Show Y Your our Baby and Mine When the school child must carry a lunch box it Is essential that the food tood be nourishing and stimulating to the appetite Write to the Your Baby and Mine department department department de de- de- de of The Telegram for tor Mrs Eldred's leaflet School Lunches for the child Be sure to a self addressed cent 3 stamped envelope with your re re- quest REGULAR GAINS TO BE EXPECTED EXPECT EXPECT- ED OF WEL WELL FED FED BABY Our most useful check cheek on baby's baby condition is his weight Each week on an appointed day and at the same sam hour lour the small hopeful should b be strIpped tripped of clothing laid on the scales or weighed In his tub on a scales anc and his lis weight set down If It the mother mothe has las obtained a small weight chart char from rom her doctor she may mark th the weight each week and exult In th the gain over the previous weeks week's record Average Increases Gains for the first six months ar are much more startling than in the second sec see ond end six six which again are more noticeable notice notice- able ible than the weight changes durin during the second year Mothers who have hav seen baby gain from rom five to seven o or more ounces each week are arc appalled when the scales climbs only four fou ounces or so Yet i if baby continued to 0 gain gam the second six months with th the leapS caps which accompanied the first six he ic would shortly be a young hippo hippo- Excessive gains in weight are arc n no nomore nomore more to be applauded than failure t to gain Overfeeding is no more admirable admirable admire able than underfeeding Babies who wh are well fed gain from rom five to si six ounces weekly for the first si six months or one and one-half one pounds pound per month After this the gain i imly is only about one pound per month The gain may not be absolutely con con- There may be a week when a gain Is stationary or rather low buhe but bu the he next week the advance may b be visible and the average gain pe per month will remain relatively stable I Best Check Only through this constant check of baby's weight can a n mother accurately determine her feeding policy If tf there is no gain for or several weeks and no illness to account for it sh she knows that it isn't because Tommy is isso isso so active or long and thin like his father lather or too excited to eat cat but only that he is not getting enough food to contribute to his bodily needs anc md and leave a little over to be stored as fa faThe fat The baby who is ready to b be weaned is cross and fretful In da day daj daytime time and wakeful at night indicates indicate by his failure to gain as well as b bIlls by his Ills behavior that he is ready for more mor food than his mother can supply A chart of ot standard weights for or chi chil dren Is available in my leaflet Height and Weight Tables to 1 10 Years Your request for a copy cop should be accompanied by a sel self self- addressed cent 3 stamped envelope envelop sent to this department Failure to gain must always be a attributed at at- either to something awry i ithe Inthe in inthe the balance of the diet or just too little food Baby Is naturally active an and likewise it is his nature to gain weight weigh Later he may turn Into a thin bon bonman bony bonyman bonyman man like his father but If he be we well fed in his Infancy hell he'll gain quite quil like the neighbors neighbor's baby whose father fathe may be short and fat S S Tomorrow Punishments CompI Complicate calc cafe Difficulties of Toilet Training |