Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 88, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 July 1909 — FOB TOUR HEALTH’S SAKE [ARTICLE]

FOB TOUR HEALTH’S SAKE

■ , , j—r. —r-. i. „ Feeding Babies. ' It is not only during the sum--1 mer months \ that great care ' should be taken in feeding the babies. Many infants are killed every year by overfeeding and more by wrong feeding. There are many mothers who make a practice of bringing their babies to the table and giving them a little of this and a little of that and the other —meat, vegetables, pie, pickles, or whatever may be on the table. These are all articles of diet to which the little stomach is not accustomed, nor is it capable of taking care of them. The result is that the baby sickens, often dies, and the death certificate usually shows $s a cause diarrhea, dysentery, cholera infantum, summer complaint, convulsions, brain fever, etc., but all these are only names that are used for the result of poisoning with improper food. So, don’t overfeed the babies; don’t give them rich food, meats, gravies, pastries, cake, etc., nor a great variety. The simpler the food the better. Keep up the daily bath until it becomes a fixed habit, and give them all the fresh air and sunshine possible.