. Babyhood . dings. Babies BABYHOOD. 239 are quick to form habits, and they arenot comfortable when these habits aredisturbed. And then they have theirown likes and dislikes and preferencesat a very early age. One of my ownbabies once cried two hours steadily ona railway train, and the father andmother and nurse, not to mention thepoor, unhappy baby, all became objectsof pity or derision to all the passengersin the car. It was Babys bed-time, andshe was hungry and sleepy; but whenwe offered her the bottle, after two or three swallows she threw up the milkand refused to take any more. I hadprep


. Babyhood . dings. Babies BABYHOOD. 239 are quick to form habits, and they arenot comfortable when these habits aredisturbed. And then they have theirown likes and dislikes and preferencesat a very early age. One of my ownbabies once cried two hours steadily ona railway train, and the father andmother and nurse, not to mention thepoor, unhappy baby, all became objectsof pity or derision to all the passengersin the car. It was Babys bed-time, andshe was hungry and sleepy; but whenwe offered her the bottle, after two or three swallows she threw up the milkand refused to take any more. I hadprepared the milk in the usual way (itwas before the day when sterilized milkbecame generally used), and it consist-ed of ordinary cows milk diluted withstrained oat meal, a small quantity ofsalt and sugar being added. Baby hadtaken two or more meals from it, andseemed to relish it, but now she stead-fastly refused to take it. Althoughthe milk had been all day on the ice Ifeared it might be slightly changed, WHEN. you find that your baby is not thriving, and that thetime has come when you must resort to artificial feed-ing, then select and use Mellins Food. Mellins Foodcan be prepared to agree with every child ; it is ofuniform excellence and does not contain a singleelement undesirable in an infants the contrary MELLINS FOOD contains all those necessary elements which gobuilding up and nourishment of a baby. directlv to the Our babies were very sick, could not retain anything on theirstomachs for some time ; the doctor said it was indigestion, causedby the kind of food we were using, and ordered Mellins Food asthe babies were not getting nourishment enough. They are threemonths old, and after using Mellins Food two weeks, they arequite well and bright, and have gained two know Mellins Food has helped to save our babieslives, and recommend it for the use of all delicatechildren. Mrs. Brick, 3068 Amboy St., Philadelphia, Pa. Send us a postal for a free sample of Me


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