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Show Timely Hints on the Care of the Babv 11 IT is a critical moment in the young ninlhers life when she fiuds that It Is absolutely necessary that her baby be artificially fed. Those who can do so of course buy "certified," "guaranteed" ot "inspected" milk. If this is not possible, present day mothers Ic.irn to handle cows milk al homo under the guidance of formulas hiibmittnd by their physicians. It is not at all dilllcult to do this, and the mother soon discovers just what quiilitj of milk and the percentage of fat it contains are agreeing best with her child Soou she discovers that cream is needed for the grow th of her offspring's bones, nerves, fat and the production of heat, that sugar In milk also furnishes heat and fat, anr ; the protonls (curds) arc necessary for th( , growth of the cells of his body, such m those of the blood, tho various organs and the muscles. Salts nre present nlsu i" thlb liquid nourishment for his bouc development, and the water contained in it keeps the solids in solution so that his seusitive organs can digest It. Water, too, helps him eliminate waste. The first two weeks of artificial feeding arc anxious dnjs for a now mother. Sometimes Some-times the gain in weight is very slight, possibly none whatever, but the mother need not worry if the baby is not losing. The question is, Does he sleep most of the time. ocm comfortable when he is invnke; or does he show iymptoms of indigestion, in-digestion, such asjcolic. vomiting, ic? As the child gets more accustomed to his food his nppctito will improve, his digestion become stronger,' and it is then that the milk may be incrensed every few days. Mothers who weigh their babies too often aud let the question of weight Influence them in fppiHn rromunii. i. Ilie mistake of increasing their food too rapidly, so that nn acute disturbance ol digestion is liable to follow. "When a baby has a severe attack of indigestion it is advisable to omit the regular feeding and give only wnter until the doctor has been consulted. Ordinarily if the disturb! uce is only a moderate one and the food has been made up for the day, one-third may be poured off the top of ench bottle just before it is given and this quantity of milk replaced by the 6ame amount of boiled "water. Quite the most important thing for the young mother to guard against in feeding is allowing her baby to take too much milk. Many a mother believes that an infant's natural desire for food is a proper j guide, for the quantity to be gjvctu Tho appetite of a perfectly normal child usually i is, but overeating is a habit easily nc- J quired and may continue until donble the necessary amount of fpod Is taken. I This fa ncunllf n !- ., .r .. observed in infants whose digestion i liable to be a bit off. Because of tb( t temporary relief from discomfort experl enced wlien taking food into, the stomadi such babies usually fuss a lot and appca; to be hungry the greater part of the time, . especially at night. One of tho results from overfeeding of infants Is dilation or stretchini; of the stomach. All food taken In excess of what a child can digest becomes a burden , to. him. This undigested fowl lies in the stomach or bowels, ferments and causes .wind and colic. Tho Infant Is restless, i . jp .& . .. 1.1 -i Jk. .., s d sleeps badly, stops gaining and may even jrM c lose in weight. So many mothers mis- r?S 3 take these symptoms, believing that baby Iwia s is not getting enough to cat, and increase WsM j his food when it should be diminished. i&dM 2 Every mother should have a schedule 'Jz&L ! for feeding infants during the first year. t?M s This gives the quantifies on -which healthy 'M , children best thrive, with intervals bo- 'm tween meals to give their stomachs rest. l With this, as a comparison with what the ' g child is taking and what he should take ' 3 , if he were normal mistakes in feeding ' are discovered sooner than by baby's ap- ' , pon ranee and actions. . "si '. In the nrtificfal feeding of babies tho F " new mother seldom knows about taking preventive measures gainst scurvy. This i is a disease of the general nutrition, gen- j ,? erally cau3cd by long continued use of im- A proper food. A mother first recognizes ,t S this trouble by the child's crying out ' ti1 when its littlo legs arc handled, as they :1s arc sore. As this soreness becomes more w severe the littlo one is thought to have f '' rheumatism. His gums will be swollen and of .1 deep purplish color, and may ' bleed. Bleeding- may also come from ' ' nose or bowels. Frequcutly black and blue ( '; spots appear on the leg. Such an nf- ( - fllctcd ohild becomes pale, loses appetite I ' uu m-iKiiL ana sleeps poorly. Froperly treated an infant with scurvy generally j! ' recovers promptly and completed If not I J rocognFzqd or untreated it lay cause death. Lack of vegetnblo matter in the $ milk is usually responsible for this con- i dition, and putting the child on n diet 5 of raw fresh milk-, properly modified to agreo with the child's digestion, but not sterilized or pasteurized, usually brings im- fi mediate relief. It is very Important that ! -', the ju.cq of a 8Wect orange should be J riven just an hour before feeding. At first I Jno or two tensnoonfuls four or five times i day; later more may be given It the .ymptoms arc not improved. ' Loss of appetite is the other extreme in . .m . iT.. "aitu- Aot every baby will take all the food measured out with ; scheduled precision. On the WLtrary some , babies without any other signs of illness will refuse their food. This is often tho result of milk too rich m fat. If j all j other respects the child seems well and S simply rofuses his food it should be offered ! ' as usual, at regular hours onlv. Never should a baby be coaxed, much less forced , to cat. Leugthen the intervals between ' facdings instead of shortening them. Of- i fer water frequently. As a rule when his littlo stomach craves food again he ' will take the full amount. If not it is time to appeal to the physlclao.''1' j I '- -.; P. |