Children's diet in home and school : with classified recipes and menus a reference book for parents, nurses, teachers, women's clubs and physicians / by Louise E. Hogan (Mrs. John L. Hogan).

  • Hogan, Louise E. (Louise Eleanor), 1855-1929.
Date:
1910
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Children's diet in home and school : with classified recipes and menus a reference book for parents, nurses, teachers, women's clubs and physicians / by Louise E. Hogan (Mrs. John L. Hogan). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    not at the hour for feeding which is directly after the hour when the first bottle was used, but at an hour di¬ viding the bottle feedings evenly throughout the day by giving one in the morning and one in the evening. Many mothers who have given attention to this sub¬ ject in a careful way have learned that by giving the first bottle in the evening they themselves can secure the rest they often need, and that the child is quiet throughout the night because it has had a comfortable meal. It is possible to absolutely control the condition of milk that is thus given ; and as it may not always be possible for a woman to control her whole day when she is nurs¬ ing her child, her own tired condition at the end of the day may be the cause for a fitful, restless night upon the part of the child, the last feeding of the child having been a disturbed one. It is well known to phy¬ sicians that an emotional mother or an overtired nursing mother will frequently have a crying child at night. This can usually be avoided as soon as supplementary feeding is begun ; hence it is always best to begin any change by giving the first bottle at night time. The milk must have been cared for sufficiently to keep it absolutely sweet throughout the day. Use Fairchild’s Peptogenic Milk Powder for weaning if you have no physician to advise you. If two bottle feedings a day, replacing two nurs¬ ings, are found to agree with the child, then three may be used, and so on, until every meal is being given from the bottle.