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* By DR. C. C. BENEDICT, *
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INFANT FEEDING (font.)
Mothers should always nurse, their
children, if it is possible to do so, and
there should be some good reason for
bottle feeding before adopting that
method in preference to maternal
nursing. Tuberculosis or other chron
ic disease in the mother should be
held as contraindication to nursing
both for the reason that it is not like
ly that the baby would do as well and
that it is not good for the mother
either.
During the first two or three days
of life the infant should be nursed
four or five times a day and later
this increased to intervals of three
and four hours. The milk appears in
the breast from the third to the fifth
day and the child should have these
few days to learn to nurse; besides
the colostrum that is secreted by the
breast will be a benefit to the baby.
During the time that the baby is not
getting much nourishment it is not
necessary to give anything in the
way of food other than a few spoon
fuls of warm water with a medicine
dropper, about one teaspoonful at a
time two or three times a day.
After the first week a regular
schedule of feeding should be adopted
and closely adhered to according to
the way the baby is thriving; usually
three hour intervals are the best for
the first three months and after that j
many babies do best on four hour in
tervals; in fact, it is well to place any
baby on the four hour interval at I
times, for most babies are fed too
much and too irregularly anyway, so
the four hour interval gives the
stomach a chance to have a longer
rest between meals and the child will
get over any indigestion that he may
have. When a baby gives signs of in
digestion by passing gas from the'
bowel, by restlessness and sleeping
poorly and being fretful it is time to
pay more attention to the interval be- ,
tween feedings, and perhaps to the i
character of food that he is getting,’
whether from breast or bottle. It j
frequently needs diluting by giving
one or two teaspoonfuls of water
five minutes before feeding. It is a
simple matter if bottle fed, to regu
late the strength of the food by
changing it but when breast-fed it
must be done by regulating the diet
of the mother.
The nursing mother need observe |
no iron-clad rules in regard to what
she should and what she should not,
eat for fear it will “affect the baby,”,
the principal general rule being to •
not over-eat of any one thing, leaving
special rules for each individual case.
She should take plenty of outdoor ex- i
ercise and get all the restful sleep
that she can, avoid nervous excite
ment, worry and anxiety as well as i
social excess for these exhaust the
nervous energy and this will have its
bad effect on the milk and therefore
on the baby. When a child is well
and doing well it will have a good .
color, will sleep well and be ready for
its feeding when offered. Its weight
is the best imlex as to whether it is
doing well. It should take its full
meal in less than 20 minutes.
Experiments have shown that most
children get the largest part of their
meal in the first six or seven min
utes of nursing; this is determined by
weighing. So long as a child takes
its meal eagerly it is hungry, but if;
it acts listless and does not care it |
either is not getting any at all or is ]
not well and it should be investigated.
When a baby is six months old it
should be given small amounts of or-;
ange juice, half a teaspoonful every j
other day for a week or two and then
every day, or the amount may be in
creased to a teaspoonful every other
day. This is necessary in all children
for the phosphate that it contains,
and in bottle-fed children and partic
ularly those that are raised on some
one of the prepared foods it will
prevent them having rickets. But
all children should have it.
When it is about eight months old
it should have well-cooked cauliflower
with all the solid strained out, or car
rot prepared the same way, and about
the same time they should be given
their first cereal, always well cooked,
and that means two or three hours,
and strained so that all the solid is re
moved.
There is no better food for the child
than oatmeal when it is properly pre
pared, as it contains all the carbo
hydrates that they need and in the
very best digestible form.
Beef broth may be given at six or
seven months, beginning with small
quantities of a spoonful at a time,
gradually increasing it to a cupful.
This is best made by macerating the
beef in cold water, letting it stand
on the back of the stove for 12 to 24
hours and straining it, after remov
ing all the grease. Chicken broth is
also good.
As to fruits beside the orange juice,
stewed prunes are one of the very
best things that can be given and
they may be used at the sixth month,
but their use should depend on the
condition of the bowels, as they are
laxative. They should be stewed and
only the juice given, later the pulp
and still later all the fruit. Scraped
apple, raw, may be given at one year,
in small quanaities at first, and apple
sauce at eight months. Small amounts
of Graham cracker may be given at
14 months but no bread of any kind.
As to medicines, the less given the
baby the better olf he will be. Espe
cially remember that you are not deal- J
ing with an adult and don’t give adult!
medicine in adult doses. It is sel-'
dom necessary to give castor oil to
an infant, except in a single instance
and for a specific reason. Never for
constipation. Calomel may be given
for a definite condition and always in
small broken doses, but always under
the observation of a physician. Nitre,
or sweet spirits of nitre as it is called,
will often do harm ami is almost nev
er indicated in an infant. Changes
in diet are the logical way to correct
ills of the infant that are due to er
rors of digestion, but it requires some
time and close attention on the part
of the physician to study the baby.
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OPENING GAME OF SEASON
TONIGHT!
ROBARTS’ HALL
April 28
NO COUNTER ATTRACTION
Biggest and Best affair in history of Anchorage. Given in sup
port of the National Game.
Proceeds go to pay off indebtedness on Grand Stand.
Five-Piece Orchestra
AND
Splendid Dance Floor
PLAY BALL AND SUPPORT THE ISSUE.
BUY A TICKET — $1.00 EACH.
IMP RTANT ANNOUNC M NT
NOTICE TO THE RETAIL CIGAR AND TOBACCO MERCHANTS OF ANCHOR
AGE AND COOK INLET.
Effective May 1, 1917:
The firm of JACK H. LEVY, Wholesale Cigar and Tobacco house of Anchorage, will sell
Cigars, all Smoking and Chewing Tobaccos, Candies, Gums, etc., at
OUTSIDE PRICES
Owing to the fact that my price list is not ready for distribution, I will ask you to write
for quotation on brands desired. Which will be sent upon request.
Out of town orders will receive my personal attention.
JACK H. LEVY = 4th between C and D