Show Force orce May Spoil I Plan For Feeding By MYRTLE Z MEYER 1 ELDRED There take that that and and no more fussing Mother knows what is good for you And willy-nilly willy the mother nother pu puts the tho spoonful of food in young James James' mouth closes a determined deter deter- min mined d finger over his nostrils and he swallows It used to be done dono just that way and nd the mother glowed with triumph tri trl- mph because the food was Inside ot of f James where she sho felt it ought it-ought ought to o be Stubborn Distaste Undoubtedly food got into James but ut he developed an increasingly stubborn distaste for all foods and more agile ways of resisting the fOrcing process If It what the parent parentIs parents Is s trying to develop is a liking for food she is using the one method which is bound to defeat this end Mrs B. B M. M S S. S writes Should baby jaby be forced to eat or be allowed to o judge for tOl himself how much he hewan wan wants My old month son is an erratic e eater ter Sometimes he will take ake two ounces at other times 7 He e is on n a hour four-hour schedule He Heats Heg g gets ats ts two-thirds two milk and third one-third water vater and a teaspoonful of syrup I Ifor for or each ounce or of formula usually I about bout 6 ounces of syrup Should he have a second cereal feeding ceding as ns he takes only about 19 ounces of ot formula So far I have forced him but when whon I do he wont won't drink rink the milk or if he does he ie e gags and nd vomits Wrong Formula Forcing the child chUd to eat wont won't rectify rectify rec- rec this situation What cries out for or correction is that out of formula ormula It should consist of ot about 30 0 ounces of milk 3 tablespoonfuls of oC f syrup and enough boiled water to o make ounce 4 feedings Or 1 if you ou use night feeding then divide this his amount into five bottles The grotesque amount of syrup syrups is s what is robbing your our baby of ap- ap petite You may have the leaflets on Sweet Milk Formulas and Feeding Feeding Feed ing ng From Two to Nine Months for fora a self addressed cent 3 stamped envelope en- en sent to Myrtle Meyer Eldred of f the Your Baby and Mino Mine Department Department Department Depart Depart- ment of this newspaper |