Salt Lake Telegram | 1937-08-19 | Page 12 | Watch Weight, Adjust Diet Accordingly

Watch Weight, Adjust Diet Accordingly Br MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED It is almost impossible to determine deter-mine accurately what may be wrong with a baby's diet, when one in completely ignorant of the rate of weckly-jEaiiLAV'liiJe.worjhip ot the weight rhart is not to be advised, it is unquestionably more desirable an attitude than complete indifference indiffer-ence to it. Mrs. T. K. F. says her 8-month-old baby "looks healthy" and weighed six pounds at birth. She does not say what he weighs at the moment Daily Diet She writes, "He gets orange juice every day. on feeding of cereal in the morning and some vegetables with the 2 p. m. nursing. He still has iom discbarge in his eyes, though I have used boric acid in them ever since he was born. "He is a good baby in the morning, morn-ing, but cries most of the afternoon. after-noon. Even though I take him out walking after his 2 p. m. nursing he cries and fusses until I feed him again at 6 p. m. This makes me very nervous. Do you think the vegetable iivouiLiiJdjge3Uori II Weigh Weekly The possibility is that If you weighed the baby weekly you would discover his rate of gain to be low. The behavior after his p. m. nursing nurs-ing would seem to indicate that your supply of milk is lower at that time than in the morning, and it isn't indigestion, but hunger, that makes the baby cry. The vegetables are not apt to be at fault, but, of course, you ran only determine this by knowing what he gains after this 2 p. m. nursing, as compared with what he gains at other feedings. j This will give you some knowledge of how many ounces of milk he lacks , for perfect satisfaction. If he is amply fed, then blame the vege-J tables. j