FEEDING THE BABY.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 23, 22 October 1907, Page 3

FEEDING THE BABY.

VALUABLE ;HINTS. AND" SU.GGESTiONS,

.. I.'.'-..'Below ..we print thb. fifth section , if an important circular on tho feed-, /■i-ing- and -care of-tho-baby,-'which has '....been issued.;by the Christchurch and- _,: Duncdin ,branches of the Society for '..Promoting tho Health, of Women and ;■'_. Children.';--. Tbo circular contains such ;.v .a : 'mass of valuable information that v .... we propose to publish further instal- „ j ments .from'tim.oto,time.. /. :...",-

MILK JOB, CITIES.'. V ; '" : ; "{homepreparation.; , .;-7ln':--cities it,is often impossible to procure milk.iwhich it'would be safe to stand for. a day in order 'to get '/tho cream to rise. TJudc'r these'circumstances.', it: is best ."to buy. thick fresh cream, and to:make the day's supply of humanised .milk; directly tho cream: is. received..' .Follow' tho direction's previously given,. but substitute thq following ■■''.'•Forty' Per; Gent.';, thick separator; cream. It can be purchased from any -reliable milk vendor, arid "-should ' be fuarantecd -to.- contain 40. per; cent. ,of fat. lie' average cream of cities'; varies .from 30 to 40-per cent: of'fat content.;. If it cannot bo procured- of ■■' full ; strength,? more should ■be ...used..to. "compensate.:: ■„:.;? i. : . ..';;■, ' ;'■';;'.-': .'.'Gity.xream.is to ok- . ce'ssfvq' cooliiig;.;. If i, tnis has been '• thq : . case, some of the'fat tends to rise,in small buttery- . granules; or; lumps, -in:' humanised milk: .prepared from .such;'cream.,',-,-.'.Thq tendency .is much less marked if cream containing only 30,' per 'cent., of fat" is ;uscd ~ '/■;.'_.;. ;:';" -, . ;v;;■;^.;^^;;,,:';/•KECIPEs:;, i J ■:' ' ; \- ;;.;■■ ,;v- ' ■ -.Humanised'Milk.-HTo make a ipint and a half,.take'- ,•-■.:■-.:, : .1.-. . '-■- .--■■'■!.-.., .-...- New /milk... '■■. ...-. ~ ... ; , ... ; . '■■ ■■'.;'.■■■"•'7.;ozi' ''.40 per/cerit'.cre'ara". ;;.";. '... , "If to !2oz.* New milk whey :.v"' '.-.; ". '•"..'.-'"-..; 15 oz'.' Lime water"'"' .'..' '. ; .i; '''.;.'•'' ... ' Ijo'z". Sugar of 'rflilk ( ' ; .'..'■ '; : .'.'.' :/■■':.;: ! ';' '.'.'.''■ 1 bz. Boiled.water/.';::.'.; ..I. 1 ; : ;...;;.' .'.."■; .'5 oz. _ ~* As -the , strength, ofYbdugh't cream varies, "it is safest to "'use' 'ljoz! .'at the'start,"; arid 1 , in the;';c6urVe;;bf>''ifew;:we'eks'-to''.worJt''iip , ;iio''thb 2oz. if there is'reason' to'think, that the cream averages •'.appreciably.', below 40 per ..cent.' However,,:.;.the,best-' plan is.to 'havo.-tho. : humanised milk -.as prepared tested for fat as ' previously advised. 'The most suitable pro-portion'-of-fat'is between 3J and'4.'per cent. ■ Humanised Milk No: lI.V-To make a" pint and a.half, take ' .-''- . - . ' New milk..'.'' : •'-."/. ':'..'; -;>■ ;: -*.;.'. : ] "Forty 1 per ;cent.Vcreaffi"'' : ' '.'..':'■' ''....■;•. 2 ! oz. Lime water . '•'..'.' -''.:.'' ' : ;.., "■"'.:. -ljoz.'. Sugar "of 'milk' ' :1. '■"' ;...',' ~... ' : '...'. -. . Ijoz; Boiled/Water'' 1 •;.';:;? iV;.. -'/;/.-;, ■'.'■'■;.:. '/IG/oz'. as'above.- ; ] ""/' '■ ; '■'■" V : :';'.. ■:■;',-, '-.. : "'- : i -FOILED MILK, r - ■ : .-; : . '."■''/ A-'certain propqrtiqri .of boiled, milk- may at ;times be giyen' ; >vith advantage as already pointed:out in,cases of diarrhoea: Further, instead ,of procuring an additional /bottle: of humanised .-.milk' per . diem directly a baby cbrnes to need riiorb: tliarii say, a pint and'a half, it may be economical and convenient to make' up thq "additional ounces with a - mixture of two parts of good cqw's milk boiled for. .10,. minutes-:to-one-.part i sugar- of ■• milk solution. .This'mixturo can be added to the extent'of, six ounces,—that is,'until the baby needs'," say, 36bz. of food. ' Then the mother can,buy a qujirt.;(4ooz.)."of humanised niilk, and:she .will-.riot grudge having a few ounces more than she.actually needs for some weeks. This :coriiprbmise ,;is. suggested- becausb 'it, is found that.;the' : mother- is often disinclined to'.procure, another'bottle-of humanised milk as soon as the .baby weds more food; and she often makes'up: with.something, quite unsuitable. J', Of'.course, in .'any caso, huir.anised inilk is practically jnst ; as useful as ordinary niilk for the rest of "the family,-so that, no surplus should be wasted. '

