FOR MOTHERS.

Taranaki Daily News, 1 March 1919, Page 6

FOR MOTHERS.

To the Editor. I . 'Sir,—Sufficient lias been stated of what is sn obviously ri fact—the retaining at all costs of the liquid provided by nature for infants that the statement requires to be backed up by a timely warning to mothers who desire to follow nature's course. A mother should allow no one to dietate or persuade lier into the belief that, natural milk ennnot bo provided for the baby. Mi dioal advice shows that when regularly put to the breast the in- ! fant will cause the milk to (low, being in ' the meantime given humanised milk, or : glaxo (full strength aerated cow's milk) ' is a safe food. Baby's wellbeing is too ' serious a matter to allow of advice being taken from those unfit to give it. The mother should consult a I'lmiket nurse, ' or her doctor, should there be any doubt as to the health of baby or self. ' Should feeding on breast cause a feeling of lassitude, a tonic is necessary. Malt and oil may give sufficient tone, or taken with Parrish's food, a mother in many instances is enabled to rear a strong and satisfied child, filaxo is good for the moiher should her digestion be weak, 1 which is also a great detriment to milk i production. Only that which agrees with | the system should be eaten, but°no strong drinks of any kind. Because of its being a mere infant do not hesitate about get" ting advice when in doubt; consequent worry upsets a mother's health, who probably later would get advice on matters quite trivial in comparison. Many i young mothers say forrowfully tliev j could not give their baby breast food, as j the milk was too thin. Human milk ia I but a tinted liquid, not densely white j as is that of most of the quadruped I So, mothers, attempt the feeding of your ! little one with nature's ever-ready assistance.—l am, etc., FROM NATURE.