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From ¼ to ½ teaspoonful of fresh 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.
From Birth to Three Weeks Old. Never feed more often than
every two hours in the day time, and once between 11 at night and 6 in
the morning.
At first the baby does not want more than one tablespoonful of
milk and two tablespoonsful of water. By the time it is three weeks
old it may be having 1 to 1½ tablespoonsful of milk and 2 of water.
From Three Weeks to Three Months Old. Gradually increase
the quantity at each feed up to 3 to 4 tablespoonsful of milk and 3 of
water, and the times between feeds to every 3 hours by day and once
between 11 at night and 6 in the morning.
From Three Months to Six Months Old. By the time the
baby is six months old it should take 6 to 7 tablespoonsful 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 tablespoonsful of milk and no water at
each feed. A little orange juice or stewed apple may now be given.
From Nine to Twelve Months Old. Continue to give milk,
but crusts of bread with butter or dripping, and a lightly boiled egg may
be added.
From One Year Upwards. (See "Breast Feeding.")
" Rules for Daily Use," etc. (See " Breast Feeding.")