Show Your Baby and Mine B By MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED i BABY OF 1 t YEAR ENTITLED TO TOS S SODA DA CRACKERS One of ot the ironclad rules which mothers should know and embrace is that babies do not profit by being fed cd anything between regular meals Any food tood that is proper for lor baby to have is part of his h regular diet and should be given gi each day not just now and then or at odd hours when the mother happens happen to think of oC it Plain crackers have a real place In the diet of or the child over 1 year of ot age At that time lime coupled with orange e Juice or milk they constitute a regular daily This Is when baby is on three meals n a day coming comins at 7 12 and 6 G or 7 7 with a lunch of ot mill milk and md two crackers at 3 or 4 in irs the afternoon Before Belore this time there is no real need for crackers crack crack- ers ers and the habit of giving i them then to baby as a pacifier er is utterly deplore able The well fed baby doesn't need to be bc pacified with food between meals If It there is such a need aced b baby by isn't bein being well nourished The change should be made in the regular meals and not pieced out by nibbling on anything NIBBLES SODA CRACKERS I am a constant reader of ot your column and find much that is of inter cst est and benefit in m it H. H I hear henr from Mrs B R. R W W. P. P My 5 old month baby weighed nine pounds at birth and now weighs 20 pounds He was fed breast for two months and md then put on Bulgarian buttermilk with corn syrup lIe He now has one quart 1 I I I I I of this daily in iii four ounce eight feedings feedings feed feed- feedings ings also the juice of an orange every day He is quite well broken of or soiling solling his diapers in daytime but he lie has hasan hasan hasan an early morning movement which is hard for lor me mc to manage m as I do not want to take him out of ot his warm bedIs bed Is there any way v I can break him of this habit He loves to nibble on soda crackers Will they hurt him When should he lie get cereals BEGIN CEREALS The baby has made a very rapi rapid gain sain but dont don't expect as large a one from now on Right now he is getting getting get get- ting the maximum amount of milk and will not nol put on so ro o much weight in the future In addition to his oran orange e juice he should have cereal feedings twice daily beginning with one teaspoon teaspoon- teaspoonful ful rul of some fine finc wheat preparation on or sieved oatmeal to be increased gradually gradually grad grad- until baby gets ets from one fourth to one-half one cupful a day at 1 both the thc 10 a. a m m. and 6 p. p m. m feed feedings n s along with the bottle formula Soda crackers crack crack- ers are an excellent type to use when crackers appear in the diet but please wait until that a age e is reached My leaflet Diet From Two to Twelve TwelveMonths TwelveMonths Months which is offered so frequently fre fre- is exactly what you ou need now You ma may have a copy if you will send a self addressed stamped envelope with your request for it i If the baby is induced to have a re regular ular movement ri right ht after atter the 6 o'clock feeding at night the chances are there will be no more bowel activity ac ae ac- ac until mornin morning The u use e ot or a glycerine suppository will stimulate this daily movement until the thc habit is established Tomorrow Candy Not Nol for lor Ten Ten- Old Month-Old Infant I Porto Rico has a a. single sin le broadcasting broadcast broadcast- ing station It goes on the air three week |