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Show (Inr (lillilron. The question of what shall be given to the baby who has to be raised by hnd Is quita an Important one and should receive careful consideration I have never had the experience of rearing rear-ing n child front birth on prepared food, but have begun to feetl at three months and have been extremely successful. None of the babies t have so fed have sullcrcd witn Ihc colic, and not one has ever had the summer complaint nor have they ever bon constipated If Ihey were sick at all, and that was rarely, and usually when cutting n tooth, it came In the shape ul n cougn, or a slight fever I know of mothers nnd relatives who have reared babies from tin birth on n bottle, or w Ith spoon food And I have studied these dillercnt cases ns closely as I could I propose to give) ou the re suit of my investigations bume mothers have used oatmeal gruil, some graham, and some havo used milk and water alonr. 1 am Inclined to think that the very best diet for a child who gets lobe three months old before beginmg to feed Is graham f.ruel, cooked In the lollowlng manner! lake thicc tablcspoonluls uf the flour after the fine Duller has been sifted out of It, tie It up In a thin rag and bull It for three hours In a quart of water. A half teacup of this gruel, with four tnblespoonluls of new milk, not cream, and a little honey to sweeten It, will make a palatable and nutritious food for baby, I should use the same thing for a new bom infant, only make the gruel thinner, that Is, use less Hour and use less milk I know of two babies that have been most successfully raised on this diet, nnd I strongly recom mend it U itmeal is too rich, nnd too heating for the blood After the child Is four months old you can begin to use n little brown bread, fixed in this way llreak up your bread, which shou d never be too fresh, in a tin cup, pour lust enough boiling water over It to ino'stcn It, and after It his soikcd pour Intuit some good milk Don't sweeten this, as baby will soon grow fond uf the Sim pie bread anil milk, and It is hud to get n sweetening material that is so harm-less harm-less as that in the mother s ml k Never use cane or beet sugar. 1 Implore you It will give the babe colds, sore throats, Lolls, and every little trouble that comes from uvcrrich blood Horr, or even maple sugar, s far better. ou can get a milk sui.ar in the drug stoics, but it is expensive As soon ns possible, train the child to est Its food without sweetening sweeten-ing of any kind These two foods I have mentioned are quite sufficient for an) child until the teeth are nil through You can add a bit of bread and butter lifter the child is a scar old, and ripe strawberries nnd other fruits can tie safety used, If you are only careful to feed the child at regular, strictly regular, reg-ular, Intervals, and not loo often at that, bummer complaint is not caused by fruit, It Is caused by ovet feeding and diseased bowcis. I rult may Irritate diseased bowels, but it you Veep the tawsof life for your baby, never fear fruit for It. Hut beware how you allow It to cat meat. That I charge you No child under three ) cars old lias an) ned for meat. 1 ggs alter It Is a year old And now, ns n parting admonition, remember what has been said about feeding the Infant. Kule from birth to three months, once In three, or better, four hours, and twl:e In the night At four months, once In four or live hours and once Jn the plglt, At six months three times a dayand nut nt all in the night That continues until f,rowth stops when twice a da) Is sulfictent. |