Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-21
Your Baby and Mine
ny MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED.

IT lis agreed that while there are nu-
merous intricate formulas which may
have to be used for individual infants.
because Of some popularity of their
digestion, the simple formulas OF milk,
water and sugar are generally the
most satisfactory As they are also
the easiest for mothers to follow, this
article is devoted TO them. This does
not mean that If your baby Is doing
well on some other formula it should
be changed, but this is the way babies
usually are started and nourished on
cows milk. II mother wants to
change, let her familiarize herself
with the following:
Every baby, in order to grow and
develop, needs one and one-half ounces
OF cows milk for each pound of his
weight. For a baby over 6 months Of
age, who has been breast fed, 1t is all
right to start with this amount, but
for babies under months of age 1t Is
better to begin milk with formula
that has only one ounce of milk per
pound and gradually increase the
strength until the baby is getting
one and one-half ounces of cows milk
per pound Milk, like all other foods,
must be started in smaller amounts
than the child needs for nutrition, in
order to give his stomach chance
to get used to the new food.
Consequently babies on formulas Of
cows milk will not gain in weight for
the first two weeks or So This is
nothing to be alarmed about In fact.
If child makes rapid gains in weight
on q new food, or new formula. the
mother can well suspect that he is
being oVer-fed
Suppose your baby is months old
and weighs Is pounds. Here is the
correct formula, according to his age
and weight. One and one-half ounces
of cows milk for each pound would be
one and one-half times is or "a ounces
Of milk per day.
baby of months will be able to
take s ounces at each feeding, four or
five feelings per day, according to
whether he is being fed at three or
four hour intervals Using the three
eight times five or forty ounces of a
formula. Twenty-four ounces of this
will be milk and sixteen ounces will
be plain boiled water.
Every formula needs sugar. There
are four types of sugar in general
use in milk formulas-cane (granu
lated, malt (of which there are nu-
merous kinds, milk and corn sirup.
Cane and corn strip are the cheapest
and the easiest to obtain. Matt sugar
is considered to be more easily di-
gested and in some forms more laxa-
tive. Milk sugar is used only when
advised by doctor.
Up to s months a baby should have
one ounce of sugar for each 10 ounces
of milk. For the above baby this
would be little over two ounces of
sugar per day
Let us take one more case for ex-
ample.
A baby is 4 months old and weighs
1872 pounds.
Thirteen and one-half times one and
one-half equals 2014 ounces of milk
per day
A 4-month-old baby can take six
ounces at feeding, six times daily or
SO ounces in all. Twenty and one
fourth ounces of this is milk, 15A is
boiled water, plus about two ounces
of sugar. Put into six bottles.
In starting this 4-month-old baby on
milk start with one ounce per pound
and work up to the larger amount.
The beginning formula would be 1912
ounces milk, 22la water, about IL
ounces sugar. Increase milk every
second day, and decrease water, until
correct formula is reached.