. How I kept my baby well . gurgitated itwas evidence of overfeeding, and advised that theamount of food be reduced at each meal, and the in-terval between meals lengthened. But I had beendoing this, and to such an extent that I feared thebaby was not getting enough. By the seventh weekhe was having about seven feedings a day, of aboutfour minutes each, whereas Holt advises throughthe seventh week eight feedings a day of not morethan 20 minutes. Also, in the opinion of almost allthe nurses, doctors and mothers with whom I talked,little importance was to be attached to a babys re-gurgitations.
. How I kept my baby well . gurgitated itwas evidence of overfeeding, and advised that theamount of food be reduced at each meal, and the in-terval between meals lengthened. But I had beendoing this, and to such an extent that I feared thebaby was not getting enough. By the seventh weekhe was having about seven feedings a day, of aboutfour minutes each, whereas Holt advises throughthe seventh week eight feedings a day of not morethan 20 minutes. Also, in the opinion of almost allthe nurses, doctors and mothers with whom I talked,little importance was to be attached to a babys re-gurgitations. I was even told that these were anevidence of health! On the other hand, the dangersof overfeeding have recently oeen made so clear bymodern dieticians, that I was prepared to take anystep that would keep the baby from that pitfall. But as the proof of the leeding must always befound in the one fed, regardless, I believe, of anytables that have as yet been compiled, and as mybaby was gaining in weight, was sleeping well and. 26 NINE TYPICAL MONTHS IN DETAIL 27 was happy, these were sufficient proof that his dietcould not be far wrong. So, on the whole, I was con-vinced that I should try to keep regurgitation downto the lowest possible point, or even try to eliminateit altogether, provided, always, that his general vital-ity did not thereby become lowered. I believe I have never spent more thought over anymatter that has come up to me for solution, than I didover this apparently simple one of how much to feedthis baby during these first weeks. For, as I saidbefore, I felt that the controlling factor in his healthlay in keeping all his digestive operations in perfectcondition and under my control, and as I had foundno specific amount or time set down as an absoluteguide, I was forced to weigh advice and general aver-ages, on the one hand, with conditions present, asHolt says, on the other, and then to decide whatwould be best for this particular case. The result was that during t
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