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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    i)iET FROM One Year to Eighteen Months. Breakfast (6 to 7 A. m.).—(i) A glass of milk with stale bread broken in it. (2) Oatmeal, arrowroot, wheaten grits, hom- iny grits, etc., or one of the numerous good breakfast- foods on the market, made into a porridge and well cooked, and with the milk mixture in use poured over it. (3) A soft-boiled or poached 0.^% with bread broken in it, and a glass of milk. Second Meal (10 a. m.).—A glass of milk. Dinner (1.30 to 2 p. m.)—(i) Bread moistened with dish-gravy (no fat), beef-tea, or beef-juice (Appendix, 24); a glass of milk. (2) Rice or grits moistened in the same way ; a glass of milk. {3) A soft-boiled ffg^ and stale bread thinly buttered; a glass of milk. Rice, sago, or tapioca pudding, or junket, in small quantities as dessert with any of these diets. Fourth Meal (5 p. m.).—A glass of milk or some bread and milk. Fifth Meal (9 to 10 p. m.).—A glass of milk. It is, of course, understood that the baby does not sud- denly plunge into any such diet at twelve months, but that the list and the variety are only very gradually in- creased, and that milk remains the principal article of diet. Porridge of some sort is the first new article of diet tried, one not of oatmeal being first u.sed, as this is rather more difficult of digestion than most of the other cereals. Eggs are given a little later, as they are very liable to disagree with some children. The bread used is more nutritious if made of whole wheat flour rather than of white flour. The last meal should be given only if the child wakens. If it rouses some hours before the time for the first morning meal, and remains awake, it should be given a cup of milk to stay the stomach until breakfast. It is no longer necessary at this age to pas- teurize the milk in cool weather, if care is taken to keep it carefully. In hot weather it is safer to pasteurize it still.