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FEEDING.
A mother must be prepared to give herself up to her
baby for twelve months.
A mother must feed well. If she loses weight rapidly,
has night sweats or feels run down, she ought to consult a
doctor without any delay.
Breast feeding is the best.
Put the baby to the breast for five minutes every two
hours until the milk comes.
Feeding by breast and bottle combined is next best.
Bottle feeding alone should be given except when the
mother has no milk or is in delicate health.
Where bottle feeding is employed, two bottles should be
in alternate use.
The bottles must be boat-shaped. Do not take the baby
off the breast in August or September, as in these months
fatal diarrhoea is apt to set in.
The milk used must be fresh and clean.
A healthy baby will empty the breast in from 10 to 15
minutes.
When there is evidence that the baby is not thriving or
that its bones are becoming bent or its joints enlarged, a
doctor should be consulted at once.
Weaning should be gradual and the baby should not
have the breast after nine months if four teeth are cut, and
in no case after twelve months.
No solid food should be given a child until all its teeth
have been cut (usually at the age of two years).
Infants are unable to digest the food of grown up people.
It acts as a poison to them.
Do not rock the baby after feeding.
Do not sit a child up until it is able to do so—that is,
until it is about five months old.