Show Weaning Babe By Easy Steps One Olle Solution B By MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED Divorcing the child from a beloved bottle is seldom an easy task Weaning Weaning Wean Wean- ing the baby breast or bottle demands tact and patience and sometimes a R operation which ends the habit all at once I Usually the simplest method is to to insinuate the new habit into the c childs child's routine gradually Our leaflet leaflet leaf leaf- leaf leaf-I let Weaning the Child from Bottle Bot Bot- BotI I tie tIc to Cup may be had as an aid PI Please ase send a self-addressed self and 3 cent stamped envelope to this de department department de- de of The Salt Lake Telegram and ask for it by name Ordinarily the old months baby can take talce all of his water and orange juice by cup At that time too he may have an ounce or so of milk by cup the rest by bottle bottle or or breast One Mothers Mother's Solution Each time tho the cup is offered it may be taken away Vay when the child shows show chat char he is fatigued at the effort effort effort ef ef- ef- ef fort necessary to drink in this way By the sixth or seventh month h hmay he may be taking a large portion by cup and finishing with the bottle Usually mothers get this far without without without with with- out difficulty it is the final step which is their Waterloo One mother managed it in this way She had decided that there were to be no more bottles The Thc baby baby- had just reached his eighth month He was well weIl able to drink four tour ounces by cup then why not eight l' l When Baby ab Balked She gave the usual four ounces by cup then when he balked brought broughton on his solid food liberally diluted with milk When he had consumed that she brought back the cup but got none down Net result six ounces at the meal The second meal he balked even before he had finished the four ounces ounces But she offered custard and cottage cheese both with milk over them and no more by cup The third meal the baby surprisingly enough drank six ounces greedily So far as can be bo noted after alter one week he has never missed his bottle and reacts joyfully to the approach of the cup The battle was far easier than it would have been four months later as any mother can testify |