Show Your 00 Baby And nd Mine Inc nE nEBy By Myrtle Meyer Eldred ADDITIONS TO THE DIET Not a all constipation can be attrib attrib- attributed attributed tiled to underfeeding but the growing baby whose needs Increase monthly and whose habits arc are fairly regular will profit by some changes In the diet when constipation develops sud sud- denly Mothers who have ha been helped at any time by advice never hesitate to come back for more so o that the development de development de- de of a a. great many Eldred babi babies may be followed for years ears Mrs N. N M. M W. W Is one of those mothers mothe moth moth- ers era e and this time she writes You helped mo me before when my baby was five flye weeks old and constipated and we got along fine after I followed your advice Now she sha will win be seven months old I do no not know her ex exact exact ex- ex act weight but it Is about t twenty enty pounds She has been in good health and anti has one tooth I did not even en know when she cut It until I found she had it IL ILSo So far she has never been sick and I think it Is time to feed her but do not know what or how to feed tar Since she started teething she the has las become constipated and sometimes sometimes sometimes some some- times goes a whole day without an action I do not believe I could raise my baby without your help Tell menow me menow menow now what hat I should do ADDITIONAL FOODS NOW NOV NOVI I doubt very much If u teething Is anything but incidental to the present present present pres pres- ent constipation the tha far more likely cause being Just a deficient diet This ThIs' Is s past the time tune to begin additional feedings so 50 you ou are wise to start in immediately beginning exactly as if I the thc baby were several months younger First give orange Juice one teaspoonful teaspoonful teaspoonful tea- tea spoonful in several teaspoons of water wa- wa ater ter er one hour before the thc regular nurs- nurs nursIng nursing Ing ng period I If II you are arc using the 6 2 daytime interval give t the e juice ulce at 9 a. a a m. m Just lust before baby's bath ath time Cereal is the next food in ln order Thin wheat preparations preparations' made with haJ half milk and half water are ara offered first Prepare only a small amount and start shirt s with Just one smooth not too oo hot spoonful with both the 10 a. a m. m and 6 p. p m. m feedings Yo didn't say whether these were breast or 01 bottle hottIe bot- bot tIe tle le feedings SMALL AMOUNTS FIRST If II baby has had neither of the above foods continue them for a week without making in amounts then Increase t double the amount first offered and allow the baby's jaby's digestion of and appetite for these rhese foods to guide you ou as to fu- fu future u- u ture ure amounts Vegetables may be started when the he baby Is taking care of the orange Juice ulce and cereal without disturbance AH AU of or these directions appear in the chart hart called Feeding From Two to Twelve Months a leaflet which willbe willbe will willbe be Invaluable help for you Please Flease dont don't forget to enclose that Indispensable Indispensable indispensable Indis indis- self-addressed self stamped envelope with your our request when you write for the leaflet |