Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-04-22 | Page 18 | Your Baby and Mine

Your You Baby And nd Mine inc ne By Myrtle Meyer Eldred EYES DONT DON'T CONVINCE Babies who drink little or no water arc are legion With the fixed Idea that babies must have water to drink mothers often orten insist upon administering administering adminis adminis- it whether or no No drastic efforts need be made to make babies swallow wat water r. r They have a wonderful wonder wonder- ful faculty for deciding when they do and when they do not need a thing I The underfed baby will swallow pints of water ater his poor famished system demanding something if not food then water Tho The overfed baby Is indifferent or actually antagonistic tic to water the probable reason be beIng being being be- be ing that his hL fluid needs arc supplied by his ample milk diet Both cows cow's milk mUk and mothers mother's milk ar are ard about 87 per cent wat water r. r The Questionnaire The information about water drinking is an answer to only one of ofa ofa ofa a number of questions asked by Mrs A. A She begins My baby weighed seven and a half halt pounds at birth and now at seven and anti a half months weighs 20 pounds 1 Is the baby's weight correct 2 My baby refuses water at any temperature whether in hi glass spoon or bottle Must he have water 3 He always sleeps on his storn- storn ach Is this advisable 4 will a butter and milk In his baked potato be harmful ul 5 I have a bottle of D which has a little dropper There are arc no directions for dosage and it says To be prescribed by a doctor I cant can't afford a doctor except ex cx- I eX-I for illnesses Will you tell me how to use it I May I suggestion My baby didn't like either carrots or spinach and I spent a great deal of time um e trying to make l him m eat them But if i I add tomato juice to them I he eats cats every bit Perhaps other babies will also find this sharper taste more appealing And the Answers 1 I and 2 The baby is at present about the weight of the average 11 old month-old child chUd This ought to convince convince con con- vince since you that all is well and Is probably the reason for his failure to drink water He doesn't need it 3 3 Many babies have a preferential position when sleeping and whether it is on their tummies or ori backs or right or left sides mothers are always diligent In trying to change it Let the baby alone Change his position to rest him but if it he turns back b to his own most comfortable comfortable comfort comfort- able way no harm is done Some doctors consider sleeping on the itom stomach the most natural of all sleeping postures 4 4 Put only whole milk with ith the potato The baby is s probably Retting getting ettin enough fat without any additional amount 5 5 The reason for this very v wise lse advice on the bottle is that It is 15 a potent drug and harmful inthe inthe in inthe the hands of the thc amateur who has no id Idea a of ot the possible dang dangers rs of If you ou cant can't afford medical medical med flied ical advice then discard the Your suggestion is excell excellent One of the easiest wa ways s 's to get a baby to accept a new food is to mix mL it with one he already likes