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If cows' milk diluted and prepared as above does not suit the child,
humanised milk—i.e., cows' milk so prepared as to have the average
composition of human milk—should be tried. Sterilized humanised
milk may be obtained in London from several well known firms who
will be pleased to supply any customer daily.
It cannot be too clearly understood, that infants from the beginning
of life should be taught to have their food at stated intervals; and to
feed an infant whenever it cries is a most pernicious habit, which
leads in many cases to chronic indigestion, vomiting and wasting.
2. (Seventh month). Infants, if thriving, may be kept on the
above diet until the seventh month of life, but at this time the digestive
organs of the child are able to deal with a small quantity of
starchy food, so a teaspoonful of wheaten flour, which must be
thoroughly cooked, should be added to the milk once a day.
3. (Ninth month). At nine months old one of the infants' foods
may be added to the diet, either Liebig's, Mellin's, Savory and
Moore's or Nestle's, with an occasional cup of beef tea or broth, or
yelk of an egg, but the main bulk of the food must still be cows'
milk.
The Feeding Bottle.—Of course artificial feeding requires the
use of a bottle. This should be one having a smooth internal surface,
free from angles and crevices, and provided with a glass stopper, and
a teat capable of being easily cleaned. The bottle should not have
any tubes, because it is impossible to keep these clean. It is very
convenient if the bottle is also marked in tablespoon measurements.
The advantage of a bottle of this kind is that it can easily be kept
scrupulously clean, and it must be held by the mother or nurse whilst
feeding, who can thus prevent the child from bolting its food, or
taking too much, both very common faults, and causing much misery
to children. The bottle after use should be immediately rinsed out,
the india-rubber teat turned inside out, and the whole then placed in a