Show Your Baby and Mine By MYRTLE l MEYER ELDRED VO VOMITING NOT ALWAYS CAUSED BY llY FEEDINGS There are arc numerous reasons why babies vomit some sonic of them not related re rc re- re kited to food Of course the most reason is just overfeed overfeeding ing If It the b baby t takes more food tood than his small stomach will hold any movement or change of position will send the thc milk mill rolling back again acain slightly thickened but otherwise unchanged unchanged un un- un changed in lit composition This may happen 10 or 15 minutes after a nursing If It spitting up takes place an hour or orco orso orto co to after alter a feeding then we wc have to rule out overfilling of the stomach as the cause for tor by that time the fluid content of the food has been absorbed and what Is being spit up is the thc solid soUd matter If the milk is the protein is very apt to cause difficulty difficulty culty the bab baby spitting up rubbery curds like cotta cottage e cheese The cure of this lies in boiling the milk so that these curds will not gather in indigestible lumps in the stomach and be vomited UNBALANCED FORMULA FOR Too much sugar or too much fat fatIn fatIn fatin in the may cause baby to spit up sour watery fluid a long time after the feeding In Irs this case it is advisable to compare the baby's formula formula for for- mula with some standard ones and note the points of oC difference Then there is a serious type of vomIting vomiting vom that has no relation to the food but is due entirely to a mechanical obstruction in baby's babs own stomach This type of or vomiting is characterized by the force with which the food gushes forth When baby vomits in inthis inthis inthis this way hurry him to a doctor and have an nn X-ray X made of or his hit stomach in m order to find out exactly what is causing it to eject food in irs this manner My 1 leaflet What Mothers Should Know About Vomiting explains the different causes in much more detail Any mother may have this leaflet by Inclosing the usual self addressed stamped envelope along with her request request re reo re- re quest for it Address your our request to the Your Baby and arid Mine department depart depart- ment of this newspaper RAllY DAllY VOMITS OUTS VO Mrs R R. R W W. V. V asks a quest question ou about vomiting I have a 4 months old baby She is as active as can be anc and doesn't seem sick but hut I am sure that tha she has indigestion for it if she is nursed any my length of time she vomits I 1 use lactic acid milk cod liver ol oil twice a day and orange and tomato juice I have been reading your our column column col cob uma since before my baby came anc and would appreciate help through it MORE DETAILS PLEASE This information Is far too loo mc meager for lot me to base any intelligent help upon it How is baby gaining How often is she fed during the day and what is your formula for tor her You say she vomits omits if she is nursed any length of oC time and in the thc next sentence sentence sen tence I I use lactic acid milk That leaves me most confused for nursing relates to breast milk and therefore I do not know whether the term is misused or whether the lactic acid Is lc a complementary feeding reeding It is Impossible impossible im Im- Im possible to judge the cause of or the vomiting without knowing knowIn much much more about baby and her feed feed- in lags ings s. s Wont Won't you JOU send me this information and also ask for the leaflets on Lactic Lactic Lactic Lac tic Acid Formulas and Vomiting With these two you will get a better Idea of ot what correction you may need to make if JC the food is at fault or you ou decide that there Is an obstruction which needs both bolh medicine and diet to adjust it Im I'm always sorry to disappoint disappoint dis dis- appoint readers but sometimes they forget that with only written information tion tion to guide me it must be very explicit ex cx- and detailed Tomorrow u Let nn PIa Play With Matches Under Supervision I |