Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-12-02 | Page 5 | Your Baby and Mine

Your Baby and Mine DIAPERS MAY i CA CAUSE USE AMMONIA ODOR Many mothers when changing their heir babies' babies diapers these cold mornings morn morn- ings are noticing the suffocating odor dor of ammonia There are arc several causes auses for this commonplace winter phenomenon The Laundering Possibly the foremost cause Is the way the diapers rs are arc washed In the summer ummer diapers are washed and boiled oiled and rinsed and sunned daily A small vegetable bacteria which is possibly present on them is killed in inthe inthe the le boiling and the sunning If the diapers are merely rinsed and dried in n the house this bacteria which Is not ot killed unites with with the the urine to release clease ammonia from it Most Moat am am- diapers can be ended merely merey mere mere- ly 11 y by taking the precaution to boil nil 11 diapers used and if it and when pos pos- sible ible to dry them in the sun Sometimes an unbalanced winter dIet let occasions this urine especially if the child is getting a va va- ned led diet Because of ot the colder weather we tend to stress cereal Breads puddings and meat and slight and nd vegetables and fruits The latter foods are those which after digestion diges diges- tion Ion contribute to the alkalinity oi oj the tic body The cereals breads and meats contribute to the acidity When a child is getting too much cereal ereal too much cream and fats ol 01 aU all 11 kinds and does docs not get some suet such alkaline ash foods as orange or lemons lemons lem lem- ons ns or tomatoes or the green vegetables vege vege- vegetables tables ables dail daily the alkaline acid bal balance balance balance ance is distributed and an ammonia cal al urine may be the result Ammonia is a perfectly natural natura end nd product of digestion When it i iso fc So so excessively represented in thurine th the urine as to cause the odor to be prom prominent nent nature is endeavoring tc straighten out some digestive tangle By Jy correcting the childs child's diet not onlin only lii in n accordance with some good die dial slip lip but also according to what hat the mother observes will upset the child this his unpleasant condition can be ear easly Ely ily ly ended Mothers who are interested ma mahave may maj have lave my leaflet Urine Sore Buttocks and Alkaline Foods Send a self-addressed self cent 3 stamped envelope with your our request to this thI department There is no foi loi this leaflet Sunbaths are just as important in ir winter vinter as in summer Mrs Eldred dis dir discusses cusses in her leaflet How to Give Winter Sunbaths the proper routine during the colder months Your request re re- request request quest should be accompanied by a s self addressed cent 3 stamped envelope envelope ope and mailed to the Your Bab Baby and Mine department of ot this news paper