84 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

PREPARATION AND CARE OF MILK-BOTTLES.

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1. One 8-oz. bottle should be provided for each feeding and the same number .<
of nipples, using a different bottle and nipple for each feeding. .

2. Sterilize bottles every morning. To do this wash well with hot, soapy =
water, using a bottle-brush; rinse thoroughly and sterilize in a pan of boiling |
water for 20 min. a

3. Fill sterilized bottles with prepared food, seal with baked cotton plug, ~ :
and set in ice-box until feeding-time, :
4. Wash nipples daily with clear water, using a small brush, and when not ~
in use keep in a solution of boric acid. Boil 4-5 min. once a week, and then 4
put in a solution of boric acid. (Daily boiling injures the rubber. )

Notre.—Boric solution is made by adding 1 tsp. boric acid to 1 pt. of hot water.

FEEDING THE BABY.

1. Before feeding, heat the bottle gradually to 98°-100° F. in a pan contain-
ing hot water. (Test by a drop on the wrist.) .

2. Adjust clean nipple and see that milk flows freely through the opening. 2

3. Feed baby at once while the milk is the right temperature. Regularity
of meals is essential. : :

4. Drinking-water should be given to babies only between feedings. From
1-2 oz. of boiled water cooled to temperature of 98° F. will usually quiet a
fretful baby.

5. Orange-juice is given to bottle-fed babies to furnish Vitamin C, which is
lacking in a diet of pasteurized milk. It is also an aid in regulating the
bowel-movement. One tbsp. of orange-juice is about the proportion for a>
8-month-old baby, increasing to 3 or 4 tbsp. daily for the 6-month-old baby.

6. Cod-liver oil is often prescribed as a source of Vitamins A and D for
strengthening the bones and: preventing rickets.

7. At 5-6 months the milk-feeding may be supplemented by other foods
prescribed by physician, beginning with a well-cooked cereal.

8. At 7 months, strained spinach may be added (1 tsp.).

9. At 8 months, 1-2 tbsp. strained spinach or carrots.

10. At 9 months, baked potato, baked apples, together with cereal, vegetables,
and milk, comprise the diet. :

11. At 10 months, cream vegetable soups, crisp bacon, a cereal, vegetable,
and some fruit every day. Junket, gelatine jellies, dry toast, and arrowroot
cookies may also be used. In introducing new foods, care should be taken to
consult a physician.

FEEDING THE TODDLER.

1. Weaning the infant from the bottle or breast should be done about the
end of the first year. However, no decided change should be made in the feed-
ings during the hot summer months.

2. Foods after weaning (1-2 years) include the same type as before, con-
tinuing the green, leafy vegetable and cereal serving every day. Add well-
cooked fruit, finely chopped breast of chicken, and coddled or poached eggs.
All foods should be well cooked and put through a vegetable strainer to remove -
all the coarse fibre. No fried foods or foods difficult of digestion should be
allowed. Breads should be in the form of toast or zwieback. Fresh or quick
breads should not be used.

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