Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1917-06-29
HOW TO FEED BABY
Especially Natural Feeding, the
Ideal Way.
THE BEST OF SUSTENANcE.

Human Mix Was Intended For Babies,
and the Next Best Substitute, Cows
Milk, Was Designed For stomaohs
That Can Pass Tough curds.
[Prepared by Ohio state department OF
health.l
That human milk Is the ideal food
for babies Is an accepted fact, but
there may be too much even OF this
diet for the baby The baby should
have its milk regularly, but 1t should
have long hours of rest between feed
ings. A baby's stomach holds one ounce
at birth and three ounces al one month.
Any one can realize how small this re-
ceptacle Is II she remembers the very
small bottle which comes when she
orders an ounce Of fluid at the drug
store. 1t is mystery why a woman
will insist upon trying to make the poor
baby's stomach, day after day, hold
any amount of milk which the baby
may swallow II nursed every fifteen
minutes. This constant nursing over
distends the stomach and causes fer
mentation, vomiting and collie. The
baby cries with the colo, and instead
Of giving the tiny little stomach
chance to rest the mother returns 1t to
the breast and wonders why the baby
will not nurse, or, if it does SO, won
ders why It cries harder than ever.
IL mothers would only learn that the
frequent musings only make matters
worse and that often when the baby
screams IL has had too much food.
Some babies are gluttons, and II the
milk flows easily they swallow too fast
or overfill the stomach. and the result
Is that the stomach contracts forcibly
and the food Is elected. Babies who
vomit the milk almost unchanged as
soon as 1t is swallowed often have sim
ply eaten too fast.
The mothers milk may be too rich.
and so the milk causes indigestion. and
Ii may be eructated in the form Of a
cheesy mass which Is quite undigested
In case Of the mothers milk being too
rich the baby may be given drink OF
water from a bottle Immediately before
the mothers body. The mothers milk.
on the other hand, may he lacking In
amount, and the baby may have to
work very hard to get very little
nourshment.
The mother should remember that
babies, like all other human beings. re-
quire generous amounts of water. The
baby should have freshly boiled water
every day. At first 1t may be given In
a spoon, but later 1t may be put In a
bottle, preferably one with wide
mouth and large, fiat nipple. and fed
directly from this. This has two ad-
vantages, for 1t trains the baby to
drink the water and TO drink from n
bottle.
The baby should be held during the
nursing period so that 1t gets the milk
readily and without strain TO the
mother. For this reason the low foot
stool upon which the foot of the same
side that the baby is nursing may rest
Is the easiest, correct position. The pc
riod of nursing should not be dragged
out indefinitely. Keep the baby awake
while the meal is I'm progress and then
let him rest. Twenty minutes. ten for
each breast, is desirable with a three.
hourly feeding Most babies will
thrive better II after the first three
months they are put on four-hourly
feelings. Many doctors begin earlier
than this. Remember always to wake
the baby when feeding time comes, be-
tween the hours Of o In the morning
and 10 at night.