Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-01-18 | Page 6 | Your Baby and Mine

You I ED Mrs Eldred will willbe wI be bt gl glad alad d to answer all an questions question pertaining per per- to babies babl I and nd children A AJ J stamped and nd self If C addressed envelope op ope forwarded tt to T The h. h Telegram r will bring a ps p. per I tonal onal reply ply YOUNG MOTHER NEEDS SOME INFORMATION Mrs Irs M. M 0 G. writes My I three weeks old breast fed breast fed baby acts nets all the tho time n as i If she aho were hungry rucks her thumb and doesn't seem I 1 have havo lots of milk How lIow can I tell If It U Is rich enough If I should take tho the baby from the tho breast what wua would bo lw the tho boat f fod ol to give her Can I 1 give elvo her hero o orange JuIce diluted Would my being nervous and excitable have havo anything to do with tho the milk How Itow much should eho she gain aln each week She Sho weighed eight and quarter one pounds at nt birth Sonic Home days oho sho sleeps five hours without without with with- without out waking ANSWER Tho The mother of a 1 three weeks old bab baby has man many troubles which vanish when the tho baby is six weeks week old If you ou havo have lots of milk the baby may be bo more uncomfortable than hungry huns A five fhe hour Ilour sleeping sleeping sleep sleep- ing period would hardly look like You can your breast brast milk mille Is all rl right ht richness has bas nothing to do with It t by the baby's rate of gain the wa way he sleeps and sleeps and If It these signs fall to Indicate anything anything any nn- thing to you ou you can have the milk mille analysed for tor you Complementary feeding feedings are aro advisable advisable ad ad- Isable If the tho hab baby falls fails to gain and these arc are best prepared with cows' cows milk diluted with water and with some sugar added I can give nr nr advice lc on formulas for babies of this age It Is too dangerous Orange juice Is II Indicated at the Ibe age ago of two or three months The bab baby should gain from five fhe to six l ounces weekly and less than four foul Is iT decidedly Indicative of or under under- feeding The The oa- oa should be wakened re regularly nt lit the th proper Mothers who are arc Is n f leans hems similar to tho those of i r I U. U would profit by II leaflets on Diet for fOI th thIng Ing Mother Iother and nd Wean which c omu nta I mat matlon Ion for tor this early rl I 11 Unclose n a gelf self-addressed t I envelope 11 with J you IOU o r I h Myrtle Myrtlo Meyer Ier The Telegram I feeding times otherwise a t a agets gets regulated Ono One or Ho Hoof w of this Is la nil all that ls is n nee b Being nervous and anet exl have o an effect 0 o t Mothers should endea calm and nd placid for foi their for tor tho the babies babies' Wont Won't ou for tor the tho two leaflets leaflet ort oft which are arf designed for U case