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Show OO ARTIFICIAL FEE16 When a baby is deprived of his natural nat-ural food, that is, his mother's milk, and must be fed from a bottle, this method is called artificial feeding. It is fraught with many dangers for the baby and much difficulty for tho mother. The baby must learn to digest di-gest a food not adapted to his delicate organs, often a hard task for him to accomplish, and becauso of tho strange food, it may take several months for him to adapt himself and begin to grow and develop as he should. The mother or nurse has also a difficult dif-ficult task. To take proper care of .the milk, of the utensils needed in Its preparation, and the nipples and bottles, bot-tles, means patient, daily devotion to petty details. It means constant study to see that tho milk mixture given is exactly adapted to the baby's condition, condi-tion, and to increase or decrease It in quantity or strength in accordance with the baby's varying needs. The mother must be continually on guard to see that the milk is clean and fresh when it comes to her, and that It Is kept clean, cold and covered while In the house, both before and after the dally feedings are made up. All this work makes such demands on tho time and strength of a busy mother that, for selfish reasons alone sho should be glad to do all in her power to nurse the baby at her own breast, even if breast feeding were not so greatly to the baby's advantage. If, however, tho baby cannot have breast milk, then the best effort possible pos-sible must be put forth to adapt cow's milk to his uses. Tho proper amount of milk for babies bab-ies of given ages and tho way to dilute di-lute and sweeten it are matters that cannot be treated completely In an article like this. Whenever possible, artificial feeding of a baby should be under tho direction of, a competent doctor. But If a mother cannot have such advice, sho may bo .helped by directions given in a number of books nut,h? BubJect an-d in a pamphlet published by the Children's Bureau of the Department of Labor, at Washington, Washing-ton, D. C, called Infant Care. This ; pamphlet is sent free to every one asking for it Some of the general ruleB of artl- I flcial feeding are these: i, V l flr8t onih. the average healthy baby requires 1 1-2 ounces of i milk in 24 hours for every pound of weight, diluted with tho proper i amount of water for his ago. ThuB a I 10,pound baby will probably require I 15 ounces of mlllc, diluted and sweet- l ened aa necessary, during 24 hours All lnoreaHea elthor in tho strength or quantity of the food must bo mado very gradually. |