Show M USE COMPLEMENTARY FOOD IF YOUR CHILD f DOESN'T GAIN WEIGHT WEIGH J Add Additional 1 F Feedings ee d. d Will Keep Nursing Baby Baby Satisfied Bring your our problems to i Ir Eldred in care of or the Your B Baby Eaby and Mine department of j this IM newspaper Your questions abo about t diet general care and mana manage ment of chi children dren will willbe be answer answered t I promptly if Jr you will 1 a self-addressed self cent 3 stamped I en elope clope with your letter By Dr MYRTLE MEYER When a mother is convinced t ih i breast feeding is the best way to 10 foil feed a baby she Is perplexed when baby baW failure to gain gam his v v and fretfulness advertise only too plainly that he is s not satisfied with hit lions u n. n His dissatisfaction need not weaning Complementary feeder are an excellent stop gap bet between feeding and weaning By their 32 gj ald the baby may be given j just t ench more cows cow's milk to satisfy him t to a proper gain in wei weigh ht until weaning is in order During the early period of life when fatigue and worry d dimin n ish the mothers mother's supply of ot brent breast milk complementary feedings feeding are a boon and a blessing They prevent hunger and fretfulness until the th breast supply is established and fan fUI honing adequately Then quite ofte the mother finds that complementary tarr feedings may be abolished One indication for feedings is the baby's inability to 2 wait four hours for his meals Th ne answer is not more frequent but rather some additional supply of f nourishment which will keep keen hIm hin him satisfied until for the regular regul 6 feeding During that period from irom 1 the sev sey euth to the ninth month when It i fa ii desirable to accustom baby to a ne nev taste and a new way of getting ha hiS nourishment it is well to finish n eai S nursing with a bottle feeding By S doing t. t this is the transition from breast bread to bottle Is made easier for mother and baby 1 Complementary formulas may be than continued li half halt his nL until baby y Is fa getting more nourishment from front them then Then it would seem seen's advisable to admit ad- ad mit mil that the thc breast feedings are o of dubious value and that the next step is weaning J The way to figure the contents of complementary feeding is explained in n my leaflet Computing Comple CompTe- Formulas Send a sell addressed cent 3 stamped envelope envelop to o me in care iJ of this department lad and ask for tor the leaflet by name l |