Show Your Baby And Mine By MYRTLE MEYER z ELDRED DISSATISFIED BABY DADY NEEDS STRONGER MILK FORMULA There are two types of milk formulas formulas for tor- mulas those that are figured to supply baby with one and one-half one ounces of m milk for each pound of his weight every 24 hours and those which supply supply supply sup sup- ply him with two ounces per pound When starting baby on an artificial feeding it is advisable to offer the weaker formulas at first and work up gradually to the larger formulas This is all all' explained at length In my leaflet leaflet leaflet leaf leaf- let Sweet Milk l Formulas which any mother may have by sending a self addressed stamped envelope with her request to this department In the following letter the baby is receiving the first type of formula and andIs Is showing his dissatisfaction by wak- wak mg ng several times at night The solution solution solution tion would be c to strengthen the formula formula formula for for- mula and make baby's daytime rations so satisfying that he will not demand to be fed so many times at night Mrs J L. L J. J T. T writes My 1 1 baby who weighed 7 pounds 4 ounces at birth now weighs 14 2 1 pounds His formula consists of 22 ounces of ot m milk 13 3 1 of water and 2 2 1 tablespoons of oC maltose He gets six ounces of at this every four hours and gets one tablespoon tablespoon table table- spoon of cereal at 10 a a. a m. m and 6 p p. p m. m along with the bottle At 8 a. a m m. he gets 1 2 11 2 1 ounces of orange juice and andone andone andone one ounce of water He gets prune juice in the afternoon and one half teaspoon of cod liver oil three times a day daj He refuses to drink water and wakes up several times at night Do you think he is getting enough to cat arid and is his formula strong enough Here are arc the changes I would sug sug- gest Increase the formula gradually by ay one ounce more of milk mUk each day and one ounce less of water up to 28 ounces of milk 9 2 1 ounces of water and 4 2 1 to 5 tablespoons of the mal mal- tose Put this Into five bottles and offer a bottle every four hours in daytime daytime day day- time and once at night Your baby is quite capable of taking taing 7 2 1 ounces s a feeding and hell he'll be much better satisfied sat sat- with this amount Increase the cereal slightly if il there seems need for it but I feel sure that when the formula has this added milk and sugar baby wont won't be waking so often at night You ma may dispense with the cod liver oil in June Your present amounts if of oC plain cod liver I oil have been too small Next winter winter win win-I ter offer baby at least two teaspoonfuls teaspoon teaspoon- fuls Culs or more snore a day Refusal to drink boiled water is is in inthis inthis inthis this case quite undE understandable The baby is getting a large quantity of water not only with the formula but also with the orange juice What he needs Is more food toad not more water Tomorrow Left handed Child Should Remain Left I |