Show Your Baby and Mine By MYRTLE MYER ELDRED MOTHERS EAGERLY EAGER Y DIAGNOSE EVERYTHING AS WORMS Though it is true that a few chil chil- dren have worms it is s much truer that fewer of them are victims than mothers believe Mothers have a habit of ot pouncing on the diagnosis as an answer to almost anything th that puzzles them about the child chUd One need not guess about the subject sub sub- of worms If there is any reasonable reasonable reason able suspicion that the child chUd has them the stools should be examined If U necessary by microscope It is or should be considered unintelligent and negligent to dose a child with worm medicines on the ot off chance that he has worms Worm medicines if It effective are strong and dangerous drugs and no mother dares assume the responsibility of ot blithely dosing her child with worm medicines of or whose contents and effect she is completely com corn in ignorance CA CAUTIOUS FEEDING Mrs 1 E E. R. R R n. is apparently feeding feeding feedIng feed- feed Ing her two and one half year old boy w with th unnecessary caution He HeIs HeIs Heis Is very fat but is getting a most limited urn lim diet for h his s age She says his breath is bad and she wonders if it this could indicate worms She continues I r would appreciate a diet list for my boy He weighs 37 pounds is two and one half years old and 39 inches tall He has no appetite and takes cold every time we have a cold spell He looks well but not stout if you know what I mean He is large His breath is bad Could he have worms And would thc they affect his appetite Here is his schedule 8 a. a m. m Seven m. Seven ounces of milk I 10 a. a m. m m. Orange Orange juice 12 noon noon Vegetables Vegetables and seven ounces of ot milk Nap until 3 or p. p m. m 6 p. p m. m m. Cereal Cereal small smaIl portion 8 p. p m. m m. Seven ounces of milk and he he- goes to bed BAD BREATH REA Worms can be acquired only b by first eating food upon which there are worm eggs Are you ou still giving milk by bottle That would be a more obvious reason for loss of appetite The whole schedule more in kepin with a baby of less than one year than a child of two and on one half halt If It you OU are using bottles discard them today and start in on a routine that thatis I is suitable to your our boys boy's age Check Checkup up on his nose and throat Bad breath is most often oHen due to conditions right in the nose and throat such as infected infected infected in in- tonsils infected sinuses coated cue ter-cue or any obstructions which might cause mouth You may have m my leaflets on Weaning Child from Bottle to Cup and Diet from Two to Four Years for only a self addressed stamped envelope enclosed enclosed enclosed en en- closed with your request Here is a n better schedule 8 a. a m. m m. Cereal Cereal buttered toast milk to drink 11 ii a. a m. m Orange m.-Orange Orange juice 12 noon noon Egg Egg meat fish or chicken with either cither bread or potato also green and a l milk pudding or milk to drink 3 p. p m. m m. Milk Milk and two crackers if It child enjoys them or orange juice and none at 11 a. a m. m p. p m. m m. a dish of cooked fruit truit and milk to drink I 8 p. p m m.-A m. A drink of water when child goes to bed Tomorrow Night Training Slumps I In Zero Weather cather |