The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-05-18

very active engines, they require
over twice as many calories per
pound Of body weight as adults
and two and one-half TO three
times as much protein as an adult
per day.
Babies also require all the min
erals and vitamIns that an adult
does. In fact, they require several
times as much vitamin d. The
other fundamental requirement of
infant food Is that II shall be free
from harmful, communicating BAG
terra. To come down to specific
recommendations, a standard for
mula for cows milk for infant
feeding which is easy 70 learn is
as follows
One quart Of milk is brought 10
a boil and then thoroughly cooled.
TIE scum Is removed and about
teaspoonful Of Tactic acid is added,
drop by drop, while the milk is
stirred The first half Of the acid
may be added rapidly, but the re-
mainder must be added slowly. II
is well to mix the acid with or 3
ounces of water ard drop the en-
tire mixture into the milk. After
the milk is acidifed, ounces of
corn syrup are stirred in and the
feed bottles for the day are filled.
The infant may be given as much
as he wants at 4-hour intervals.
Preparing Formula
Boiling the milk frees it of any
harmful bacteria. 1t also makes it
more digestible. The scum which
appears on the surface of boiled
milk is protein, and as there is
more protein in cows milk than in
human milk, it does no harm to
remove this. The Tactic acid is
added as a buffer substance to
make it more digestible. The corn
syrup adds the additional calories
that are needed to put the energy
content up to requirements Moth
er's milk contains twice as much
sugar as cows. Nearly any sugar
can be used instead of corn syrup
even ordinary table sugar in the
case of normal infants, 90 the pre-
pared dextrln ana maItose sugars
which the grocer or druggist sells
for infant feeding.
The amount Of this mixture the
baby uses will depend upon his
nutrition at the beginning of the
feeding and his gain in weight.
Emaciated babies need more than
those of normal weight, and up to
the end of the first year it is well
10 figure on the requirement Of
so Galleries for each pound Of body
weight. Cod-liver oil should be
added to the diet, y teaspoonful
three times a day during the first
six months and / teaspoonful
three times a day afterwards.
Use of Orange Juice
One or two tablespoonful Of
orange juice will supply the nee
essary vitamin c and should be
administered to all artificially fed
babies. Iron, which is not present
in good quantities in any milk,
even mothers milk, should be sup
piled in the form of green or pig
mented vegetables-pureed spin
ach or carrot juice-from the sixth
month on.
The commonest cause for fall
ure or upsets in infant feeding is
lack Of sufficient Galleries. The best
guide to an infants health is q
steady gain in weight.
About the sixth month, or SOON
er, the amount and character Of
the food can be increased by tho
use Of cereals, apple sauce, prunc
pulp, mashed vegetables, coddled
eggs, etc.
The child Of one year should be
eating cereal, milk. toast, with
butter, fruit, baked apple, tomato
Juice, eggs, beef juice, liver paste,
bacon and scraped vegetables,
chicken occasionally, baked pota-
to, rice, green vegetables in tho
form Of a soup, custard, etc.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
(. J. FL awoKe one morning
about II months ago with an at
tack of Bells palsy. ! am 81 years
of age. Do yol think | can COM
pletely recover? The condition is
now about only so per cent well.
Answer; | would say that the
probabilities are that you will
have a complete recovery. Such,
at least, is the general rule. The
average time for complete recov-
cry is about Is months TO two
years. Electrical treatments will
help.