Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-09-25 | Page 13 | Your Baby and Mine

gg J our four Baby and Mine MineI I By Br 1 MEYER IE ELDRED IMPORTANT IN yS GAIN Br's Ag I FEEDING PROBLEM for tor me mc to ask lt t. t ere re possible of ot the mother as I read reade ns t t C hoer e tt r r I could much more easily casily m r some some of tho those e questions My unhappy and and Irritable and is 1 writes one and then step sleep 11 I hastily but I know she Is eri enough enough to cat t. t What do you youk I. I wrong I cant can't guess The Thebe k is 3 be sure the child is getmay get get- may mayto to cat but I am never nc enough guve live until I sec see an outline of cv- cv teaL baby cereal orange feed my 1 and S god cod liver ll oil oil writes anAnd anI an- an I f And as I read I am saying to I how much if t f That fine but B h Just a list of the right foods I If esthr ca real help for forI constitute an any I t want to know everything I CONSTIPATED ED BABY i ICO g were Bare rere Is another of oC those puzzles B ere asked without a asir 41 lir l 1 am sir of success success Too much Is chance IsM ir tb my Imagination Mrs D D. DM b bIrn M Irn has been a reader of the Kus she c 6 S. S p S 'S for years She writes I am amering ering er Li if y you u can het help p m me M My Y is six months old He has five is gs during ing the da day at hour four-hour 1 pj SI He Hes has cereal with two twos s and vegetables abe with the thc gets orange juice cod liver also My trouble is Da tion lIl I w can affect him it if I take cathartic myself but I am olive C bing g to get him into regular habits If only pAly recourse is 15 the use of ot a af aruck f stick ruck and I dont don't want to con- con that prune Juice instead oranie e juice without effect I v t-v you UI for lor the help I have re re- from the column and hope you youcan can help me with this THE MISSING PIECE PUCE Oh mel mcl Oh my I What does docs the baby weigh If he is m making the regulation regulation reg reg- reg gain cain of four our to five ounces weekly or one pound a month from rom the sixth month on he should not be constipated that is is providing you are arc areno no not habitually dosing him with laxatives laxatives laxa laxa- tives tics in which case he would be apt to be constipated between doses Bowel activity is stimulated b by sufficient sufficient suf sur- food If the nourishment is below below below be be- low the baby's body needs the residue residue residue res res- idue to be bo secreted will be so small that constipation is a natural result If laxatives arc are given constant constantly the I bowels become po so o emptied that constipation constipation con con- Is sure to follow tollow HERES HERE'S PROPER DIET Here is about what the baby should be taking in one day two ounces of orange orance juice If Il given one hour before the second morning feeding feeding feed feed- ing it will be more laxative than if lC given with the meal One or two teaspoons of prune pulp one hour before before before be be- fore the evening c meal is usually ef ct- ct In addition the daily dally diet should include two of ot plain cod liver oil daily this amount divided into four tour doses one of which is given after each regular feeding two to four tour tablespoons of cereal to tobe tobe tobe be served before the 10 a. a m m. and 6 p. p m. m nursing and two tablespoons of ot sieved vegetables or four ounces of vegetable soup before beCore the 2 p p. p m. m nursing If the baby Is still constipated on this liberal diet a complementary feed feeding Ins should be beL L used ed to increase sc the nourishment Wont Won't you send me a self addressed stamped envelope for tor forthe forthe the leaflet on Complementary Feedings Feed Feed- Feedings ings Address your request to Myrtle Mayer Maer Eldred Your Baby and Mine department of ot this newspaper I Tomorrow Once a Gifted Child Always a Gifted Child