San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-20
|BOTH BABY AND
MOTHER THRIVE
ON GOOD DIET
Eat Food Accustomed to
but Guard Against
Indigestion.
KEEP UP EXERCISE
Drink Milk Between Meals
Unless 1t Causes Consti-
patton, Says Dietitian.
KEEP UP EXERCISE

Mother Eatums was so excited she
forgot TO set the children at work
getting supper in time.
Eleanor is coming home for a
visit with her husband and baby"
she said TO Mother Fedwell- land ]
am so afraid | shan't give her the
right food. She is nursing the baby,
you know"
Now the two great-grandmothers
were playing cards in the corner and
at once began to nod their heads.
Grandmother Eatums was of the
opinion that all this talk about diet
for the nursing mother" was fiddle
faddle."
II never bothered about special
foods and l have n good sized family"
she said with pride.
Grcat-grandmother Fedwell smiled.
She was thinking of the many times
when Mother Eatums had turned to
her own daughter-in-law for advice in
regard TO dietary matters, but be-
ing a wise old lady she said nothing
about it.
I'll just suggest TO Florence that
she help Mother Eatums plan Flea
nor's diet and | think both the little
mother and the baby will get along
famously." she thought TO herself
Eleanor is having such lot of
conflicting advice about her diet, poor
darling. that she is all mixed up
about what to cat, as she expressed
it," said Mother Eatums ruefully.
Granny, will you and Florence Fed
well put your heads together and
help me advise her?'
"Yes. indeed. Miss Wellby. the
dietitian, and the doctor have a fine
time comforting over Eleanor's diet,
and together we should be able TO
help you a lot.
Result Was Satisfactory.
The net result of the several con-
ferences between the doctor. the
dietitian, the great-grandmothers and
the grandmothers was very salts
factory and, in the last analysis. very
simple diet for the young mother.
MY goodness. young man." was
the way in which Eleanor apostro-
phized her son. "you ought 10 grow
up to be football captain or some
thing equally husky after all these
people have worked so hard over
what I am to eat. What they'll DO
when you get big enough TO eat on
your own I'm sure don't know"
Whereat the baby merely smiled
politely and went on counting his
toes.
An Excellent Diet.
Eleanor found that when she
"boiled down" the advice il went
something like this:
Eat the foods to which YOU are
accustomed. always provided they do
not produce indigestion.
Fresh green vegetables are abso-
lutely essential"
Fish and a moderate amount of
meat will help to make milk
For breakfast. eat generous
serving of cereal. with cream and
sugar. toast or rolls. coffee and eggs
and bacon. that is il you nre accus.
toned to them"
"a good luncheon is a broiled chon
or cold roast beef. baked potato, a
fresh vegetable. cocoa made with
milk and a milk and egg dessert.
Dinner might begin with a cream
soup. followed by meat and potato.
vegetables in season or canned, and
another custard dessert,
Guard Against Constipation.
Guard especially against constipsf
ton" -
Drink milk between meals unless
it causes constipation.
Keep up regular and gentle exer-
cise."
So well did the advice work out
that both Eleanor and the baby
throve wonderfully and the visit was
great success.