The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-04-18
THIs BABY FEEDING PROBLEM

good many amateur mothers-and some
times feel pessimistic about the mother bus
iness-who write to me for consolation, SYM
pathy or encouragement (can you imagine itO
take up page or so telling me just how many
ounces, grams or grains of this and that they
mix to make up the poor kids food, and just
what time Of day they give him the mess, and
just how much they dole out at each sad
seance. 49, HH Frst. .i6 astAA6 et.Js@ 4
much these quaint formulas contain. I'd go
nertz If I tried to puzzle my crude intellect
over such nonsense. I'd rather serve time at
auction contract bridge, think. These rum
ny feeding formulas are old stuff. handed down
by the bombastic baby specialists of q bygone
day You know, the day Of Holt and his dis-
ciples. DIR J. E. Hollis textbook lies mouldertng
in the museum but his theories go marching
on in the innumerable guidebooks for dumb
parents. Then the shrewd commercial inter
ests have managed to contribute several little
things to the traditional science and art of care
of the baby, and one Of the little things is q
form of sugar. The name sounds so blamed
scientific that even T almost hesitate to crack
a sickly grin at the mention Of it. but nevethe-
less there is no reason why anybody should
prefer this hifalutin and expensive kind OF
sugar to ordinary cane, beet or corn sugar (glu-
cose corn syrup or even the less popular lac
tose (milk sugar.. At any rate. If ever have
another baby and nd It Necessary re 20 sains
my burro that Just plain sugar Will be what my
baby gets.
Every time pick up copy Of our hallowed
national medical organizations Official journal
and see the wickedly extravagant colored pic
lures printed as advertisements of these big
sugar daddies, T curse and swear under my
breath and undoubtedly my teeth would be
damaged il they were the teeth of some molly
coddle who believes in brushing somebody's
glorifed soap and chalk concoction is what
makes sound teeth.
So this is frank warning to fond young
mothers maiden aunts or grandnas who take
it into their heads to write me about their
troubles in compelling Toodles to take his spin
ach or his factory-made Stops, that decline
to listen to recital of the imposing formula
of Toodle's diet. If you are asking me, I'll tell
you what to feel the baby If you're telling me
what you feed the baby, save your paper and
ink, because don't give a hoot and besides,
I'm mad enough already about the sorry deal
the baby gets, thanks to the abysmal ignorance
Of most educated parents about human physi-
ology and the attitude Of our common schools
in America.
The Brady Baby Book-you knew there
would be a catch in this somewhere!-might
be all crowded into a longish letter. if we could
write on four sides of the paper and write
small-but we made booklet of it on purpose.
You can use it as bookmark when you're
reading some of the ponderous volumes on
baby care and infant feeding. If you want a
copy send a stamped envelope bearing your adj
dress, ask for the Brady Baby Book and inclose
a thin, but not too thin, dime. If you find the
book isn't worth it, all you have to do is try
and get back your dime.