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STOKE NEWINGTON BOROUGH COUNCIL
PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
ADVICE TO THE MOTHER.
The health of your baby depends on your own, so during
pregnancy keep yourself in good health.
Eat good and wholesome food at regular meals only.
Do not take spirits, beer, stout, or much tea; but rather milk
or cocoa.
See that your bowels act every day.
When possible take exercise in the open air every day, and
keep your window open night and day.
1. Feed your baby regularly by the clock, and not by guesswork
or whenever it cries. Babies get indigestion, feel uncomfortable,
and cry if they are not fed at regular times.
2. Never give your baby a dummy teat. It is simply a bad
habit, and dirty and dangerous.
3. As babies sometimes cry because they are thirsty, sips of
water which has been boiled and cooled may be given.
Breast Feeding.—Mother's milk is the best and cheapest food
for infants.
1. Get your baby into good and regular habits of feeding.
Babies form bad habits just as easily as grown-up people.