Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-18
Your Baby and Mine

The desire to nurse the baby is an
attitude of paramount importance to
the successful discharge of this duty.
If down deep in her heart a mother
dislikeS nursing and TesentS the curb
on her liberty she niInbly leaps at any
excuse for weaving which presents itself.
Mothers may not admit this even to
Misunderstanding ones self is, after
all, very easy-but an honest and sin
cere attempt to nurse the baby, even
in the face of some of the obstacles
which are fairly certain to arise, will
convince a mother that there is still
truth in Where there's a will there's a
way"
Successful nursing is largely mat
ter of technique. In the November
issue of the Journal OF the American
Medical Association an editorial reads
1T has repeatedly been stated that
within limits the quantity of milk Sc
GREETED by physiologically normal man.
mary glands adjusts itself to the de-
mand. The removal of milk from the
breasts encourages secretion, where as
the accumulation discourages 1t. When
a greater demand is placed on the man.
mary glands the quantity of the output
Is increased" Some studies on the
nursing function made by Macy and
| her collaborators at the Children's Hos
and this comment is made: THE De-
| troit observations show that frequent
and thorough stripping seems to be eff
fective in producing notable increases
In the output of milk at any stage Of
lactation"
| This should be most heartening to
1 mothers who are eager to nurse. their
| babies but have an inadequate supply.
Their common mistake is to substitute
bottle feeding in place of a breast
feeding, thus saving" the milk. This
lation OF milk to discourage the flow.
| A letter before me confirms this
theory by actual experience. Il have
been reading and getting benefit from
/ your articles for several years." confides
| "A Mother" Il am writing this letter
in the hope that my experience may
renew courage in a mother about to
| abandon breast feeding. My first two
/ babies were bottle fed. determined to
nurse the third. I told this to the hos
pltaI attendants. and after baby was
born they used an electric breast pump
on the breasts every four hours, forcing
milk from inactive glands that baby
| was too weak to draw out.
After I left the hospital was given
instructions on how to empty the breast
after each nursing.
announcer thing / did not know was
that tight binders may prevent the
DreaSt from functiontng properly. In
cldentally, by these methods my baby,
who weighed eight pounds at birth, now
at 8 months weighs 14la pounds"
we feel sure that the average mother
wants to nurse her baby, but she is too
frightened Of temporary obstacles, too
ready. to put her faith in bottles. our
ieanet called Information for the
nursing Mother" discusses every angle
OF this question. Any mother may Sc
cure this leafiet by sending a self
addressed, stamped envelope with her
request to the your Baby and Mine
department, in care OF this newspaper.
Breast milk is babys natural food
lie must work hard for that food, thus
developing his jaw. Breast milk con-
talns anti-bodies which prevent baby
becoming ready victim of contagious
diseases. And the closer union between
motner and child cannot be initiated by
any bottle formula fed by hand.