'BABIES' 'BIGHTS.', '.-' The last as wellas the, first thing to impress on mothers is that in tho matter of feetlingtheyalone can do true justice to their offspring. 'The natural food direct from the ■■ mother's, breast-is the;child's birthright. If this'cannot'be supplied, or if it : disagrees; the'next bcst.thing is a wet nurse; or the mother may. 1 be able to improve her own •health and sucklo her child for .one or more - feedings'a day, ' There is/ something in milk direct from the, living being which no other form .of nutrition: can;quite equal, and one natural meal is better'than none. Where this; mixed-feeding is resorted to it is -found that ••.babies tend -to vomit, because the mothers tend to give them too muchj forgetting that they must allow: for- what they supply themselves) It cannot be said that artifically-fed children flourish less perfectly than- breast-fed ones .(though such- is! usually the case), hut! medical statistics show that a grave discaso called "scurvy rickets," to which breast-fed. ...infants % are practically immune, is liable to arise in children fed l on any form of food,,subjected to a high temperature. The majority of cases of. this ; disease have been traced.to the use of patent foods, biit a large number have arisen in children fed on' condensed milk, or sterilised (that is, boiled) .cows' milk. On the ground of simplicity; of,preparation.simple sterilised cow's milk has its'advocator., and it is.undoubtedly much safer for babies than ordinary unboiled milk in,crowded old-world cities'; but mnder-our New.-Zealand -.conditions we should aim -higher and give babies a standard . humanised; milk- such as wo have described, t which is easily attainable and a much more correct!and perfect form of.-food. It is contended that heating, to the boiling point injures! or destroys something" essential to the perfect nutrition of.,babies! -Hcrico the -injunction . not to heat .'milk above 155deg, Jfjihr.' -A'- woman .who manages without.' a thermometer ignores, such facts and : lqts her baby suffer;.- •'■'• .'! - -J.'Corks which "arc used to,stopper bottles of preserved fruit' are always cut on the reverse way of the grain.. -Before inserting, them tii the necks' of the bottles they should be -well rolled and crushed, so as to make them perfectly pliable, 'and they, should fit as tightly as possible. ,If difficulty! is experienced in insorting them j a good plan is that of rubbing a little salad oil i:qimd' the lftwer half of tlio nb'rks, when, they will be found more amen!ft'ule.