Show Your Baby And Mine By MYRTLE 1 MEYER ELDRED OVERFED DA BABY Y TURNS UP UI NOSE AT BOTTLES It Is Js very easy to judge when a ayoung ayoung ayoung young mother is reading some of the older literature on baby care and feeding Three hour intervals and the term modified milk mUk are strongly strong strong- ly reminiscent of an era ern that has passed The modern infant has a formula formula formula for mula and is fed once every four hours by the clock Mrs R. R W W. M M. seems to have cm- cm braced some of these outmoded ideas Her letter follows I am a very young mother and am having considerable consid consid- enable erable trouble with my baby's diet He is six and one half months old was wasa a premature of seven months and weighs 15 pounds REFUSES MILK I feed him modified milk which he doesn't seem to care fox for I 1 feed him every three hours by the clock and sometimes he w will ll take two ounces and then push the bottle away and sometimes he will take it all When he does docs he keepS it all down do showing that it does docs not disagree with themI them I give him oatmeal which he loves and carrots and some other vegetables vegetables vegetables vege vege- tables all nIl of which he keeps down He also takes prune and orange oranJe juice He isn't getting enough to satisfy him I have given him a a cracker softened in in his milk and he loves it The fact is he loves to cat eat and 1 I am afraid he will wean himself of th the bottle He weaned himself of night feeding be beCore before before be- be fore Core he was two months old He goes to bed at 8 and sleeps until 7 the next morning He is Js broken of wetting his diapers He sits up beautifully but has no sign sin of a tooth I 1 shall be grateful for help through your col cot I am sorry you didn't tell me of what your milk formula consists The I whole picture here is one of overfeeding overfeeding overfeeding over over- feeding and the baby's actions confirm confirm confirm con con- firm that diagnosis A premature of seven even months would not be expected to weigh more than five live pounds at most and the present wei weight ht would be excessive for a four I and half andone-half one half months old child You must subtract his from his present age to arrive at the childs child's correct age His present weight would indicate overfeeding C CHANGE ANGE SCHEDULE I 1 would change to the hour four four schedule beginning the day at 7 a m m. and feeding reeding at 7 11 3 and 7 With only four feedings the formula may be 25 ounces of boiled milk three ounces of boiled water and four and one-half one I tablespoons of or sugar Give the bottle at 7 a. a m. m cereal and bottle at 11 a. a m. m vege vegetable and bottle at 3 p. p m. m and cereal and bottle at 7 p. p m. m Orange juice may be offered at 10 a. a m m. He may enjoy milk by cup and accept accept accept ac ac- ac- ac it more readily from that sil sit But the chances are arc very gooc good that if he is given civen food at lon longer er in intervals intervals intervals in- in he will be eager for every meal instead of indifferent to some of them Tomorrow Hot Weather Disrupts Good Sleeping Sleeping- Habits |