Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1917-07-06
FEEDING TODDLERS'
Menus For Two and Three Year
0IdS In Summer.
BEST INTERVALS FOR MEALS.

Expert Points About Regularity, Combi-
nations Of Foods and Balance Of
Growth Builders For the Small Msnn-
bsrs Of Your Family.
Prepared by Ohio state department OF
hsalth.l
After the first year a child should In
most cases have three regular meals a
day. Two very light lunches. one In
the morning and one In the afternoon,
may be permitted In certain cases The
hours would be breakfast at O a. m,
lunch at 10 a. M, dinner at II m,
lunch at 8 p. m. and supper at p. IN.
Some children never need the light
lunch between meals, and 1t should be
abandoned IL not required. When used
the single small glass of milk or milk
and a bit Of cracker is all that the
child requires. The hours for meals
should DO scrupulously observed, as It
Is Of prime importance that the food
be given at regular intervals and that
the hours of rest between the taking Of
food be sufficiently long to give the
stomach an opportunity to recuperate
after its last period of work. Proper
habits at the table are not merely
matter Of courtesy. Food should be
properly chewed, because II can only
be properly digested In the normal
length of time under such conditions.
Milk.-Remember that during this pc
Rod milk Is the chief article Of a
child's diet, and for this reason the
mother should know her dairyman and
be sure that she buys the best and
cleanest milk available.
Cereals.-Cereals form another large
portion Of the diet They must be very
thoroughly cooked, the fireless cooker
being the easiest and best means of
preparing them satisfactorily. Oatmeal,
the heaviest of the cereals, should not
be used I'm large quantities. Farina,
cornmeal and rice may all vary the
diet. The dry cereals are often ap-
petizing, but their food value is small
except for the milk or cream which Is
used with them.
Meats.-Meat should be very spar
ingly used. A small scraped beef pat
ty, using a tablespoonful of meat, a
bit of mutton stew or white meat Of
chicken, If very finely divided may be
used. Never should more than one
feeding Of meat day be given, and
eggs are TO be substituted for meat
with very little children.
Fruits.-Thoroughly stewed or chop
ped fruits are permissible. Baked APP
pies, apple sauce, stewed prunes or
dates may be given. Orange and lem
on juice are both invaluable. Orange
juice is used TO advantage each morn
ing. Bananas are prohibited.
Vegetables.-Spinach, lettuce, string
beans, peas and carrots, IL given in
finely mashed or strained fashion. may
be used; also macaroni and cauliflow-
err Be careful not TO overlook cauli-
flower, as II may be made pasty and
indigestible.
Breads.-Breads should never be
fresh. Zwieback and toast are the
forms In which they should be used.
! Crackers may be given In moderate
quantities If they are plain kinds.
Desserts.-Junket, custard, chocolate
blancmange and simple gelatin II
homemade may be used as desserts at
this age.
Remember quantities should be
small, variety is very desirable and
that the child's taste should be catered
to to a certain degree. Children must
be taught to eat the different kinds of
food, and this is often difficult, but
may frequently be accomplished If q
special favorite is withheld until the
one which Is distasteful has been eaten.