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An infant should be weighed once a week and a record
kept. In the event of loss of weight medical advice should be
obtained.
GENERAL HINTS.
Adopt scrupulous cleanliness in all things.
Unless great care and attention are paid in the preparation
of food, and adjusting the necessary quantities, various
troubles will arise, particularly indigestion, with symptoms of
flatulence, colic, vomiting and diarrhoea. These complaints
seldom occur amongst breast-fed children.
Vomiting is often the result of feeding too quickly, or
giving too large an amount. If the practice is continued, chronic
vomiting and other troubles will follow.
Diarrhoea is most common in the summer months among
artificially-fed children, often due to milk contamination.
Constipation, on the other hand, may be due to poorness
of the food. A child which has been fed upon milk deficient
in cream, and which the parent has over-diluted, will often
cause constipation.
In artificial feeding, train the infant's stomach gradually
to digest cows' milk.
Do not adopt artificial feeding for baby unless Breast
feeding is quite impossible.
Feed at regular intervals, adopting the times herein set
out. It will lead to comfort, both to the mother and child.
Do not attempt to pacify a crying child by a feed if it is
not due. It will suffer if you do.