. All about milk. Milk. There is a temptation to add sugar generously to the milk for the bottle-fed baby, for the reason that sugar is fattening, but a flabby, over-fat baby is not a sign of robust health. Milk should not contain more than seven per cent, of sugar, which is the amount provided by nature in mother's milk. Too much sugar may cause gas and colic and lead to more serious trouble. Again, if cow's milk is not diluted, the baby is placed in the position of a person living upon a rich meat diet. Milk, not diluted with water, then, may be the cause of indigestion and colic, which in t
. All about milk. Milk. There is a temptation to add sugar generously to the milk for the bottle-fed baby, for the reason that sugar is fattening, but a flabby, over-fat baby is not a sign of robust health. Milk should not contain more than seven per cent, of sugar, which is the amount provided by nature in mother's milk. Too much sugar may cause gas and colic and lead to more serious trouble. Again, if cow's milk is not diluted, the baby is placed in the position of a person living upon a rich meat diet. Milk, not diluted with water, then, may be the cause of indigestion and colic, which in turn lead to summer complaint. Further, if the milk is too rich in fat, it may cause trouble. Too much fat in the baby's milk causes a sort of self-poisoning, leading to diarrhea and summer complaint. If the baby must be raised by bottle-feeding, or weaned, select the best milk obtainable. Baby's milk should be" Certified " or Grade "A!' Ivcarn how to prepare the baby's bottle and always do it yourself. Do not trust any one. Every nursing mother knows how careful she must be with her own diet, for everything she eats or drinks affects her milk. Certain drugs taken in through. CAREFUL DIET FOR MOTHERS. the mouth have been found in the milk of nursing mothers, such as, for example, mer- cury (calomel), headache powders, opium, purgative salts, rhubarb, arsenic, bromides and patent medicines. Cows are good botanists, but their judgment cannot be relied upon so far as baby is concerned. Cows in pastures sometimes feed upon objectionable or poisonous weeds. Some of these poisons may pass into the milk. A cow that is kept to produce '' Certified " Nursing Mothers Must Have Milk. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Rosenau, M. J. (Milton Joseph), 1869-1946. [New York] The Metropolitan
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