Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-12-27 | Page 8 | Your Baby

Y Your Baby Eve Every y Nursing MotherN Mother N Needs Rest By MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED I All AIl of us are victims of persons persons' who vho uncritically pass on faulty ideas deas Especially does the young mother without information or convictions convictions con- con suffer when she takes too seriously the thoughtless remarks of f older women Mrs V. V R. R writes I have been so so o delighted because I could nurse my baby so successfully He is 3 months old and weighs 14 14 pounds He le is large and of course I do get tired ired and before the end of f the dayI dayI dayI day I am a small eater and my mother mothr moth- moth er cc r and her friends tell teIl me I am draining raining my vitality when I nurse so o large a baby They think because because be- be cause ause he has had so good a start I should hould be satisfied to wean him now ow Should I consider this I Ido Ido Io do o want to do what is best for both oth of us It must be exasperating when things are going so fine to have outsiders make you feel dissatisfied and nd worried People seem unable to o leave things as they are Since baby's aby's condition is beyond criticism they hey have made an attack upon your well Dont Don't be critical of your intake of f food just because you have been told old to eat for two Eat enough to o satisfy your own appetite Choose a well-balanced well diet Dont Don't diet dieto to o keep leep thin and dont don't stuff for forit forit fort it t only makes you fat d ai doesn't help the baby Rest as much as you can A daily nap or rest period periods is s an absolute essential for every nursing mother You can always manage this if you will by lying down when the baby has his long nap Advise your friends never to call all you then But as long as baby is s gaining so splendidly you may be beure sure ure that you are a successful nurse and it would be a shame to wean him lim Our free leaflet The Nursing Mother may be had by sendina sending a t tit three three- Ii r e e cent stamped self- self addressed envelope elope with your letter to Mrs Eldred of the your baby and mine department in care of The Tue Salt Lake Telegram