Show y Your our Baby and Mine By MYRTLE MEYER MOTHER CONCERNED WHEN BABY DADY WONT WON'T EAT is discussed ced frequently fre ire because It Is one of the mothen's mothers mother's moth moth- ers er's chief chic difficulties The average mother is never contented to let the baby regulate the amounts of at his own diet but insists on full rations no matter what the weather Hot weather directly affects the appetite Both the imminent appearance appear ance o of teeth and the approach of or orthe the sniffles arc are also alo calculated to put the baby off ot his feed Diminishing the amounts of his foods or allowing him to refuse reluse what docs does not appeal to him Is the road to a better appe appe- tite TO TOp TOO FREQUENT MEALS There arc often orten chronic reasons for Too frequent feeding feed ing is an arch enemy of a good ap ap- ap- ap petite The baby who would be ravenously ravenously rave hungry in jn lour hours is ed every three and cares cares' not whether he cats Mothers may adhere to n a four tour hour schedule for th the the- bottle formula and then offer babies food between bottles which procedure Is tantamount tantamount tantamount tanta tanta- mount to feeding every two hours No baby can develop an appetite in such a short interval of time Rich milks inhibit the appetite Fats stay in the stomach longer than other food elements and while there is food in jn the stomach hunger contractions con con- tractions are arc absent Treat with these weapons Skim some of the cream from the milk Enforce the hour four schedule strict strictly allowing nothing but water between those intervals Reduce the amount of sugar Jn In the formula Cut the solid foods in half Do not give cod liver oil or any of the cod liver oil concentrates during hot weather SEE DOCTOR There me may be other poor le feeding habits or poorly chosen diets to account account ac ac- account count for the lack of ot desire to cat eat but there may be physical reasons as as' as well over large adenoids and infected tonsils tonsil may cause the appetite to wane conspicuously Before Before Be Be- fore dealing with one should have the baby examined in order to rule out conditions which no one but a doctor could control Those mothers whose older children refuse reluse to cat eat may have my leaflet Physical and Psychological Reasons Reason for Enclose a self self- addressed stamped envelope with your request Tomorrow Keeping g Baby Cool In Midsummer Hot weather increases es the mothers mother's responsibility in watching the childs child's diet Write for lor Mrs Eldred's leaflet Foods Food to Avoid in the Childs Child's Summer Sum Summer mer Diet and remember to enclose e ea a self addressed cd s stamped envelope Address all requests to the Your Baby and Mine department of this newspaper I |