Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-09-23 | Page 10 | Your Baby and Mine

YOUR BABY BABY i iI I AND MINE I I By MYRTLE MEYER E ELDRED I TOMATO JUICE MAY BE E SUB FOR ORANGE JUICE Mrs S Sr V V. fi S. S writes May a 2 2 1 2 healthy bab baby have o J raw aw tomatoes Ami Anil if ifs s so so o would one half I hal c-hal of ut one a day be bo too much I r give him one tablespoon of or scraped beef a day clay lie Ilo i h f very nd of it and nd could cat eat more J How ow much may he ho have hal One day dy IP Ia the Hett future will you write an nn article on how to tu encourage en- en courage O an overactive O 0 child to play I with hl toys tors ANSWER I 1 fear car from om your letter lette that you are arc carrying carr caution to the extreme There Is la no reason why n. n child of 2 years cant can't enjoy raw ripe to tomato tomatoes to- to matoes mato 8 e even 1 more i than one halt at ata I Ia a time tinie As s for tor scraped beet beef Rive give he him a small lamb Iamb chop chOI a u. piece of tL t broiled steak teak chicken fish 1 carefully careful careful- I ly of ot bones and l liver also rare are roast beef cut cul finely and In amounts up op to se several seral ral tablespoons A child nearly 3 2 years cars ol old needs at attention attention nt- nt to hi his food and care caro in its selection but he has a e very y well well- rounded diet and hi hs hh appetite dic dictates ta tates tes in iii most cases the tile it amount t he eats rather thou than n a n. T. T spoon SOlm The old 2 needs n moro more at attention at at- to developing dc hc he largo large than he lie docs does with small to toys If It ho he lias a Wagon v and other toys upon which h to to l Ide e lare heavy blocks for building and car carrying mr- mr ll I bean bags bags' or heavily stuffed I paper bags to throw or rubber balls these will occupy his attention now perhaps better than t toys ys If tO toya toyn J are rc placed In convenient places that that Is Is a R. shelf which tho child can reach or a low drawer ver lie he can open open open-he he will ho bo encouraged to go gothere gothere gothere there and pull pun out tho the things he lie wants At this age there is no HO very verr lengthy length attention wasted on any any- thing The child goes from front toy to toy playing with it a moment then throwing it down He I-fe will Vm be much more apt alit to stick to his riding climbing and thrown throwing at this age and and this i is just as it should be It ItIs ItIs Itis is difficult t for r the mother to ac accustom accustom lC- lC custom her herself el to se seeing everything thrown about but rhe safeguard safeguard safe safe- guard toys and possessions by givIng giving giving ing the child objects which h he can throw with impunity in an environment environ environ- ment which cant can't bo be injured by his throwing Later on hell he'll take more Interest in building to toys toya s end crayons crayons cray clay ons and pencils but we cant can't cheat nature natura out of ot her natural stimulants and cach phase pharo of or development hasto has hns husto to be s satisfied before beCore it gives way to the next Tomorrow Gains in Weight Dependent Dependent De De- pendent on Initial Wei Weight ht at Kt Birth M Myrtle Meyer Moyer Eldred's leaflet on feeding outlines proper diets f for tor the child from G weeks s to C G years ears Send a self p. p stamped envelope for it to Mrs l Eldred in care of ot the Baby and Mine department of or this newspaper