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Parish of St. George the Martyr, Southwark.
tube at all. It is quite impossible to prevent corks and tubes from becoming foul
and turning the milk sour. When the child has finished its meal the bottle must be
rinsed, and placed in clean water until again required. Once a day it should be
carefully cleansed with hot water in which a little soda has been dissolved, and then
rinsed with water and a few tea leaves. On no account must the milk that remains,
after the child has finished, be used again. A fresh quantity must be prepared for
each time of feeding.
6. When the child has reached the age of seven months it may have one or two
meals a day of milk thickened with one or other of the following malted foods, viz.,
Allen & Hanbury's, Mellin's, Savory & Moore's, and Squire's. Or Chapman's entire
wheaten flour may be used: to prepare this, make a teaspoonful of the flour into a
paste with cold water, pour half a pint of boiling water on it, and let it simmer for
twenty minutes, constantly stirring ; then add it to the milk, which must be warmed.
The other meals should be of milk only. The amount of these foods used may be
increased as the child grows older. As a rule the child should be gradually weaned
at ten months old. At eight months the child may have broth or beef tea, in addition
to the milk. At twelve months give the yolk of an egg lightly boiled or beaten up,
or a little milk pudding. At eighteen months, give a little meat every day, scraped
or pounded into soft pulp ; or a little mashed potato with gravy. Cheese, beer, or
spirits should never be given to children. It is a great mistake to give children under
two years old "just what the parents have." It is a great mistake to give them tea
instead of milk. On no account give babies teething powders and soothing syrups.