The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-19
DIET FOR CEIILDREN-By Scale Harris, M. D.

1 Diet Under One Year-Mother's milk contains all the food elements need ed for the young baby If for any req son child cannot be nourised by its
 mother, the next best source of food is a wet nurse, who has been thoroughly examined by competent physician and pronounced healthy and free from all dis eases that may be transmitted to child. l If q proper wet nurse" cannot be found, cows milk, modified by the addition of milk sugar, lime water or bicarbonate of soda, and diluted with water, to conform to the formula of mothers milk, is the best food for infants. The proprietary | foods, that are sold at drug stores, for | infants are not advisable for feeding children for any length of time, but may serve as temporary substitutes for a short time, only on the advice of a doctor l Since the writer is neither a pedia- l trician C'child specialist'), nor a gen
 eral practitioner, he can advise with pro-
 priety any mother to consult the physi- | elan whom she expects to treat her child l when i'll, regarding the preparation of
 
 of the baby, and on other matters re- 1 garding the diet and hygiene of her child. 1 A weekly visit to the doctors office and l the fee for advice, amount to little com pared to the trouble and expense of even
 a brief illness of child.
 | Mothers may learn great deal about ] the diet for children by carefully study l inn 1 Der of distinguished physicians; among I which may be mentioned Care and Feed l ing of Children, by pr. Holt, and Care of the Baby" by Dr. Griffeth. One of 1 the best books for mothers and home | makers is from the pen of a woman, a
 mother herself, Mrs. Mary Rose, assist
 ant professor in the department of nu-
 triton of Columbia university It is
 called Feeding the Family and may be obtained at any bookstore.
 About the ninth month strained oat-
 meal, rice jelly, the yolk of an egg and l diluted milk may be given the baby. | Strained orange or prune juice is also a useful addition to the diet even from early infancy, particularly if there is a |
 ized or boiled milk has to be used. The child should be weaned at the end | of the first year, but the nursing period l may be prolonged to 15 months in order
 not to wean child during the summer. 1 Diet During the Second Year-The 'sec- ond summer is dreaded by mothers when
 in readily if the child is properly fed, l there, is no more danger at that time than during the first summer. The trou- l ble is that parents, nurses and well mean | ing but dangerous relatives and friends | give the baby things to eat that 2-year stomach is not prepared to digest. In fected milk, however, is the most impor- i tant cause of colitis and other summer diseases during the second summer. Teething has very little or nothing to do | with the diarrhoeas of infancy.
 Pure milk should be the most impor- tant article of diet during the second l year. Abuot one quart in 8 day is the proper amount; thoroughly cooked, l strained oatmeal with milk and no sugar l jelly for dinner; coddled or soft boiled egg may also De gwen TOT dinner, orange, prune or peach juice may also be taken
 about two hours after the early morning feeding.
 The following is about the needs of a
 child 11z years old
 l 500 a. m.--1 cup warm milk.
 ] 500 a. ma to tablespoonfuls of 1 strained orange juice.
 l 10:00 a.. m.-2 to tablespoonfuls of 1 strained oatmeal with 2 tablespoonfuls | of top milk, and one cup of warm milk | and slice of dry toast.
 l Dinner at 200 p. m should consist of a
 coddled egg with dry toast, or the soft I part of egg bread or muffin bread mixed l in it, and a cup of warm milk.
 | Supper at 5:30 D. m.-Oatmeal, milk, toast l or stale bread.
 l The diet from the third to the fifth | year should be very simple. A quart of milk during the day with an increased | amount of oatmeal, cream of wheat. rice; l baked, mealy potato may be substituted | for the rice at dinner; green vegetables l like tender turnip greens. or spinach,