Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-12-15 | Page 9 | Dress Your Children to Suit Wear, Not Just for looks

DRESS YOUR CHILDREN TO SUIT THE WEA WEATHER THER NOT JUST FOR LOOKS Thor Thoroughly Cooked Cereal Important Item in Baby's Diet Careful Preparation Is Essential Dress your child chUd according to th the temperature and not as you think he should be clothed Mrs Eldred's leaflet Dressing ChU Children en In Winter Whiter ter Time will wUl help you select the proper wardrobe There Is 15 no charge for the leaflet but ca each request should Include a self self- addressed 3 cent 3 ceat t stamped envelope Write to the Your Baby and Mine department of The Salt La Lake e Telegram Cereal is the first solid food given to babies babie being offered In teaspoon amounts when baby is four or five months of age Thereafter the amount is increased as quickly as consistent with baby's digestion and appetite Cook Thoroughly Cereal must be well cook cooked d. d Partially Partially Par Par- c cooked ked starch is hard to digest and we would not subject baby to any digestive burden when we are eager to increase e his nutrition by this thu valuable valuable val val val- food At first we use only fine grained cereals or those which can be sieved after afLer cooking One spoonful spoonful spoon spoon- ful of this delicately warm wann is mixed with baby's milk formula and given previous to hi his 10 a. a m. m feeding A Ase se second ond teaspoonful precedes the 6 p. p m m. m feeding We continue this cautious cautious cau cau- feeding for a afew few days until we feel sure the baby's stomach will not notI I rebel against it Then we increase the amount at each feeding by one more teaspoonfuL Remembering that baby's whole eating eat eating ing experiences have been with a fluid food we must not be surprised if U he encounters some difficulty in swallowing this thicker substance Unless Unless Un less the spoonful of cereal is Ls placed far back in baby's mouth he is apt to suck upon it and push it out Instead instead in In- stead of swallowing it This Is an Immediate affront to his mothers mother's objectives objectives obJectives ob ob- ob- ob and she is very apt to say crossly Ho there none of that young man Just swallow this Sometimes he does docs being more successful successful suc suc- in his second attempt but Itis it itis itis is quite conceivable that he may continue continue con con- to p push sh out the cereal almost ai fast as it is spooned into him bim Patience Pays I A mother will make speedier progress progress ress if she keeps her temper and attempts attempts attempts at at- tempts to place the cereal farther back In baby's mouth so 30 that it goes gOe down before he can push it back A whose mother-whose methods are grimmer and more determined and consequently consequently conse conse- often otten l less successful believes that she ends this annoying little habit hab hab- habit it by holding baby's nose and saying forcefully Now see if it you can spit it out out But harsh and tactless methods methow do donot donot donot not encourage any real liking for a food swallowed so painfully It is apt to turn baby against almost anything offered by a spoon We should use a small spoon tip baby's head back a little farther and stop altogether when baby becomes irritable and fussy Cej Ce real is b to be one of baby's Important foods for months even years We can can afford to be patient trose first f. f first st few weeks while he is learning to eat it Tomorrow Tomorrow Teething Teething Upset Points to Diet Deficiency