Babyhood . THE MOTHERS PARLIAMENT. Who Should he Autocrat? To the Editor of Babyhood : Who should be autocrat—doctor or nurse—during what is called in Familiar Talks the4t malign moon of Mrs. Gamps sovereignty ? My first baby is now a month old. He ishealthy, strong, and has the colic for hours at atime. For the first three days, before his naturalaliment was ready for him, the nurse fed himevery other hour with milk-and-water slightlysweetened. When I mentioned this to the familyphysician he remarked that the child required nonourishment except that which nature had pro-vided in the mothers b
Babyhood . THE MOTHERS PARLIAMENT. Who Should he Autocrat? To the Editor of Babyhood : Who should be autocrat—doctor or nurse—during what is called in Familiar Talks the4t malign moon of Mrs. Gamps sovereignty ? My first baby is now a month old. He ishealthy, strong, and has the colic for hours at atime. For the first three days, before his naturalaliment was ready for him, the nurse fed himevery other hour with milk-and-water slightlysweetened. When I mentioned this to the familyphysician he remarked that the child required nonourishment except that which nature had pro-vided in the mothers breast. Then he conde-scended to explain that even before the milk-ductsfill there is a watery secretion known to theprofession as colostrum, expressly adapted to thenew-born infants needs. Your child should have nothing more, addedhe. Were good Mrs. Brown a trained nurse,regularly educated for her profession, she wouldknow this. That is the one serious drawback tothe excellent creature. She has experien
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