Show r YOUR BABY I I 1 AND MINE I IBy By MYRTLE MEY MEYER rt ELDRED J IMPROVE A POOR APPETITE BY FEWER MEALS If It there thore was was was- ever a c commonplace ce utterance it is is My child wont won't eat Seemingly children find less than no pleasure pleasure- at all In iii gustatory gustatory gusta gusta- tory tory pursuits We cannot blame this condition on an any one tIming thInS but If It we could the effort to keep JunIor Junior Jun Jun- br up to weight or even to get him to exceed that of ot some relatives's or neighbors neighbor's child would bear some of 01 it ft The baby who weighs five pounds at birth and fifteen at a year is is- very very often otten fed exactly as is his small year old cousin who weighs twice as much That is his mother tries to feed fed him as much and finds that after artel jie has has downed the the quart quart of ot milk she forces on him he wont won't open his mouth for one bIto more Then Ihen there Is the baby baby- In a family fam fam- ily Uy of adults who are in the habit of devouring o-f o food lood Faced coo with the large portions furnished by his generous mother the baby balks ry violently and and ele ole ole- Yat vats vates s his nose Ings lags from the tho whole family The amounts a child can an eat at any meal are in proportion t to the appetite he has for lor that mea meal mealand and If it h he comes to to- tho table with no appetite because of ct the between between- meal delicacies he has been nib bling it is no no effort at all for him to refuse food There are dozens of legitimate reasons why children lose their ap appetites appetites ap- ap ap- ap petites temporarily A coming comIn cold a a. tooth about to erupt enlarged adenoids or Infected tonsils and fatigue fa fatigue fa- fa tigue all are sufficient reasons s for turning baby against his food tood J It If left alone and his whims hims Ignored d he will have a return of ot appetite as soon as the indisposition is passed If he is iI forced to eat if H he tie is given snacks bet between een meals meals I lie is naus nauseated by food or r else so filled up that h he he- hen n never has a chance to be really hungry and know kno the delights of ot wanting to eat If th there re is one rule of of or feeding which ev every ry mother should know arid and follow It Is Is' the simple common common- commonsense commonsense common sense one of ot giving less Jess food when a child has no no- appetite and feeding feeding feeding feed feed- ing fewer times In the day In Instead Instead In- In stead the mother tries ingeniously to o get down a a. a. a few more bites to put tho the bottle in the sleepIng sleepIng- bab baby's s 's mouth to give a a. drink of ot mIlk and an orange or banana or apple between be tie I tween meals which Instead d dof of help- help hg lug matters still further destroys 8 the childs child's appetite and makes lila his refusal to to- eat eata a a habitual A baby must have an appetite just justas as aa surely as an adult must by bya bya bya a pleasurable remembrance of how nice food tasted When he lie w was was wa's s bun liun- gry He lie can cari can never h nave have o this this-mem- gry He lie can cari can never h nave have o this this-mem- ory ory If he lIe is n never ver allowed to get hungry If his Is a supply a aay always ay e exceeds eeds hIs ils needs Overfeeding feeding too rich foods between meals milk is a food remember r feeding feed- feed in ing ng at too oo short ls are the most common reasons for a lac lack of ot appetite vV- vV Ones Once baby or child has discovered cr d how v powerful he becomes be omes when lIe he refuses to eat eat and hoW the family all tand stand rou round d and wheedle wheedle and and urge and offer rewards for fore e each h re re- t mouthful the mischief is done one It takes months Of t patient IndIfference t to erase this slon and let the child know iv th that t lila his lack lick of ot appetite is hi his l loss iss and n not t yours S Mrs s. Eldred feeding leaflet outlines the correct diets ft from m six sli weeks to six years also contains a dis discussion of Tho The s' s Child Any reader may obtain this leat leaflet et by sending send send- ing lag addressed stamped en- en ri- ri her request to Myrtle Meyer Edred hi in care of or the Tour Your Baby aby and Mimic MIriel d department depart depart- arten art art- S ment en of ot newspaper |