Show Your Baby 91 t and Mine D By MR l TLE MEYER ELDRED Bring DrIng your problems to Mrs Eldred in care of th the Your Dab Baby j jand and Mine department of this newspaper Your questions about r diet general care car and management manage manage- ment of children will be answered promptly if you will a self addres ed three cent stamped enveloped with your letter There arc lre no disadvantages t to o r mixed breast and bottle feedings ex when the mother alternates the two To function successfully ully the breast must have regular stimulation This is not possible when breast feedings feed feed- ings are alternated with bottle feed feed- ings The baby may not suffer from this method of feeding f but nursing should be encouraged and promoted instead of discarded t Mrs M M. F. F II H. writes My baby r will will be seven weeks old soon She is IE getting four to tour four and one half ounces of breast milk at 6 ar a. m m. 10 a. a m. m 6 p p. p m m. and occasionally at 2 p p. p m. m At the rest of her tee feedings ings she gets 12 ounces of boiled water G 6 ounces of canned milk md and three and andon one half on tablespoons of sugar She gets cod liver oil and a tablespoon of orange juice in water She will not sleep after 6 a a. a m. m At t 10 a a. a m. m she sleeps until 2 p m m. and then Js is awake all afternoon l know this Is not enough sleep for or so young n a baby I think I should wean her entirely How can I get rid ot of the milk How can I increase th the for or mula She weighs nine pounds and H 14 ounces having weighed weigh cd eIght pounds nt at birth She gained 10 ounces between the fifth and sixth weeks Her present weight is normal The milk formula is 15 almost sufficient for her whole needs with no at atalL all Divide the formula into as man many bottles as there are feedings and give one after each regular nursing This is a better balanced formula for tor a 1 complementary one Five ounces of canned milk 10 ounces of boiled wa va- valet let and two tablespoonfuls of sugar Divide into six bottles and offer oHer at af 1 ter r the at 6 10 2 6 and 10 and 2 at night If H you will send end me a self addressed three three cent stamped envelope I 1 shall be happy to send fiend you ou my leaflet Computing Complementary Formulas FormuLas FormuLas' Formu las Las' and Feeding from Two to Nine Months Months' Please do not consider weaning at this season and at baby's ale age One of the invaluable safeguards a mother can furnish her baby during his first six months is breast feeding Do not b become com so o easily discouraged with nursing You have hav not given it ita ita a fair air trial |