Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-09-07 | Page 6 | Your Baby and Mine

S Your Baby And Mine By MYRTLE t AlE MEYEN ELDRED IT IS NOW OPEN SEASON ON COD LIVER OIL We are now entering the month beginning which cod liv liver r oil becomes becomes becomes be be- comes a three times a day rite for forthe forthe forthe the child from 2 months to 2 years and beyond If the doctor so o Indicates During the summer months there was no need for cod liver oil oU Those mothers who wrote me saying they were giving it invariably mentioned some sonic disturbance for which they wanted correction most of these belag being being be be- ing lag hitch hitched d rather noticeably to the cod liver oiL oiLIve Ive I've been saying No cod liver oil all summer immer now I shall shan have to turn turnabout turnabout turnabout about and say What about cod liver oil Is your baby having it everyday everyday every everyday day Let us hope he Is WHAT IS RICKETS Cod liver oil is used as a preventive of ot rickets Rickets is a nutritional disease to which the child is susceptible ble when his diet lacks the proper food elements or he is deprived of sufficient sunlight during the winter months Acting on baby's bare skin the sunlight manufactures its own vitamin D property the same property property property prop prop- erty provided in the diet by cod liver oil or the When sunlight on the bare skin is 15 impossible because of the temperature we have to resort to vitamin D in other forms In Incidentally the mother who Is confused confused con con- fused about the difference between cod liver oils and will benefit benefit bene bene- fit by having my leaflet called Cod Liver and the A self self- addressed stamped envelope should be with your request and I sent to me in care of this newspaper SYMPTOMS The symptoms of ot rickets are many and varied The They arise because lacking lack ing vitamin D through diet or 01 sunlight sunlight sun sun- light the child chUd is unable to make the best oot possible use of minerals in the diet and consequently the bones and teeth and nervous system suffer from this lack Jack Babies who arc are restless and irritable for no apparent cause whose heads sweat profusely when clothing could in no way be bc ble older children whose long leg bones are bent either out or in In so that bowlegs and knock knees result are all showing evidences of these rachitic tendencies Teeth suC suffer er when the child has rickets They may be exceptionally late in appearing and the baby may exhibit unusual disturbances during their eruption eruption- such as high fevers and convulsions Teething is only secondarily at fault Primarily the diet and the deprivation of calcium in inthe inthe inthe the system m are arc what need correction A critical observation of every aspect of the diet and a comparison with good standard diet lists and standard formulas is needed to determine in what way the diet can can be Improved and corrected FOR WINTER FARE Plain tested cod liver is begun in very small smaIl doses for the young baby and increased to two or three teaspoonfuls daily for the child up to 2 years of age should be recommended and dosages advised by b the doctor It t isn't vitally important that a mother know how the c cure re of ot rickets rick ets is brought about by cod liver oil But it is essential for lor her to know that In winter even a good diet cannot can not be counted upon to furnish the Insurance against rickets unless she includes also these daily doses of ol cod liver oil Tomorrow Tomorrow Safety Safety of Child Is Parents Parent's Responsibility