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Show Feeding Rules Assist Mother By MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED While feeding children 1b always an Individual matter, there are standard stand-ard which offer guidelines by which a mother may ateer her own course. By and large It seems to me that mothers tend to be overcautious overcau-tious or overbold, the one having a Your Baby fear of new foods and portions that satisfy the child, the other giving giv-ing little or no thought to the digestive di-gestive limitations of her Infant Mothers would do well to read and discuss their feeding programs and compare them with o tilers to determine deter-mine whether they are guilty of one or the other falling. Formula Sought "My baby is four months old," write Mrs. T. K "and I would like a formula tor him. He now get four ounces or ooiiea mux, two ouncei t of boiled water and one and one half teaspoons of syrup in each of flv bottle. He seems very reatlesi and sleeps poorly. t You may have the leaflet on i "Sweet Milk Formulas' and i "Feeding From 3 to Months" for only a self-addressed and ' three-cent stamped envelope sent to Myrtle Meyer Eldred, : care of The Salt Lake Telegram. "I have to use a suppository every ev-ery day. He gets orange juice, coc liver oil and a small amount of cereal. ce-real. How can I get him to drink water? He refuses all except tha email amount h gets in his formula. formu-la. I do not boil th milk. Sometimes, Some-times, the movements contain large, tough curds.' Reaaon for Boiling On of th reasons for boiling the milk is to break down these protein pro-tein curds so that they ar more eaisly digested by the baby. That is th first thing to try. Boil the milk for three minutes on top of th stove, stirring constantly to prevent pre-vent burning or formation of thick skin. Your baby weights pounds and gets only 20 ounces of milk daily, which is far lass than the average. av-erage. Figure the formula by the 24 hours. Instead of by the individual individ-ual bottle. You will find it easier to offer the amount necessary to satisfy th baby. Adding more milk, boiling the milk and Increasing th sugar content con-tent will do away with the constipation consti-pation and probably will have a most beneficent influence upon the restlessness and sleeplessness. I |