. Obstetrics for nurses. te of a drop or two each second. Feeding an infant should be made a business rather than an incidentas so fre(|uently happens. The bottle and milk should be warmed to100° io 1 <)-■) F. before being offered, and, by spurting a few drops on1li(- flcxoi siirlaco of the wrist, not only can its temperature bo rouglilycstimalcd, Itiii 1lie patency of the nipple determined. Thermos I)ottlosmay l)o usid to keep the night feeding warm until it is needed, but THE NORMAL CHILD AND ITS CARE 187 especial care must be taken to ha^e it and the milk sterile, for otherwisebacterial
. Obstetrics for nurses. te of a drop or two each second. Feeding an infant should be made a business rather than an incidentas so fre(|uently happens. The bottle and milk should be warmed to100° io 1 <)-■) F. before being offered, and, by spurting a few drops on1li(- flcxoi siirlaco of the wrist, not only can its temperature bo rouglilycstimalcd, Itiii 1lie patency of the nipple determined. Thermos I)ottlosmay l)o usid to keep the night feeding warm until it is needed, but THE NORMAL CHILD AND ITS CARE 187 especial care must be taken to ha^e it and the milk sterile, for otherwisebacterial growth may be greatly accelerated. The bottle should be heldat such an angle that its neck is completely filled with milk. A succes-sion of air bubbles through the liquid indicates that the flow is con-tinuing, while the absence of bubbles shows that the nipple has collapsedor that the hole has become occluded. One should not insist that thebaby take the entire allowance, as his appetite is the best index of Fig. 99.—Manner of holding an infant after nursing to permit the escape of stomach gas Stomach Gas.—After each feeding, whether maternal or artifieial,the infant should be held upright against the shoulder for a few minutesto encourage the expulsion of the small quantity of gas which is alwayspresent in the stomach at that time. Gently rubbing the back will some-times 1)0 of assistance. Attention to this detail may prevent colic whichis so annoying in young children, and promptly cure many cases ofvomiting. 188 TEXTBOOK OF OBSTETRICS FOR NURSES Growth of the Infant.—The human infant develops very slowly incomparison with the lower animals. At five months its birth weighthas only doubled and it has increased but five inches in height. Thr;elongated shape of the head of the newborn usually disappears within afew weeks. The cranial sutures close shortly after six months, theposterior fontanelle at two months, and the anterior fontanelle onlyafter a year and
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