Show 1 YOUR OUR BABY AND MINE J Independence in Eating f i i Can Be Started Early ti I VV t. t BY Bt MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED I i f When new foods are started early the bab baby be becomes omes accustomed accustomed tomed toured to the new way of feeding by bys by's sp spoon or cup and to the new tas tastes s and textures and textures tex ures of the foods It is easier t to give t the e etiny tiny baby a spoonful of ora orange ge juice than it if J may ay be when he he heis is older and b better able to d dodge dge th the spoon It isn't too hard ey even n as early a ly as six weeks to accustom t the e baby to taking his orange range juice from a cup By By the time the baby Is 6 m months old he will want ant to hang onto his bottle at feeding tl time dine n and d' d h he should 1 be allowed d to do do 1 this even If his mother is holding holding hold hold- ing hl him n and it too When she feeds him his solid foods she will do b better if she props him comfortably on the davenport Jn In front of her rather than to o otry try to hold him and put food into his mouth by teaspoon When he begins to sit in his high chair at 7 to 9 months depending upon his ability toBit to ait Bit up easily he should be allowed to hold a sp spoon n while his mother wields an another another- ther one for feeding Occasionally he will make jabs at the food and he shouldn't be sc scolded If h he Z scoops ops up a spoonful uland and tries tries' to rai raise e It to his mouth help him Let him clasp the cup of milk lov lovingly lovingly toy toy- and direct it in such a a. away away way th that t he isn't drowned by its contents The Tho mother who brushes off oft the childs child's first awkward efforts to feed himself because beca it is r ne neater ter and swifter t to fe feed d him herself is blind to to the advantages advantages adva 1 tage of ot this necessary practice in the art of ot that self-feeding self shortly she will be demanding of ot him hire Mrs E E. McG writes When the baby started feeding herself herself her her- BC self she displayed d an amazing amount of ot independence Now at 2 years she manages all her food quite capably with the exception ex ex- cep on of soup I devised a simple simple sim sim- r pie way for her to ge get t this ls at the same ame time insuring the maximum amount of ot soup inside of her 1 pour the liquid part of ot the soup into a small smaIl cup This s she drinks calling caling it her cup up of tea like Mamas Mama's Mamas and and the remaining vegetables she cats from a soup plate J I c can cans n eat my lunch at atthe atthe atthe the same time she does so this serves two purposes s. s Maybe this will help someone else It is a fine idea for children do doget get tired Dec because us of the effort needed to empty a a cupful c of soup b by spoonfuls Weaning Gradual Process Weaning the baby babY is one of those nutritional and emotional mileposts in the b baby's bys by's life which has to be betaken taken seriously It Itis It is all wrong to tear the baby from his familiar way of getting his his' milk and expect to leave him free of emotional scars scare So Some fe babies do dp not outgrow so early in life the habit of sucking sucking sucking suck suck- ing their nourishment instead of drinking it Until they d do they will wUl be affronted at being deprived deprived deprived de de- de- de of the e breast or bottle nipple S Such Sch ch a habit if strongly held may may make make weaning amat amat- ter of months rather than weeks It is is' is well not to arouse the childs child's resentment against g cups when it may mean his his' l later ter stubborn refusal of them If the Uie baby has been continuously continuously continuously fed breast from birth it may be easier and better t to wean him to a bottle for fora a few weeks and then change ng to the cup The transition will be e a less drastic one Our leaflet No 44 14 Teaching th the thc Use Cup of-Cup and Spoon poon m may y be had by sending a a stamped self-addressed self envelope with this request to Myrtle Meyer Meyer Meyer-Eldred Eldred In care of The of-The The Salt Lake Tele Tele- gr gram |