| Show HOW TO FEED THE CHILDREN by lucy wright snow 0 of salt lake city sirs snow because of her study and experience Is especially well qualified to advise mothers on this important subject every mother Is responsible to a very great extent for the condition of her child it if the subject of feeding children were carefully studied and the fact better understood that the physical well being of a child is so largely dependent upon the faithful observance of simple pre cautions the need of tonics would drop to 0 o a minimum and a nervous child would be unheard of since thero there Is so much complaint that mothers time to properly care for their children it would be well for unmarried women to take up a course i in general as well as nursing and for mothers to exclude some of their housekeeping and devote more attention to the simple lite life and proper care and feeding of the children from the beginning the mother of a family should study constantly how to meet the daily dietetic needs ot of that family each member of which may require different consideration not that something different should be prepared for each individual but that the same thing may be served in various ways I 1 e rice will be prepared for one cooked in water with simply the addition of a shake of salt by another served with butter and sugar another with cream and sugar still another with simply the addition of a little brown sugar or syrup and so on with tact sand nd very little extra each individual may be pleased eidl out being catered to for every foolish nhim give the child life in the open so go far as pos possible gible plenty of gods good out doors rompers a dirt pile and bate bare feet his toys should be garden tools halls balls flats fiats a velocipede and a gay express wagon agon there need be no great change for his winter sports except that he be be dressed warmly but not so elude clude some of their superfluous feet should be protected from dampness if these conditions are observed the average child vill a ill be well and happy and have a good appetite so that he will be able to eat without fussing or teasing give him plenty 0 of good milk every child should have al all I 1 the milk he wants mush gralia graham n I 1 germade oats or conr meal bread a and nd when I 1 say bread I 1 mean carefully made well baked b bread bead ead butter rice and fruits apples are good either cooked or uncooked dates figs bugs raisins and prunes are especially useful because they do not require the adds adda tion of sugar be careful of fresh fruits in the summer time children should be allowed sweets in plenty but should not be allowed to form the habit of using sugar in quantities many people destroy the value of their cereals drinks and fruits by the amount of 0 sugar with embellish embell em belish sh them take a quantity of any ot of the fruits I 1 have named wash carefully place in a covered dish with just enough water to cover them ind and let stand over night in the morning set them on the back of the stove where they will simmer shumer slowly and cook until tender earring barring the apples it is surprising how sweet they will be without the addition of one P particle article of sugar fruit prepared in this manner is useful in ili a dozen ways honey should be used much more commonly than it is is eaten simply with bread and butter it forms a sweet excellent ice cream is made by substituting a cup of strained honey for the same amount of sugar too much cannot be said about the proper mastication of food it is important that a mother give the child its first lesson in eating rather than to let it learn promiscuously if it learns to eat slowly and masticate thoroughly the habit will be established and even after the habit is established he should be often reminded lest he forget the pernicious habit of allowing infants to taste any and all foods at table is not only detrimental to their stomachs but ut to their dispositions marly many parents think it cruel to not allow a babe what it sees or what the grown ups have my experience has been that with very little effort effect at the time the baby may be taught which food is for baby and which for mother and others and it if it is never allowed to taste the foods that it does not need it will never crave them another mistake mothers often make is to wean infants too abruptly from the breast to solid food cows milk should be given in abundance where it can be digested and where it cannot it should be modified with water and lime water with the addition of a little sugar ot of milk or with some of the various prepared foods on oil the market such as essays food or Imper imperial lal granum the water in which rice or pearl barley has been well cooked is sometimes added absolutely sol no solid food should be given during the first 15 months the parent who bears a child must know his physical and mental characteristics thoroughly before itt will be possible for her to regulate his diet properly mitheis Mo theis this means effort and there will be no reward of effort it if I 1 you wade thru the word unintelligently you cannot make a success of your undertakings without effort and you cannot depend upon kind friends and neighbors nor even physicians ti tb raise your babies utah farmer sirs mrs snow was born and reared in this city |
