Show Your Baby's HealtH By Bv DR MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor Journal of tho the American Medical l Association an and nf ot Hygeia the Health Magazine Babies who live on cows cow's milk are more likely to havo have digestive disorders than those who live on mothers mother's milk Until recently a good part of tho trouble no doubt was due to invasion of the milk mUle by germs Modern Mod rn methods methods meth meth- ads of cleanliness have eliminated this possibility Most modifications or cows cow's milk Involve a 0 reduction of at the amount of protein and fat and an Increase in the amount of at sug sugar augar r. r A diet which contains too much protein as compared with sugar will lead to an increased amount of bacterial action in the tho bowels and in that way cause trouble with nutrition Too much also will increase e the tho water needed by tho the body Most babies can take a fair proportion proportion proportion pro pro- portion of tho the fa fat in cows cow's milk However it Is customary nowadays nowa nowa- i days clays to cut down on the fat also A baby getting gettins cows cow's milk with a I high degree of fat sometimes de develops develops develops de- de an intolerance for fat tat The fat of at cows cow's milk is not as easily casily absorbed by the human body as is that of mothers mother's milk All sorts of mixtures and ana varIations varia varla- of cows cow's milk have been devised to overcome difficulties such as 33 havo have been mentioned Sugar is added to the milk Inmany in inmany inmany many forms Milk sugar is one of ot the most frequent forms as asare asare asare are also malt and cane sugar The latter Jatter is inexpensive and Is widely recommended by most doctors who specialize in Infant feeding Many doctors recommend a H. mixture of at dextrin and maltose such a as is found in many proprietary proprietary tary Infant foods Tho The common method of olf ing artificial feeding baby involves the adding of water and later of carbohydrate or sugar Another method is merely to add sugar to the whole milk and to reduce the total quantity of ot food that is taken In such cases a good deal of at additional water is given between feedings This adds to the amount of nursing necessary for or the baby An average mixture is isone one which contains about 7 ounces of whole milk 3 ounces of water and b bounce bounce bounce ounce of sugar Such mixture may be made with boiled fermented or acidified milk In certain climates climates climates cli cli- mates it may be preferable to use dried or evaporated milk This mixture will give about 20 calories to the ounce and contain about 15 per cent of protein 35 per cent of fat and 50 per cent cent of carbohydrate The feeding may be prepared with boiled pasteurized pas paz skimmed dried evaporated evaporated po C rated sweetened condensed or fermented milk There also are special preparations called protein protein pro pro- tein milks acidified milks and andall andall andall all the different proprietary foods The mother should ask her doctor doc doe tor what to use and how to use it Babies vary in their reactions to these different mixtures If If the family i is unable to afford a visit to a doctor there are in inmost inmost most large communities suitable infant welfare stations where complete directions concerning artificial feeding are arc supplied and where visiting nurses will Vill oversee oversee oversee over over- see preparation of oC the formula and teach the mother how bow to develop develop de do- it |