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piece of soft material (such as lint), and then thoroughly and
carefully dried. This, if adopted throughout the nursing
period will prevent soreness.
TIMES OF BREAST FEEDING IN RELATION TO AGE.
First Month.—Feed every two hours during the day, with
two feeds during the night.
Second Month.—Daily intervals 2½ hours. One feed
during the night.
Third to end of ninth Month.—Daily intervals 3 hours.
One feed during the night.
After seventh Month the night feed may be omitted.
At this period some nourishment is generally necessary in addition
to breast feeding. This is obtained by an occasional bottle
of diluted cows' milk, such as mixture No. 3 (see page 138)
thickened with a small teaspoonful of biscuit powder, Benger's
or other good infants' food. Raw beef juice may be added with
advantage (see page 143).
WEANING.
No mother should nurse her infant beyond a period of
nine months, after which time breast milk becomes poor and
deficient in nourishment. Weaning should take place gradually.
It is well to begin at the seventh or eighth month, supplementing
the breast feeding with a bottle of No. 3 diet, thickened
with biscuit powder, Benger's or other approved food.
Weaning should always be avoided where possible during
the months of July, August and September. These are the
months when infantile diarrhoea is most prevalent, which disease