Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-03-09


ings; in the summer especially he
needs to drink frequently. A run
about" baby is constantly exercising
while awake and requires great
deal of water Fretful babies, espe-
cially those who are cutting teeth,
are often quoted by cool drink.
THEFEEDING OF OLDERINFANTS
The following rules are quoted
from the report of the committee of
the American Medical Association:
Unless child has loose bowels he
should be given from to table
spoon fuls of strained fruit juice
once day after he is or s months
old.
After he is 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 soft egg, a small piece
of crisp or zwieback, or crust of
bread TO chew on Immediately after
his feeding
Other solid foods should rot be
given during the first year.
At twelve months he may take his
milk undiluted and strained cereal
nav be given twice day.
During the second year the child
should have four meals a day. Hours:
6 a. m. 10 a. m, 2 p. m, p. IN.
Nothing but water should be allowed
between his meals.
At IL months the baby should Dc
weaned from the bottle and taught
% drink milk from cup. He may
hen have cereals twice day. which
should be thoroughly cooked, and
Cor the first two or three months
hey should be strained He should
have 4 cups of milk daily.
When Is months old he may have
It first teaspoonful. later l table
spoonful of rare scraped beef. mutton
or chicken.
When Is months old he may have
one-half of mealy baked potato dali
ly.
When 2 years old he may have
most of the green vegetables when
thoroughly cooked and finely mashed.
The juice of fresh fruits may begiv-
en- after IL months.
Cooked fruits, such as baked apple
or apple sauce. should be given once
I day after a child is Is months old.
II should first be strained.
Stale raw fruits are especially dan
gerous in the city and in the summer.
Begin with very small quantity
of each new food. noting carefully
the effect on the baby. and strength
ening il slowly as required. For in
stance, begin by giving l teaspoonful
of fruit juice, diluted with an equal
quantity of water. and increase grad
ually until the proper amount for the
given age is reached.
Beef juice is valuable chiefly as a
Istimulant. 1t has but little food value
land is not to be given in the place of
|nourishing foods but as an addition
to it. Two teaspoonfuls diluted with
an equal quantity of water may be
given fifteen minutes before the mid
day feeding. beginning about the
ninth month. Ii the baby is delicate.
III may be begun as early as the fifth
month in half the above quantity.
Only one new article should be adj
ded to the baby's diet at 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 1t sufficiently AT this
age.
Never give the baby cakes, candy,
doughnuts, pastry, fresh breads. grid
die cakes. sirups or molasses, pork or
tough meat of any kind, bananas or
any overripe fruit. pickles. tea. coffee
soda water, wine. cider, beer nor
tastes of the family meals. Ii this is
begun he will soon demand taste OF
everything he sees, and his appetite
for the simple diet which is essential
at this age will be quickly destroyed.
WEAVING
WEAVING is the process whereby
the baby is gradually deprived OF
breast milk 1t should proceed slowly
one bottle feeding being substituted
for one breast feeding during the day
for some time, then two bottles, and
so on until all breast feeding has been
done away with and the baby is en-
tirely weaned. In order that this
change may be accomplished with as
little disturbance as possible. one bot
tie feeding may be given to the baby
in "a hours as early as the fifth or
sixth month This will hardly be suf-
ficient to upset the baby's digestion
and yet will serve to accustom hilh
to the taste of strange food and to
the use of the bottle and to begin the
education of the stomach in dealing
with new materials.
When to wean.-ln most cases the
baby should be weaned by the end of
the first year. and in some cases from
one to three months earlier. depend
ing largely upon the health OF the
baby, the amount and quality of the
breast milk. and upon the time OF
year. 1t is unwise to wean the baby
in the heat of the summer or when
infant illness of any sort is epidemic.
1t has been proved over and over
again that breast milk will save
sick baby's life and restore him to
health after the strain of long hot
summer, and that often there is NO
other food that can be relied upon to
accomplish the same result. There
fore. even though the breast milk
must be supplemented with one or
several bottles, ii is wise to nurse the
baby through the summer so that the
breasts will not cease entirely to Sc
crete and may be called on in any en-
Urgency. II the baby is weaned at 10
months or earlier he may be fed by
bottle: il not until the end of the first
year, he may be taught to drink from
u glass or cup directly.
Ii drinking water has been given
h. hot 10 -.