Show i Your Baby and Mine By BJ MYRTLE l MEYER i ELDRED THIS TillS OLD MONTH YOUNG YOUNG- STER STEB IS BADLY FED I Indigestion is usually to blame when a child chUd is suffering from am am- I urine An unbalanced diet is in turn to blame for the Indigestion indigestion tion in most cases A diet in which the acid ash foods predominate might very easily bring on a a. condition condi tion such as Mrs G. G M. M describes In inh h her r letter Salves might temporarily relieve the soreness caused by the sharp harp urine but to effect a Do permanent perma nent cure it is necessary to change the diet and thus do away with the cause of urine I want help for my neighbors neighbor's baby writes Mrs G. G M. M He Is 11 months old and Is bothered with a scalding urine He cries with pain when he urinates He still takes the bottle and has whole milk mUk He wont won't eat oranges at all In fact doesn't care about anything but his milk I I told my neighbor what a help your department had been to me and she he asked me mc to write and ask you Ou what to do for th the baby SKIM 1 THE TilE MILK I am glad Slad to give your our neighbor any help I 1 can I am sure 1 If it she were herself a reader of the department department depart depart- ment she wouldn't be feeding this husky old month baby on milk alone Mistake number one Naturally if he drinks only milk he probably drinks too much of that One quart of milk mUk a a. day dav Is the maximum amount for a child chUd of or any age Also there may be too much cream on this milk and an excessive amount of cream is apt to result in this acid add condition of the urine Skimming the cream then is next in order In addition I always suggest boiled milk In summer because it is b safer The boiling will also help to make I Ithe the milk more digestible Orange juice is 15 Imperative In the diet and as it Is alkaline after dl di It is a natural corrective of acid urine If It the baby wont won't have It alone put one tablespoon on or more in each of his bottles He should be fed regularly at 6 10 6 and not a minute min mm- ute sooner and he doesn't need any night feedings If he still sUll gets one then the two thirty ounces of milk mUk must be diluted with eight ounces of water in order to make up that that- fifth feeding He would get more than the quart otherwise NEW FOODS TO BE E ADDED If your neighbor would enjoy having hay hav ing some leaflets that would be suited to her present problem let her send me a self addressed and stamped envelope en and ask for Urine and Sore Buttocks Feeding From Two to Twelve Months and later she might enjoy the feeding reeding leaflet for the baby over one year old She has so many foods to be added to the diet In the next few weeks that these two ought to suffice suffice suf suf- fice for the present As the child who demands and gets quantities of milk is almost certain to be uninterested In solid foods the way to Increase e this interest is tc te limit the quantity of milk mUk Tomorrow Suggestions Offered For Baby's Hot Weather Comfort |