Show Your Baby and Mine By 1 I ELDRED I S I POINTS FOR PARENTS By 81 EDYTH THOMAS WALLACE I II J I I This n Ll I Not This Small servings for the small child stimulate the appetite I CANDY NOT NOT FOR IO TEN MONTH I OLD INFANT Authorities on infant feedings agree that babies should be weaned from the breast at 9 months o of age After Alter this time it is the exceptional mother moth moth- er indeed who can supply her baby sufficient nourishing milk The longer the baby is nursed the more attached he becomes to this particular lar ceremony and the more difficulty diffIculty culty the mother encounters in divorcIng divorcing divorcing ing him from Irom it Between the ninth and the twelfth months baby should be introduced to cows' cows milk and beso beso be beso so well used to it at 1 year that he downs his quart a day with relish Mothers who transgress the above rules run into universal snags one of ot them bel being the baby's daytime wakefulness crossness and time night It remains for lor mothers to admit that further nursing is of no benefit to the child and is better ended AT 10 MONTHS Mrs L. L A. A W. W has a old month boy who is still being nursed She writes He weighed nine and one one- half hal pounds at birth and now weighs 25 Is this right for his age I 1 do not nurse him on schedule I want to wean him as I 1 think it is time He will not take wheat cereals or oatmeal He does like custard tapioca jello and soft boiled eggs Is it all right to give him tender meat I give him lots of prune orange and apricot juice He loves pure milk chocolate Is this candy all right He has six teeth I take him out for lor a walk almost every day Do you think babies babics catch cold more easily when teething WEAN PROMPTLY Y You arc are doing so well vell by the baby and he is a splendid weight It may maybe maybe maybe be exceedingly easy to nurse a baby every time he cries for lor it but you'll soon find lind that meals cannot be served at his whims and regular hours must be adhered to Wean the baby promptly Stop the candy for lor however pure it has no place at all in the diet of a child this age Substitute something forthe forthe for lor the cereal that is the same type of food lood A banana is a type of starch and j which can substitute for cereal The other foods you mentioned mentioned men men- do not belong in that class none of them being carbohydrates starches and sugars except the tap Wont Won't you let me mc send you my leaflets How to Wean the Baby and Diet Dict From Two to TwelveMonths Twelve TwelveMonths TwelveMonths will how to Months j oJ that you see end the nursing comfortably and know the thc proper foods to feed baby Both of these leaflets will be sent upon receipt o of a self addressed stamped envelope with your request for them During the actual teething eruption eruption eruption tion period there seems to be some extra drain on the calcium of baby's system Calcium is Js the mineral found lound chiefly in milk A calcium imbalance imbalance im balance may result in rashes convulsions convulsions and possibly colds That seems to be the only relationship between possible colds and teething Perhaps you ou are unaware when baby has a slight fever lever such as he might have at this time and heedlessly expose himIn him In that case he might catch cold easily Tomorrow Pennies Must Work Vork Hard In la Economic Crisis |