Show y Y MEY I ED S BABIES SHOULD GET ADDITIONAL ADD ADDI- FOODS FIRST YEAR YEAR- Mrs 0 O. O E. E S. S writes I am a young oun and inexperienced mother and I wAnt to tell you ou how helpful your our column has been to me I have a little girl 8 months weighed six pounds at birth and nineteen now She has been crawling since 6 months and now pulls herself up UI to things If she hasn't rIckets will this early standIng standing stand stand- Ing cause bow legs She has four teeth and cut them without trouble Hero is m my most Important question I have plenty of milk for her and she has never ne had anything but orange juice since one month My doctor says sas lb food lood before 11 a oar but mothers tell me meshe meshe she should be ted fed Will you answer an- an this at your our earliest e Answer I am sorry that I cant can't agree wIth your our doctor for it is considered vitally Important that the tho baby have various foods offered before I the first year The regulation order order or- or der practically universal now among feeding authorities s is orange orange or- or ange juice from 2 to 3 months cod cod- liver oil in winter sun baths In summer from 3 months on earlier f if necessary cereal at about I 5 months and vegetable juices ox or vegetable stable soup and later part ot of the vegetables served into this beginning begin begin- ning at about th the seventh month ThIs allows for the childs child's becomIng becoming be- be comIng Used to all these various foods before nine months month when he be Is weaned from the breast weaning being completed at ten tn months B By the time the baby is one year Jeal old ho he has plain undIluted unsweetened unsweetened ened cows cows' milk gets tange ango juice In the morning cereal morning and anel and vegetable soup soul at one meal In additiOn c egg g yolk roll may I I be started at any time after aCter sj si i months one t of YOLK only being added to one bottIe bot- bot botI I tIe tic feeding or given gl with the vegetable vege- vege table juice or alone Egg Is Increased increased In- In creased cautiously because se even tile the i yolk olk Is not always well taken b by babies The white is not given bc because be cause it is pure proteIn and bab baby gets enough ot of thIs element in his milk mUk feedings Feeding before the year car likewise accustoms the bab ab to o eating a avery avery vital matter for fOl very We hear over 0 and over o about abou the exclusively breast or bottle ted fed baby over OVel a YEar who refuses to eat cat The he mother continues to offer time the I breast or bottle tearful fearful that ho he will starve and the baby glO 9 punier and paler for lack Jack or of a diet The soy avoid to-avoid su sut situations I is to begin tec feeding in early then baby doesn't get so to a purely pUrel liquid diet Your bab baby hasn't a sign ot of rickets rick rick- eta ets so early standing couldn't cause bow legs Pulling lr up to timings thIngs is fine exercise but seat him gEntly when Iso ho ha haR stood a short time and dont don't let him overdo this |