The care of the baby : a manual for mothers and nurses, containing practical directions for the management of infancy and childhood in health and in disease / by J. P. Crozer Griffith.

  • Griffith, J. P. Crozer (John Price Crozer), 1856-1941.
Date:
1903
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    of the lioleless ones, attached to an ivory disk—a Com- forter, as it is called ; but the advisability of permitting this is very questionable. It is very apt to be dirty, and even infected from frequent falling on the floor, and the constant sucking stimulates the salivary glands too greatly. Bottles employed for feeding should be made very smooth inside, without angles and depressions which col- lect milk and render cleaning difhcult. Immediately after nursing the bottles should be rinsed well and then submerged in a strong solution of washing-soda and water. They should stand in this until evening, when they may be rinsed thoroughly in pure water, and have the interior scrubbed with a bristle brush. They should finally be boiled just before filling them. The rubber nipples, of which there should be at least two, are preferably of conical shape (Fig. 51). Those of black rubber are rather better than those of white, on account of their greater soft- ness. Those nipples should be chosen which have the least odor and taste ; as babies sometimes object to this. The openings in the end should be large enough to allow the milk to pass freely when sucked, but should not permit it to flow too fast. When the bottle is inverted, the milk should drop easily from it, but not run in a stream. If the holes are not of sufficient size, they may be enlai;ged with a hot needle. As the nipple gets older it collapses too easily and the holes become too large, and a new nipple must be used. There are nipples made with rubber ribs upon the inside, the object being to add to the stiffiiess and prevent collapsing. Others come without holes, in order that the mother may Fig. 51.—Rubber nipple.