New Britain herald., 1916-02-01
CARE 0F THE BABY
 AFTER SECOND YEAR
Should Be Fed Four Times a Day
 at Regular Intervals
(Children's Bureau, U. $. Department
 of LabOr)

\ShilolS ell DuIC eau, U. D. DSpdI
 of Labor.)
 Washington, Feb. 1.-When the baby reaches the third year he should be fed four times a day at regular in tcrvals having the heaviest meal in the middle of the day.
 It is of the utmost importance to teach him to chew his food carefully and thus to take plenty of time at his meals. But since his tiny teeth can only partly masticate his food, this sh ould be properly prepared for him. Meat should be cut into small pieces, vegetables either smashed or put through the colander, and all the cores, skins and seeds should be re- moved from fruits.
 He should not be allowed to drink while eating solid food, lest he fall into the habit of washing down his food before it is thoroughly cheWed, as do so many of his elders.
 Foods Recommended.
 The following foods are recom- mended for children from two to three years; and a daily program IS suggested for the convenience or the mothers:
 7:30 a. m.-Cereal. Well cooked oat, wheat or corn preparation, With thin cream or milk and very Httle sugar. Cereals should be cooked three hours in a double boiler, and favored with a little salt when being cooked. Glass of whole milk, warmed ;n the cool months of the year. Eggs, soft boiled, poached or coddled. Toast, or dry bread and butter.
 10 a. m.-Fruit. Use one orange and strain the juice,-or baked 8 pp1e, and two graham crackers; or warm milk, one glass, with dry bread or toast.
 200 D. m.-Vegetable soup-one teacupfu1,-or, meat broths with rice Or arrowroot Meat, beef, mutton, or broiled, roasted, or boiled; or, fish, cut into small pieces, favored with a little salt Use no pepper, sauces or condiments Potato, baked, mashed, with a little salt, cutter and milk, Or salt and cream; or, boiled rice or spaghetti, both cooked; with butter or cream. Green vegetables, either car rots, asparagus, string beans, peas, spinach, young beets, or squash, each cooked until very soft, with a little salt in the water; strained through a colander or mashed. Dessert, apple
 
 pple sauce or stewed prunes, or plain custard, or junket. Drink, water; no milk at this meal. Stale bread, with butter.
 500 D. m.-Bread and milk; or cereal l,-farina, arrowroot, or wheat, .or milk; or milk toast; or dry toast )r bread with glass of milk.
 Raw fruit juice and milk should lot be given at the same meal.
 Foods Under Ban.
 Do not give a child of this age any If the following foods: Pork in any 'crm, or salted meats or salted fish; onions, celery, radishes, cucumbers or raw tomatoes; lot breads, or griddle cakes; sweet | ;akes, pastry, syrups, or jellies; nuts ,r candies; bananas, nor any green or fruit; tea, coffee, wine, peer, cider, or soda water. Mothers ,re apt to err chiefly in the matter of ;weets in feeding children. An ex- .ess of sweet food, not only upsets he young stomach but destroys par ially the appetite for plain food.
 Children should be taught to eat simple, we'll ooked food, but should not be forced to eat when they have TO appetite. If a child shows a dis inclination to eat some special food, which he ought to have, this should be given first at the meal, even if only small quantity is eaten. Do l ot fall into the error of scolding the child at meal times which should be one of the pleasantest hours of the day, full of fun and joy. A little Jt dicious coaxing will usually result in the child's taking the right food in sufficient quantity.
 Methods of preparing meats, vege- ta bles and soups for young children are given in Infant Care, a little book, which is sent free to all who ask for it, addressing the request to the Chief of the Children's Bureau. U. s. of Labor, Washington, D. c.