Age

Number of Nursings

Times

Intervals

A.M.

P.M.

1st and 2nd months

10 nursings

6, 8, 10, 12

2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12

2 hours.

3rd month

8 „

6.30, 9, 11.30

2, 4.30. 7, 9.30, 12

2 1/2 ,,

Up till weaning

6 „

7, 10

1, 4, 7, 10

3 ,,

How to Prepare Baby's Milk

How to Make Barley-water

Signs of Good Feeding

1. Procure a double saucepan.

1. Mix a heaped teaspoonful of

1. Gain in weight about

2. Place the milk in the upper pan and water in the lower.

pearl barley with an ounce of cold water into a paste.

6 ounces per week during the first

3. Place saucepan on the fire, and keep the water in lower pan boiling for 20 minutes.

2. Add this to a saucepan containing two breakfastcupfuls of water.

six months. 2. Absence of pain, dis-comfort, and sick-

4. Let milk cool and place it in a clean jug which has been washed and rinsed with boiling water.

3. Stir for 5 minutes.

4. Strain.

Make barley-water fresh twice daily.

ness. 3. Absence of diarrhoea.

5. Add half a teaspoonful of sugar of milk (lactose) when the milk has cooled. Keep the milk in a cool place, protected from dust and flies.

Some doctors consider it preferable to water (as it breaks up the curd of the milk) for diluting cow's milk.