Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-09-25 | Page 16 | Your Baby and Mine

1 YOUR BABY AND MINE By By MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED 4 I SLOW sioW FAT DIGESTION CAUSE G cr 6 O'CLOCK PAINS Mrs Irs L. L V V. D. D writes rites I l hare hae always s 's en d your column col col- col fon for your ideas ar are psychologically cally cali and physiologically sound and and I know I-know you will be interested In Iii the following bit of Information which with a a. group of ot other nurses 1 I received d from an eminent pediatrician clan cian There here Is often a areal real cause be besides besides be be- be sides hunger hunger- for o the tho pain and discomfort discomfort dis dis- dis- dis comfort of or the baby who cries after aHer his C o'clock feeding and nd has a hard getting setting t to sleep steep for fol the night cause caus Is the accumulation of fat fat In the s stomach om ch Fat as you ou know requires the longest est time to digest st of ot any food tood clement Unless the amount I used ined ed is very carefully regulated ted it i is apt to be beheld held ov over r from o one ohe t feeding feeding- to the next until b by nl night ht there ther is l an n accumulation in the stomach Js' Js often otten tho the reason for fOI the tale late afternoon n a and d evening fretfulness of of tho the babies whose tender ag age and arid regular routine would t eliminate the ta factor tor of fatigue Caused by as as' a a. a reason for their wakefulness I. I If It no o other causes for tho the discomfort dis lIs- his his- comfort Is f found und and it lt occurs regularly and with sufficient intensity sity to really need attention a pediatrician lan should be consulted about using a milk of lower r fat content iri in the formula Then for tor the breast baby the rem remedy dy may be very sImple sim elm pie It is 15 an established fact tact that the milk which comes comes' J last st from the bre breast is the richest and contains a higher fat content than that which is Is' first nurse nursed d.- d. Therefore if it the nursing mother whose bab baby has late afternoon crying spells will nurse the baby for o short periods from flom each breast instead of ot long hong periods fl from m one breast the difficulty will willbe willbe willbe be solved O Of course we must tl not S 'S forget that there may be other causes of ot the tho cryIng spells such as ns fatigue or r hunger caused by the scanty late hate afternoon feedings just as you suggest suggested sug BUS gest d in a previous article on this subject ANSWER Im I'm very grateful for tor this clear and concise of t wh what tit t is a common common 1 phenomenon non among babies both br breast ast and b bottle fed It should be be especially Int interesting r s In Jo 0 o the mother whose baby is o or has been making enormous s gains in weight that the milk is probably high highT in fat and unusually nourishing nourish nourish- lOg IriS and nd also to the mother of ot the b battle bottlo tUo baby bab being fed o on v a a very ry ri rich c cows cows' s u milk such as Jersey or Guernsey You wont won't mind if I add the tIle suggestion suggestion sug sug- that the Uie mother who uses short nursing periods periods' from each breast must bo be c careful to drain the tho breast by iuar manual al expression o or breast pump otherwise her hen s supply ppl of milk would rapidly dry ry up Tomorrow Tomorrow Sun Sun Bathing Bating Not to toBe toBo Bc Be Bo Stopped in Winter