Show OVERFEEDING OFTEN FORERUNNER OF LOSS OF BABY'S APPETITE Bring your problems about diet general care and management of ot children to Myrtle Meyer Eldred Your questions will be promptly answered if you will wilt send a a. self- self addressed address cd cent 3 stamp stamped d envelope ope with your lette to Mrs Eldred in care of the Your Baby and Mine department of this newspaper By MYRTLE l MEYER 1 ELDRED Overfeeding is often orten the forerunner forerun forerun- ner ncr of loss of appetite The Tho baby who is persistently stuffed and g jains a I Ins n s prodigiously eventually reaches the saturation point and goes on a hunger strike By such methods he tends to balance the scales cales in favor of ot moderation Or Orthe Orthe the hc overfed child may not refuse food but mo tony may suffer surfer from tram eczema The following following- illustrates both re reactions re- re actions Mrs R. R E. E D. D writes My baby boy Is 6 months old and weighs v nearl nearly 19 pounds Ho He weighed seven at birth He Ho gets 20 ounces of evaporated milk with 18 ounces of water and also twice daily two tablespoons of a cereal prepared for Cor babies I I give him five and one half ounces per feeding but he seldom takes that much sometimes none at all He is fed every four hours One Ono week he gains nothing the next week 10 ounces I have to give him orange orance juice by spoon antI and then he spits out most of ItHe itHe itHe it He has a rash on his hb check and behind his ears His checks cheel s do donot donot donot not itch but ho he scratches his ears cars I was told to give him pruno prune juice for his constipation but I cant can't get him to take it It- The rash is caused possibly by bythe the he overfeeding which baby is now helping helpin naturally by not eating what is offered him It is also possible possible possible pos pos- sible that ho possesses some sensitivity sensitivity to wheat or some of or the other cereals present In the mixed baby cereal You may have the leaflets What Mothers Should Know About Eczema Eczema Eczema Ec Ec- zema and Food for tor the Allergic Child if you will vill send a self self-ar- dressed and cent 3 stamped envelope envelope en en- velpe to Myrtle Meyer Eldred care of t the e Your Baby and Mine department department de de- dc- dc of this newspaper and ask for them The baby has hils gained more than 10 pounds which Is an excellent gain The formula contains an excessive excessive ex ex- amount of at milk and no sugar suar Sufficient sugar would correct correct correct cor cor- the constipation naturally The orange orang or lemon or tomato juice must be a part of the dally daily diet because baby bilby is 15 taking a n. n processed processed pro pro- ceased milk A better formula would be 16 ounces of evaporated milk which when diluted is the equivalent of 32 ounces ounces' of ot whole milk and Is is 5 all aU any child of ot any any age needs in one day I To 10 this add from one ono to one and one-half one ounces of syrup or maltose dissolved in boiled water sufficient to make 32 ounces in all Put into four bottles and feed at 6 2 Put the orange or lemon juice two to three tablespoons ons of lemon juice in the formula or give him two ounces of oC diluted tomato juico juice separately Use any healing salve on the rash |