Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-04-25 | Page 5 | Your Baby and Mine

Your You Baby and Mine By nr MYRTLE IY REST VASTLY IMPORTANT TO TilE THE NURSING MOTHER J The joy and satisfaction of furnish furnish- hing h- h lag ing ng the baby with an adequate supply of breast milk Ls is one that cannot be enjoyed without effort Natural as asis ass L is s breast feeding and desirable as it itt it t from every possible angle the modern mother must muot look upon it as as a function demanding not only the he necessary will to do but a good technique as well velI TOO BUSY The reasons why the modern mother moth moth- er is to so often a poor nurse are not hard to find First of all alt she's too busy She ha has a hundred duties In Inand inand and outside of the home She dis dis- likes ikes the restraint of her freedom which nursing often brings and anel the moment she meets an obstacle she Is s ready to discard nursing and adopt bottle feeding The latter seems so simple and satisfactory She has some faulty ideas about breast feeding which arc are hard to eradicate These ideas are arc passed on from generation to generation and andare andare are espoused not because of the their r truthfulness but from habit EXCESSIVE LIQUIDS The average mother thinks that if it she drinks quantities of milk she Is certain to supply a nourishing breast milk Sometimes she imagines that tea lea or some ome other beverage has this magical quality It is true that the nursing mother needs to drink a normal normal normal nor nor- mal amount of milk but all that an excessive amount of fluid does docs for lor her is to increase her own body bodyweight bodyweight wel weight ht and leave the breast supply unaffected While it is essential that the mother moth moth- er have the kind of diet to keep her herin herin herin in good health and supply her with all ill the necessary food elements clements the diet itself has less effect on the breast supply than the mother sup poses The size of the breast Is of ot rio no o consequence What is of ot paramount para m mount significance is the regular thorough stimulation and emptying of the breast at each nursing period and rest SUCCESS METHODS These e two factors should be better understood nad more respected They make for success The procedure of ot stripping the breast by manual expression cx cx- sion pres-sion is outlined In my ray leaflet The Nursing Mother Any Interested Interested Interested Inter Inter- ested reader may obtain a copy by sending a self addressed stamped envelope w with th her request for it In Inthe Inthe Inthe the leaflet also are all the best best- known methods by which a mother can make herself a successful nurse Rest Ls Lc almost magical in Its ef ef- ef feet The tired nervous mother whose supply Is diminishing or whose afternoon arc are distractingly dis dis- inadequate needs rest and lots of it IL Take a nap in the afternoon afternoon after after- noon while baby is napping even if the d dishes stand unwashed Lie down for 15 minutes or more in the morning after baby's bath Make a areal areal real conscientious effort to get tobed to tobed tobed bed early at night It Is an effective means of improving a waning supply of or breast milk when everything else ele eleis is is- isas as it should be Tomorrow Comparison With Other Children Intensifies Misbehavior