Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-01-07 | Page 8 | Very Young Infant Should Not be Put on Bottle Too Soon

VERY YOUNG INFANT SHOULD NOT BE PUT ON BOTTLE TOO SOO Complementary Form u 1 a as s Preferred to Change I to New Food By B v MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED Whatever disadvantages some individual individual in in- breast milk may possess i it itIs itis Is baby's natural food tood and nothing which can be con concocted ted in imitation of or has the same peculiar merits For this reason it is deplorable when a avery avery very young baby has to be weaned from Crom the breast Even when the baby is not thriving thriving ing AS ad one would expect it is easier to add to the b by the use of oC complementary formulas than to thrust the baby on a food as strange and sometimes sometime as indigestible e Uble as is the milk of ot other animals Mrs D. D P P. P has become dl discouraged by the chan changes cs in formula sugg suggested sted for lor her b baby by I never have hat an any milk for m my babies after th the first week Now my seven pound ounce 15 baby is on her second formula She thrived while T nursed her but now she has only gained two heo ounces in iii a R week Her formula is seven oun ounces es of or evaporated e milk 13 3 o of boiled water and two tablespoons tablespoon of corn syrup This goes into seven bottles She vomits a great re t deal and cries as IS if C she were hungry The doc doctor lor tells me the amount is sufficient and she may overcome overcome over over- come the vomiting I wish I could nurse her I have been told she sie will not get et used to lo this formula How about buttermilk Is that easier to digest digest di dl gest I get so much help from your jour column Your formula Is a good one But It lacks some type of ot vitamin C C. which is essential with a processed or boiled milk formula You can add idd two tablespoons tablespoon o of lemon juice to o your formula or 0 give ive one ounce of ot sweet oran orange e juice daily in m two ounces of ot water dividing this into two wo portions and giving one at 9 a. a m m. and the thc other at 5 p p. m m. The vomiting might be bc helped by fewer ewer feed feeding In periods the same amount o of milk and corn syrup and and enough water waler to make feedings leeding of ot 3 or 4 ounces It is not unusual for lor a 3 bab baby to fail Call to gain on a new formula but bub I she should be comfortable and nd not not vomiting Might a tight binder be bc held responsible for this Buttermilk because of or Its lactic acid content is easier to digest You may use lactic acid with your you present pres pt-es- present ent formula Our leaflet on Lactic Acid Feedings may be had for tor the usual self-addressed self and three-cent three 1 stamped envelope sent to Myrt Meyer feyer Eldred care of oC the Your Baand Bai and Mine department o of this ne nev paper You might be able to lo renew t breast milk b by putting the baby both breasts regularly every Joi fOt hours hour hoping hopin that the might again start the flow Feed t I bottle after the nursing HOUSEHOLD HINT HINTI I If burnt saucepans are nrc filled vi wil vilot lot hot water to which a handful r kitchen salt has been added left stand tand for an hour or two and the thc rubbed with a coarse rag raJ dipped more salt the burn marks will d appear