a
stimulant. 1t has but little food value
and is not to be given in the place OF
nourishing foods but as an addition
to it. Two teasponfuls diluted with
an equal quantity of water may be
given fifteen minutes before the mid
day feeding. Beginning about the
ninth month. If the baby is delicate
it may be begun as early as the fifth
month in half the above quantity.
Only one new article should be ad-
ded to the baby's diet at a time and
the effect on the baby should be care
fully noted. Meat should be boiled,
roasted, or broiled for the baby and
must be cut in fine pieces, as the baby
will not chew it sufficiently at this
Iage.
Never give the baby cakes, candy,
Idoughnuts, pastry, fresh breads, grid
die cakes, syrups or molasses, pork or
tough meat of any kind, bananas or
Iany overripe fruit, pickles, tea, coffee
soda water, wine. cider, beer, nor
tastes of the family meals. If this is
begun he will soon demand taste OF
Everything he sees, and his appetite
for the simple diet which is essential