OUR BABIES

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 185, 16 April 1915, Page 3

OUR BABIES

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'''' ■ ■■>-'EXERCISING THE JAWS. • '.. Tnc Jprocess'of thl---; u.;ii' mastication is 'extreme' importance to" the ' human b_eing—"especially' the young human heing—on the grounds emphasised.on Dage.l46 ;to- l4B'"cf the 'Society's , AQokj' "The_ Feedjiig' Una.,'Care of the' .Baby."'. 'and.; also jpn pages 44,' 46, 124, and/ onwards to 132,' all of which should be r read, in. tjais, connection. . A.t,.the," _gr|eat' Dental Congress held som e . ago p ..at Birmingham (here wag .a..general,_concensus o£ opinion -amqng .the Reading men (dentJs!ts>|vho W;e?e ; physiciajis.. ; and §urg3c'n's as,;Vell as.. 4*e ; dejat.is.ts)'. .that cno the .morSt in regard tq it should a'ffoi%" ape-, quate,; Xyr 'the teeth jaws, )? a large" prapcrjtiezi o£ food should nlve such qualities as being hard* r .{putli' : _.«. '*?| As I explained last week, fflfch easier-, -to:.train a child to onghly. such;, oat-calve, w|iole ;meal. brea4, ; ..and, rye -bread!. than. %m fe i: to:induce proper .mastication of!.,';t4§teless ..white bread. H-qweysr, unfortunately, brown bread and whole meal bread &ften -made rather heavy, almost doughy, and in this stats* t'ftey''are liable to he' swallowed without much'chewiny or mixing with s"Ei.iiva/ : To- obviate this--'defect the 'Kread-■should'--be. 'suitably made,, the loaves being comparatively small, and with an ample .proportion of good hard crvist. A child -who has bean trained to chev/.<thoroug]y. infinitely prefers this..kind of ..There is a material pleasure,.in, biting and grinding hard, resistive substances as shown by the. craving of children for nuts (to crack with their teeth and' chew),, raw turnipsl*jaii''(i carrots, hard fruits, crisp toast; 'ship's "biscuits, etc. indeed, Andrei"Lfttig once wrote an aricle to •^h% ; .V''''Ticw i; mtK-'li what- h,a Called "the ■the. enfeyinent, >of food, even in the "?-, -ro-fe•■ adults • who had not been pampaving and over-indul-«ma : ''o up or "mushed foods."

■; '" ; " '''•OATCAKE, ETC. ■ '■: Plain- oatcake is excellent as being •highly-.nutritious, and also as afford.ing.ampJe exercise, provided the child is trained to chew it. as thoroughly as he,-.should. ~;■" I .had. under my own personal obser-vation-and direction a little girl who grew more'quickly and throve better when'"given, for breakfast than when given, porridge, and I particularthe increasihg separation of her first' teeth'under this ; '.regime. lam quite satisfied'thatf'tK'e 11 : use«Qf

oatcakes, etc.,, was an" tor in the development or-her teeth j and jaws—the latter affording ample! room for the new arrivals. Great pains were taken to insist by example and t precept that the oatcake and other food should be completely reduced to a soft pulp before swallowing. Nuts, j almonds, and walnuts were also used j with simiar care. Hard ship's biscuits , ! are good for exercising the jaws, and j Ithe sam e obtains with regard to meatbones (see page 145 of Society's book).

Raw apples are also good (see page j 143) —in fact, any ordinary articles j of diet which afford proper exercise, j Indeed, a leading authority goes, so | far as to say that the mechanical properties of food—or say, rather, of our ordinary diet—are more important than its precise chemical or so-called nutritive qualities. In regard to white bread, the short-

I ag e of ft and proteid (of course, gluten is a proteid) is easily made up by jth'e substances we are in the habit of f taking, such as eggs, milk, cheese, 'meat, fish, butter, bacon, etc. Ofl course cheese is not a thing on© would give to a small child. RECIPE FOR OAT CAKE. Oatmeal, lib (say two hreakfastcupfuls.' Flour, lib (say one breakfastcupful). I Butter, lard, or dripping, a level teaspconful or dessertspoonful.

f Salt, ott;> 1-rrcl teappocnful. ! fal. I Melt jiiiid' thoroughly mix tii* fn^iVdtftffs" '••>■- ■ , ■', >3 inch thick. Bake !ji •; ;I;;^--.QVc^.j^js'jJ ju.y and crisp, or use a girdle. Tlig ■••':::ivre fax -■v»i-«sJ^feHs#' Snaking batcakjfe >:h3 less e': ; -fciJ.y""is"'i? T uii'd.. ; ted; ljjsee'<jj fc#M> 'cicf say: i■'"' ,: <: tltt-fe 'sllu.iiii'. lc - 'Aix ItfciiiiJ i ■j . \A< '.:-fch is ctfg *&£•&% Ir^itfatlf jl ? ha life j t { ->. . fa^'%!&■•' so'djfc-* :'.>>;*.' 1 j > should {.'-■■ \aj s' '.; ; bcrnu 4 •■ »r ' -i'Htd ■ : V^.;.^g:'i"|. J jii' ice-roughly >yfO;-indiffer£]ice. -.,.,,,... ; _. .. It Children sUj&is«i v ; £&& be paiaparedj,' h '?ksW?Hk*¥ g^at'jr^iismjl^.tii.ah.. of.;. ufestefu,! "Co:"] on ticß ' If*a child' islisßWs&s*f tail's s«{Fi«",ieHs'^&: , £&fr exerclsa, it caii'J Ue."~,:■ ra liy be-. I?:• i .v. I '^ ojKijb !e : J j tact, to take -and, rf -t0.,.,, epjoy good, nvhclescme, plain food, provided th,j m«.al-: soiyh-. food land not vviui liic-re- attractive articled". of didt. v . • - : ~: !•' -\ i ! ! " HYGIENIC: HABITS. v ; r ;,;;'.'!: -would ber : , a great bOQn, w .tp , .the j race- if every mother could be Drought ■to Eoaiise ;>he-. paramount,necessity.:of i gradually and systematically training j every child to exercise its'

i.j.v.vs and teeth as scon as they are> j wor}£. Much;'can'be done [dunng th e &£ s .t year of existence,. and | mere during."the second'. There is, indeed, no period of life when a human being, in proportion to his size, should be more fit and capable, as.., mastication than towards the end of* the second year. At that tim e he ;be equipped with a practically brandnew set of perfect teeth, capable of ; comminuting and grinding any ,ordiniKry.food, and intended by Nature to jgive him much pleasure and profit in j the process. Yet nothing is more comL'mcri than to hear a mother say, fatuj.oiisly: "Oh, you esn never rely on a rchtld chewing his food until h© is six

j c?■ :;even years of age!" i Ijy reality, by th e i-ime the. sixth or ..seventh year is reached, the golden opportunity .for,; building strong, capacious jaws and sound, long-lasting, ; sha paly teeth has passed, if the mother has not been in the habit of giving plenty of hard food and paying due attention to training her offspring to eat slowly and chew thoroughly. If she has not done this, she ha s let slip the period specially intended by Nature, for the efficient building of s organs which should last strong and good for MVis rest of I'ifa, but which so seldom do ■ r : c nowadays