Show HEALTH HINTS ETC COMPILED BY MAC cut out oui these hints and keep them extracts from dr C E pages book how to feed the baby continued from last week THREE MEALS ENOUGH it may be claimed that while one I 1 infant might be able to subsist anti anil even thrive on two or three meals another and probably most infants would starve unless fed oftener but bat I 1 am unable to find any basis for such a conclusion in the feeding of cattle horses hogs and ruen men it iti i 4 lound that the ration that suffices suf flees for one ual will suffice lor for any individual of the class in this I 1 do not consider the gormand izing capacity of individuals who can carry arry off though tu to their hurt double or triple rations all men are rudi mentally alike and the body of each human huma n being is made after a der certain t pattern which pattern is in accordance with the general principles which apply to all individuals rhe fhe great principles upon which one msty mans s body is built by which it prows grows by which it gains power by which it maintains mai main tans its material activities and by which its life is ke kept within it are principles that are ap applicable p I 1 cable to every human body tf it becomes not only a general fact upon which under general circumstances circumstance one can rely but it becomes a uniform aye a universal fact that what will keep one man alive will keep another man alive 11 BELLY BANDS ETC among the numerous causes of discomfort which prevail in the nursery and which lead to over feeding we have the injurious bellyband belly band tight as a womans comans corsets diapers pinned too snug about the waist and drawn so ti tight gh t between the legs as to be insufferable fe r bill cavernous creases between rolls of fatty tissue where over many square inches the excretions of the s skin sin in must be re absorbed and for want of ventilation such as is enjoyed enjoys wart I 1 sy i the freia free surfaces sores are produce which in turn are kept plastered with powder of some sort until til the functions of the skin are wholly destroyed I 1 tight pinning blankets worn also at night while the parents enjoy the luxury of loosa sialele gowns tile the I 1 breath of life cafek carefully ally excluded exclude a from the home through the superstitious fear of damp air night air id draughts ts all these and many other cruel cruel and needless irritants has the baby to suffer and when they have tor tortured turied him into worrying or crying more food is given to tickle fickle the ja palate late a and nd yet more to drug him to steep sleep and this failing mother soothing syrup stupefies fies the brain and gives him and his tormentors tor mentors rest THE BABY CIA A well managed baby will require very little attention from the mother or nurse but will amuse himself and then sitting on the floor with his bis playa play things if however he is from the beginning taught as is most frequently the case that he must be kept in arms a great part of the time he would be more or less than human if he be did not demand it and yet the happiest and most comfortable place for min him is I 1 in his crib or carriage or on the floor parents too often injure themselves and their children by teaching the latter to be exacting it is not neglect to teach even the youngest child self reliance liance Jre by a good deal of judicious letting alone I 1 infants are often kepplin arms rocked tossed trotted and stuffed hii with food in the vain effort to quiet them when if they were not suffering from surfeit simply lying down in JL a pure atmosphere mo sphere li ere the habit once formed moad wo would give them rest and peace and sleep these injurious motions may after a time dizzy the little one into a semblance of sleep from which however it will sart up upon be in ing g laid down to be again and again bushed hu hed or walked to sleep until at last utterly exhausted it may settle down for a long rest but when sleep is thus induced it is unnatural and unsatisfactory I 1 at this period of life habits are very easily and speedily formed hence an unwise or indiscreet attendant can readily make a newborn new ne w born babe troublesome and exacting and can soon transform a comfortable edaily tend ed aed baby into one requiring constant attention apt to its own sorrow borrow as well as V wait ot of its friends these are the children who seem to require constant feeding FEEDING BY BOSTLE with regard to the various advertised foods substitutes for mothers milk while many infants manage to subsist and in some cases thrive on them still in my judgment the beat substitute will be found in cows milk prepared as follows and I 1 feel tafe nafe in saying that it will invariably be taken with a relish oy by and agree with every healthy infant if offered in proper quantity and at proper intervals the approximate amount of cows milk lor for each meal for an infant at the age pf af nine months is about one cup full very rich milk will often disagree with infants and is less wholesome for all than pure milk containing only a medium proportion of tat fat A aa s to the best mode of preparation I 1 adopt the language ot of prof y S P sharpies sharples Shar pies who nas more than any other mau man in new new england if not in america made the subject of milk a special study and has bar made hundreds of of the fluid the best way to prepare cows milk fora young child is to allow it to stand for a few hours until a portion ol of the cream has bas raised then carefully remove the cream at each meal take the proper portion say for a babe at mineor ten tea months one cup at twelve mouths months one and out one third at fifteen months perhaps one anil abd one half or vary the quantity at different meals as more in the me less at noon bad and