Show y Your Baby Include Fruit Juices S In Baby's Diet By MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED To be bo exposed to the enthusiasm of other young mothers for the success of the modern diets makes it difficult difficult difficult cult for the mother of ofa a ver young baby to wait until it itis is time timeto to begin the feeding of fruit juices cereals and vegetables Yet it is is' unnecessary usually to give the nursing baby anything the first six W weeks eks After that the only essential addition for another two weeks or so is the daily dose of cod liver oil lI or one of the other vitamin D preparations ad advised by the doc doe tor This is not true for the entirely bottle fed baby His food wi will l be a boiled or proc processed milk formula and this lacks sufficient of the par- par Free Le Leaflet flet Our leaflet t on Diet from Three tb to Nine ine Months indicates indicates indi indi- cates when and how new additions additions additions addi addi- to the diet should be made and it may be had hadhy by sending a 5 stamped cent self self addressed envelope with your request to Mrs Eldred of or the Your Baby and Mine department in care of The Salt Lake Telegram vitamin which prevents him from developing scurvy This vitamin vitamin vita vita- mm min C is given in irs the form of some fruit juice and orange juice pressed from naturally sweet oranges orang s and strained is the most palatable form for most children If strained to tomato tomato tomato to- to mato juice is used wed and it too is rich in vitamin C then twice as much of this is needed as of the orange juice If the baby makes a wry face and spits out the juice dont don't be dis dis- dis- dis One teaspoon of the juice can be added to each of his daytime bottles Then baby will take it along with his milk and never know the difference While this is not the ideal way for baby should get used to different tastes it is one way of handling the situation temporarily Lemon juice is also high in vitamin vitamin vita vita- mm min C C- Cand and this is sometimes used instead of either orange or tomato juice But whichever is chosen re remember remember remember re- re member on one or the other is as an es essential essential essential es- es in the diet of every bottle fed baby |