ADVICE TO YOUNG MOTHERS.
Dont’ feed the baby with a epoon. The proper food for babies is moth ers’ milk.
Fresh air is the breath of *ife in a baby’s nostrils. Keep the baby clean and it will stand the heat better.
. Don’t stick the nipple in the baby’s mouth every time it cries.
Remember, the baby needs a drink ot waiter as much as you do.
') Do not let the baby sleep in ths same bed with any other person. Don’t drug the baby with patent medicines, but if sick call a doctor. When the baby is between the ages of one and six months, prepare its milk to suit its age.
Don’t overfeed the baby; there is more danger of giving too much at a time than too little.
Wait till the baby gets Its teeth before you put food into ite mouth that needs to be chewed.
Use a common bottle for feeding with a rubber nipple and no tube, and keep bottle end nipple clean by boiling and scrubbing. , If the breast milk gives out or for any reason other means of feeding become necessary, get the beat milk you can afford, and make it as nearly like mothers’ milk as possible.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3605, 2 December 1905, Page 4
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206ADVICE TO YOUNG MOTHERS. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3605, 2 December 1905, Page 4
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