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If you cannot feed your baby at the breast, feed the baby on
cow's milk. Never give solid food, such as bread, biscuits, tops and
bottoms, or anything but milk until the baby is twelve months old,
unless your doctor orders it.
The milk should be given in a bottle with a short teat, or in
a spoon. ON NO ACCOUNT WHATEVER SHOULD YOU
USE THE BOTTLE WITH THE LONG TUBE.
Carefully wash the bottle and teat with hot water after each
meal. Turn the teat inside out and hold it under the tap, and then
keep it in clean water.
Cow's milk must be prepared with great care, or it will not agree
with the baby. Prepare the milk in the following way:—
Boil all the milk when you receive it from the milkman. Then
keep it in a jug or can closely covered so as to keep out dust and
flies. Place the jug or can in cold water, and store it in the coolest
place you have.
Make up each meal in the following way:—
For a Baby under Two Weeks Old.
Milk, 1 table-spoonful; water, 2 table-spoonfuls. Mix and then
warm. Give this to the baby every two hours in the day
and every four hours at night.
For a Baby from a Fortnight to Two Months Old.
Milk, 1½ table-spoonfuls, gradually increasing to 3; water, 3
table-spoonfuls. Mix and warm. Feed as before.
For o Baby between Two and Four Months Old.
Milk, 3 table-spoonfuls, gradually increasing to 4; water, 3
table-spoonfuls, gradually increasing to 4. Mix and warm.
Give this every three hours during the day and once at
night.
For a Baby between Four and Six Months Old.
Milk, 5 table-spoonfuls, gradually increasing to 8; water 5
table-spoonfuls, gradually decreasing to 4. Mix and warm.
Give this every three hours during the day and once at
night.
For a Baby between Six and Nine Months Old.
Milk, 9 table-spoonfuls, gradually increasing to 11; water, 3
table-spoonfuls. Mix and warm. Give this every three
hours in the day and once at night.
A tea-spoonful of cream and a tea-spoonful of sugar must be
put into each meal before warming.