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Bottle.—Bottles with long tubes should never be used.
Wash the bottle and teat thoroughly in hot water after each feed,
and keep them in clean cold water until the next feed. When
washing the teat turn it inside out and hold it under the tap.
Feeding.—Measure the milk carefully. Give the same amount
at each feed, not more one time than another. If the child does
not finish the feed, what is left should not be given again to the
baby. Give the milk warm.
From birth to three weeks old.—Never feed more often than
every two hours in the daytime, and once at night.
At first the baby does not want more than one tablespoonful
of milk and two tablespoonfuls of water. By the time it is three
weeks old it may be having 1 to 1½ tablespoonfuls of milk and
2 of water.
From three weeks to three months old.—Gradually increase
the quantity at each feed up to 3 or 4 tablespoonfuls of milk and
3 of water.
From three months to six months old.—By the time the baby
is six months old it should take 6 to 7 tablespoonfuls of milk and
2 of water at each feed. Do not feed more often than every four
hours, and not at all at night.
From six to nine months old.—Gradually decrease the water
until the baby is taking 8 to 10 tablespoonfuls of milk and no water
until the baby is taking 8 to 10 tablespoonfuls of milk and no
water at each feed. A little orange juice or stewed apple may
now be given.
From ¼ to ½ tablespoonful of cream should be added to each
feed, and the same amount of white sugar. About ½ teaspoonful
of olive or cod liver oil should be given twice a day if no cream
is put into the bottle.