General Infant Formulas
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This section is from the book "Hygiene Of The Nursery", by Louis Starr. Also available from Amazon: Hygiene of the nursery.
General Infant Formulas
Age. | Cream. | Upper layer milk. | Milk sugar. | Filtered water. | Amount at each feeding. | Number of feedings. | |
1st and 2d days. . . | 1 oz, (a) | .... | 3 1/2tea-spoonfuls | 1 1/2 oz | 9 oz. | 1/2 oz | 10 |
3d day................. | 1 oz, (b) | .... | 3 1/3 tea-spoonfuls | 1 1/2 oz | 9 oz. | 1 oz | 10 |
4th to 7th day | 11/2 oz (c) | .... | 4 tea-spoonfuls | 2 oz | 10 1/2 oz | 1 oz | 10 |
2d week.................. | 2 1/2 oz, (d) | .... | 4 tea-spoonfuls | 2 oz | 10 oz | 1 1/2 oz | 10 |
3d week................. | ......... | 6 oz. | 7 tea-spoonfuls | 4 oz. | 18 oz. | 2 oz. | 10 |
4th to 8th week........ | ......... | 9 oz. | 8 tea-spoonfuls | 4 oz. | 19 oz. | 2 1/2 oz | 10 |
9th to 12th week...... | ......... | ii oz. | 71/2 tea-spoonfuls | 4 oz. | 17 oz | 3-4 oz. | 8 |
4th month.............. | ........ | 13 oz. | 7 tea-spoonfuls | 4 oz. | 15 oz. | 3-4 oz. | 7 |
5th and 6th months | ............ | 15 oz. | 6 2/3 tea-spoonfuls | 4 oz. | 13 oz. | 5 oz. | 7 |
7th to 9th month | ............. | 17 oz. | 5 1/2 tea-spoonfuls | 4 oz. | 11 oz. | 5-6 oz. | 6 |
10th and 11th months. | .......... | 21 OZ. | 4 1/3 tea-spoonfuls | 4 oz. | 7 oz. | 6 oz. | 5 |
12th month | ........... | 25 oz. | 2 3/4 tea-spoonfuls | 4 oz. | 3 oz. | 6 oz. | 5 |
(a) (b) Dip upper 1/2 ounce from each of two quart bottles of milk, sixteen hours standing. (c) Dip upper 1/2 ounce from each of three quart bottles of milk, sixteen hours standing. (d) (et seq.) Dip quantity from one quart bottle of milk, sixteen hours standing.
Dr. Winters also suggests that the modifications employed during the hot months of summer should be distinctly different from those adapted for general use in the cooler months. These weaker formulas are tabulated below:
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