Ogden Evening Standard | 1910-09-03 | Page 10 | How to Mix Infant Food

HOW TO MIX INFANT FOOD Formulae for Diluting Milk-Cold Milk-Cold is Best Preventive of Sourness thus take the top third or half troa a quart of good bottled milk, use frota one-quarter to three-quarters of hlu' cnt (water or barley watur) accordlw: to tho age of the infant and add a little sugar. This mlxluro will fora a very suitable food for the infant deprived de-prived of the breast. If a bab7 U thus fed upon cow's milk, the wbolo supply for the day should be prepared at ono time. The following will serve as an example of the milk formula for an infant between two aDd thrc-a months old. Take tho top twelve ounces from a quart bottle of nillk with tho Chapin Cream Dipper holding hold-ing jut an ounce: Twelvo ounces of top milk; Two tablcspoonful of sugar; Sixteen ounces of boiled water of barley water. I'ut in eevon bottles, each holdlcC four ounces; stopper with cotton ncd place on ice until ready for use. Give a bottle every two and a half to thre? hours during the day and once during dur-ing the night. If tho Infant vomits or regurgitates after feeding, from ote to two tablespoonftiJs of llrno water may bo added to the mixture. Tho strength of the top milk may be ar' led according to the age and dip tlvo power of tho Infant. A baW fed on the bottle should gain, 00 average, from four to six ounces week. This fact, as well as its digestive diges-tive power, must guide us la res1 to tho Btrength of the food.