Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-09-01 | Page 12 | Your Baby and Mine

Your Baby and Mine By MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED Are you perplexed by some phase of oC baby's feeding or behavior behavior behavior be be- havior Mrs Eldred will vill be glad to help you Write her in in care of the Your Baby and Mine department de de- de p inclosing a sel self self- addressed ed envelope be bearing ring a cent 3 stamp stomp S RELIEF BOTTLES GIVE MOTHER OCCASIONAL AL FREEDOM l The complementary feeding and the relief relic bottle differ in only one way Complementary bottles are given regularly regularly reg reg- after one or more more nursing to t furnish additional nourishment to the hungry baby Relief bottles arc are designed designed de de- de- de signed to prevent the young mother from being a 3 slave and a martyr to her tier infant They offer the mother a a legitimate and necessary means of escaping some o of the le regular ular nursing nursing nursing nurs nurs- ing periods START EARLY Children should be introduced to relief relie bottles early in life lite preferably when the mother intends to stay at home lome and will then know how b baby by reacts to them It is somewhat dangerous dangerous dangerous dan dan- to give the baby his first bottie bottle bottle bot bot- tle tie and then go 10 off and leave him in inthe n the he hands hand of some stranger who willbe willbe will be terrified if baby wails his disgust or refusal or hunger because of ot the new kind of feeding Boiled milk is the basis for relief bottles bottle s Jf lC the baby is under 3 months of n age e offer a four to five ounce Iced feed ing ng that thatis is half boiled water and hall half soiled boiled mill milk adding about one scant teaspoonful of or sugar Boil Boit the mill and measure it Add the boiled water wa- wa vater ter er in which the sugar has been di dir dis solved Put into the feeding bottle and keep on ic ice At feeding time stand the bottle in a cup of boiling water and shake it occasionally sprinkle sprinkle sprinkle sprin sprin- kle a few drops on the inner surface of ot the upper arm and when it feels delicately ly warm but not hot give it to baby holding him while he is eating and stopping frequently to change e his position and help him bring up up an any acc accumulated g gas s. s The baby over 3 months of age ma may have lave six to six and a n half haIr ounces at ata a feeding with half halt water and one teaspoonful teaspoon CuI of sugar The older baby will undoubtedly have had some bottIe bottle bottle bot bot- tle tIe feeding and the mother will be beIn bein ben In n a position to know his needs and his lis capacities I These relief bottles should not be overdone If It given baby at the same time lime each day in order to permit mother more liberty the functioning of the breast is disturbed Relief Relic bottles bottle are occasional ional luxuries for baby to enjoy when his mother must be absent but not regular substitutions substitutions substitutions for one of the daily feedings c dings This department offers leaflets on Formulas for Relief Bottles and on Formulas for Complementary Feedings Feedings Feedings Feed Feed- ings which interested mothers may have by sending ending a self addressed envelope envelope en en- elope bearing a 3 cent stamp with each request Tomorrow Teach Tesch Child to Accept Responsibility