The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1928-07-19
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Feeding Babies in Warm Weather
During the heat of summer infants
suffer from a systemic depression
That predisposes them markedly to
digestive disturbances The situation
Is aggravated by the wearing of ex-
cessive clothing. When to both these
factors is added the effect of pro
nounced humidity, gastro-intestinal
disorders are almost unacceptable, un-
less careful attention is given the
child's diet.
Less Food Required in Summer
During the summer less food is re-
CURED to nourish an infant, while
more water is demanded. IF this rule
IS kept in mind most of the digestive
disturbances of infancy can be fore
stalled.
One reason why excessive amounts
OF food are apt to be given in summer
IS this: The baby being thirsty, de-
mands liquids, and its food being for
the most part fluid, quenches its thirst
and Is given in too large amounts.
A second reason for the administra
ton of excessive amounts of food is
that the discomfort and cry due to
this very over-feeding as well as to
he heart and thirst are misinterpreted
as hunger, and the child is given more
food, whereas it already has had more
than it needs.
The Danger of Spoiled Food
During hot weather foods are ant
TO spoil very quickly, and unless great
caution is exercised in the preserva-
ton of food products the baby will |
be given tainted food. Milk is espe-
clally apt to spoil unless kept cold.
and feeding such milk is responsible
Tor many cases of summer complaint
All utensils used in the preparation
and administration of the baby's food
should likewise be kept scrupulously
clean. This has reference especially
10 the bottles and nipples. One still
1ears it said occasionally by some
sold-timers" that the precautions used
,oday are all nonsense His talk runs
like this: "When l was
'aby they fed US anything and every
hing. They didn't theorize and
terilize and pasteurize. And babies
ived through it.
Just because Old Timer got
trough by the skin of his teeth he
links all his baby contemporaries did
he same. Which wasn't the case, by
ny means. As a matter of fact in
he old days people expected babies
. have summer complaint when hot
leather arrived. And they died of it
Ike flies in those good" old days.
At the present time there are not
ne-twentieth as many cases of sum-
Ter complaint as there were 25 or 80
ears ago The ones who survived
re benighted methods of those DAYS
id SO in spite of the wrong feeding
ractices Of their parents.
Kind of Food Is Important
Everything else being equal, the
reast-fed infant who is not over-fed
as q La DcCCeT CudllC0 Lild1l Ine
ottle-fed baby. The latter is often
eng fed on mixtures containing raw
ats, excessive carbohydrates, or UNI
hanged proteins. The result is
ound to be a breakdown of the di-
estive system.
1t follows that diet most nearly
esembling breast milk is the food Of
hoice for hot weather, just as it is
he most logical at all times. Ger
ainly diet consisting of raw WIS
nix, diluted with water and rein
orced with sugar whatever be its
'ade name) is poor summer diet
Or baby On the contrary, a food
of processed fats, con-
arted bo-hydrates, and modified
roteins, in suitable proportions, free
ON bacteria, and containing the req
lsite nutritive elements, safeguards
lie baby during the perilous summer
onths. Fortunately we. now have
lactrepon such a food.