Show Diet let an and Health I ANSWERS TO MOTHERS I God Cod could be every c where I therefore fore lie He made Jew Proverb CHANGING THE BREAST MILK firs MII Yes YeH both boLlt the quantity and the of breast milk can be changed Mothers who are aro not notha ha having ving correct especially those who are me improperly nourished unbalanced diets either the wron wrong foods or too great or insufficient in- in sufficient lent an can amount by changing to a proper diet and hy- hy I I glene giene change the quality of their theIr milk Someone has said that a a. nursing mother should eat at wha whatever ever agrees Wi Ith tel ter husband This was sayIng saying ii fit an unusual manner that her diet should be be bethe the normal varied diet let Just as anyone allyon else foods that have been proved to 10 disagree so should the nursing mother however how lIow- ever el the old theory that a mother motheL should not eat acid fruits or vegetables vege- vege tables with strong flavors Irs because they are likely to disturb the bab baby's s digestion has very little tion Occasionally however a mother will find that a certain article article ar- ar will apparently always ys be followed lot lot- lowed by digestive digestive- disturbances digestive disturbances jn in the baby in such a case she should omit this In general the diet for nursing mothers should contain about a aquart aquart quart of milk this need not be betaken betaken taken all In the form of drinks but butas butas as cottage or cream cheeses cream soups and sauces custards etc a liberal supply of protein or growth food largely from nuts these are especially good some eggs or meat or fish liberal supply of fresh flesh fruits and vegetables part of them raw raly whole whole- grain breads and cereals cereals ce- ce reals some b butter or cream We Ve have an article which goes into the subject more in detail Send a self self- addressed stamped envelope with request if you are interested She should not eat so much that she gaIns in weight that is unless she needs nor to-nor should she eat so HO little that she loses weight again unless she needs to QUANTITY OF BREAST MILK Nature intends to accommodate the supply of breast milk as to o the demand for it If little is taken Liken little tittle is produced if more is taken more is produced Sometimes and this happens frequently in maternity maternity mater mater- homes one woman woman will produce enough milk to nurse two or 01 even three babies at one time Of course there will be a limit to the amount that will be produced The best stimulus to cause the milk to increase is is the thorough emptying of the breast II if the baby isn't hungry enough to do that then the milk should be expressed ex- ex pressed b by what is known 11 as manual manual man man- ual expression Massage of the breasts is not good for Increasing the le milk The thumb and fore fore- linger finger should be placed one on each side of the that nipple just Beyond tile the border of the arcola the colored disk around the nipple lipple the finger und and thumb should then be pressed downward and forward without using any force or causing pain This manual expression should be used It if the baby is feeble and does cloes not get all the milk In some cases even en as long as three or four months after the tho breast has ceased producing the the milk can be brought I back by this method It If it becomes necessary to reduce reduce re- re duce the amount of milk nuJ produced limiting the amount of food tood and liquid taken by the mother motheL and toese the to ese Lse of a a. cathartic wilt wll usually do it oA After ter some practice the milk can be expressed so It comes in a stream This should be gathered in ina n. n sterile dish and can ae e fed to the baby by a bottle or or from fLom a spoon and cup if it is old enough to eat that way y Needless to say euy but perhaps per per- haps hups I had better sa sal It the hands and anel breast must be very clean Tomorrow Cooperation and Varicose Vari Vari- cose Veins Copyright 1927 by the George Matthew Adams Service |