The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-18
WHAT TO FEED THE BABY

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 WHAT TO FEED THE BABY
 For q baby up to . month old take the upper third of e quart of fresh milk which has stood Q few hours (untll cream begins to rlse). For each feeding use one-third of this top milk and two.thlrds boiled water. Tho young infant will take from three to ilvo ounces of this mixture at intervals of three hours throughout tho day (exccpt ono feeding omitted in the night, swoeten the mixture with Ia ten. spoonfuls of cane sugar, or two teN- spoonfulS of lNetose tmilk sugNr) or dextrimaltose or corn syrup,
 At the ARe of two months mix the same top milk with boiled water half and half and Sweoten with -2 teNspoonfuls of cane sugar,
 After three months use tWo-thirds top milk and one-third boiled water, still sweetened,
 After four months use whole milk and boiled water, half and half, still sweetened,
 After Ave months use two thirds whole milk and one.third boiled wa- tor, with only Q teNspoonful or less sugar for each bottle,
 At tho ago of six months tho baby should take whole milk without dilu- ton and without sweotening, But now some cereal gruel should bo added beginning with Q tablespoon ful of oatmeal water or barley water in each feeding, Oatmeal water or barley water is A,thin gruel made by boiling Q tablespoonful of oNt- meal or barley In Q pint of water for two or three hours and straining through muslin,
 Oatmeal water is rather moro laxative than barley water.
 At the ago of four or i've months begin feeding tho baby ripo banana daily, The skin of ripe banana iH golden yellow, fieeked with brown spots, not black bruiso marks; the pulp is yellow, sweet and soft but not mushy. Only about Q teaspoon. ful q day at first gradually in. creased week by week until the baby takes half Q banana at tho ago oi eight months. This solves the con- stipation problem and makes puny slokly, badly nourished infants thrive.
 When the baby can take pure fresh whole milk undiluted, other foods should be added, ono thing aO c time. Soft boiled egg; freshly cooked, clear meat broth; cerea gruels; vegetables well cooked and strained through coarse sieve.
 Every infant should receive somt fresh or factory canned tomato juict daily from the ago of ono month, ol orange juice, or any other fresh fruit juice In season or available beginning with Q few drops daily In Q bottle feeding or in . drink oi water, and increasing to few tea spoonfuls daily when the baby is siS months old. This prevents scurvy and Is especially important wher tho diet is confined to milk and cooked food.
 At the age of nine or ton months . baby should take some bread oi cracker or twice toasted bread (Melba toast, zwiehack) with gravy or meat broth or milk,
 Every infant should receive e daily ration of vitamin D from the age oi one month to the end of the first year, either fish liver oil or one oi the viosterols, such as condol, fivC to ten drops daily either with tho fruit juice or in Q milk feeding, Thii prevents Tickets and favors the de. velopment of sound teeth.
 Certified milk, if available, is thI finest, purest milk for baby, Mex choice, in my Judgment, is raw milI from tuberculin tested COWS. ThirC choice, any raw milk, boiled for ont minute. Last choice, pasteuriSet milk.
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 Saleratus
 Which is better to take, baking soda and vinegar and sugar in wa ter, or baking soda alone? | (M. S.I
 Answer-Baking soda (saleratus bicarbonate of soda, sodium bicarb' onate) is less harmful taken alone.
 Country Milk
 Going to the mountains for tw' weeks with two year old baby Would like to know what to do abou his milk. He has irradiated vitamii D milk here. Tn the country therl will be only milk direct from tn COWS :. Mrs. P. c. H)
 AnsWer-Unless the COWS arc tu berculin tested, better boil the mill one minute, then let it cool aRatn-