at night nig tit as experiment may prove best no hard and ana last rule I 1 except as to number of meals can be laid down for the million place the vessel containing the portion in a dish of hot water waterier wat erier bior a sufficient time to warm it cream or very rich milk luila is totally unsuitable ible for a young child children hildren 2 will be found generally to do weli well on ayrshire e milk since tins tais is mt mot much richer than skimmed jersey above all do not add cane suar buyar or water to milk the cane sugar is almost certain to sour the stomach while water reduces reduced tile the amount of flesh forming constituents in the milk and distends dis tends the childs stomach with an unnecessary amount of fluid 1 SUNDRY TROUBLES the amount designated is ample indeed in most cases too much for an ordinary infant at vine dine or tea months always use the bottle drinking is not natural the milk is swallowed too rapidly indigestion with flatulence atu lence and colle colic result natural tood lood in ap prop nate quantities eaten naturally Datu rally ensures digestion and thrift increase of pat stuffing up snuffles snuffle cold in tie ae head bead throw throwing ingup up backof lack of appe tite restlessness at night feverishness thrashing about abent or crying in I 1 n sleep etc etal 11 indicate indicated 1 foul foal air 12 2 overheated rooms 3 excessive clothing 4 improper feodor overeating perhaps all these causes united it itis is safe to say my that in a thousand cases of so go called colds not ten are due even indirectly i to exposure to cold excess in diet being both a pre dis disposing and exciting cause I 1 have invariably invariably obtained the best beat results in case ot children however fed from abstinence for six or more hours and entire abstinence it at night i where therel was nose running stop ping P i n up u of 0 f the air passages difficult b breathing r ng or any of the troubles mentioned 11 GIVE THEM WATER offer a drink of water occasionally between meals a teaspoonful or two for the oe youngest and whenever baby is ip fractious see if he be not thirsty never deprive a thirsty babe af water not nor otter offer milk instead if the child is disposed to drink ravenously it indicates severe congestion of the stomach and perhaps of the intestines and a need abed of omitting the next meal or of making it a very light licht one to avoid serious gastric trouble which might occasion the sacrifice of several meals from loss of ap appetite etite during a dangerous illness frequent small drinks of water or perhaps of hot and cold alternately will prove curative curdt lve in cases casen where there is severe internal fever A thirsty hirsty child will i nil if bly ay iy drink too much at a time and thereby increase his thirst by increasing ng the congestion that occasioned it jence hence the advantage of giving small draughts at frequent intervals until be harshad ha shad finally all he wants if this glan plan is adopted adolte there need be no fear of diarrhoea larr boBa in consequence of ef an excess of water if any looseness of the bowels should result it win wib prove curative and should not be checked it will cease when the cause of it ai washed away pure water is the natural cure abr summer complaint loose bowels the true principles of feeding for old or young consist in f furnishing arni shing a prop erly balanced diet in such quantity and at such intervals as shall maintain the appetite perfect and yet prevent all indications ous QI hunger or tt thirst 11 MOTHERS DIET DEBT the character of the mothers diet is of the utmost importance during the he lactation period the scorbutic diathesis induced by a deficient y of vegetable food especially tae ane grains whole who le product and fr fruits ilitS exerts a powerful influence upon the infants health the mill milk secreted beins being vencient denci ent in certain vital constituents cases are on record where a change in the mothers diet the avoidance of meat pastry spices hot sauces tea coffee chocolate and the adoption of a general diet of plain wheat meal br bread ead varied with rye corn and oat meals milk and fruit has rapidly restored infants dying of cholera in banium without aid from any other source the woman who I 1 lacks acks a reliable appetite lor for any sort q ot plain whole iome bome food is not a wiell well woman it if she indulges in that which chic is some she can not maintain good I 1 health if she be overfed I 1 abnormally fat and plethoric she is a sick woman andru and huoh mothers can not supply a perfect food for foi the nursing child much sloppy food hot drinks profuse drinking between meals to force the milk are injurious to both mother wad aad child much animal food I 1 is s not advisable either in winter or summer and in the latter season especially espella alyo should b be avoided altogether I 1 there will be no lack of appetite for plain n wholesome food if the mother applies app es in her own case the principles herein bedein advocated viz to eat at re regular gu intervals n not pt more than three meals and while eating g enough never biever in excess of thie tae requirements of the organism nausea Nau fea lack of appetite appetite gnawing at the stomach the lat latter batterso terso so gene generally rally mistaken for a demand for food all result from excess or the use of unwholesome holesome food or conditions the little work from which I 1 am ci illine these extracts is so go full of valuable instructions on this vital subject the raising ot of children I 1 that I 1 am constrained to still another chapter to it week 25 tracts on health topics for loats A book about what ati and dhoW how to ekok and eat for health loats matted mailed by D M mcallister McAll lster 66 centre st salt lake city |