Infant-feeding in its relation to health and disease, by Louis Fischer; containing 54 illustrations, with 24 charts and tables, mostly original . diately After Nursing to Determinethe Quantity of Milk an Infant has Taken. — Whenscanty milk-supply is suspected in either the nursingmother or in a wet-nurse, then we can, in some instances,resort to weighing immediately after the baby has is understood that the child must be weighed bothimmediately before nursing and then immediately afternursing. The difference in weight is the amount of milkswallowed. While this may serve in some cases
Infant-feeding in its relation to health and disease, by Louis Fischer; containing 54 illustrations, with 24 charts and tables, mostly original . diately After Nursing to Determinethe Quantity of Milk an Infant has Taken. — Whenscanty milk-supply is suspected in either the nursingmother or in a wet-nurse, then we can, in some instances,resort to weighing immediately after the baby has is understood that the child must be weighed bothimmediately before nursing and then immediately afternursing. The difference in weight is the amount of milkswallowed. While this may serve in some cases, the author hasnot found it very practical, and cannot recommend it,excepting in rare instances. It is well known that an infant whose stomach isfilled requires rest after nursing, and the less it ishandled the less is the chance for expelling its , my advice is not to handle or fumble with a childafter nursing, but rather aid Nature in resting an infantthan to try to provoke vomiting by unnecessary handling. 94 INEANT-FEED1NG. Difference in Weight Before and Immediately AfterNursing.—An infant should weigh, if under 3 months. Fig. 18. old, 3 ounces more after nursing, and in older children,5 to 6 months, it should weigh at least 6 ounces more after suckling. WEIGHT-CHART FOR AN INFANT. 95 Weight-chart for an Infant. WeekafterBirth. DateofWeigh-ing. Weight ofChildwith Clothes Weight ofClothes Body-weight Kind ofFood ; Quan-tity andFrequencyof Feeding. Stools On 1 week. 2 weeks . 3 weeks . 4 weeks . After 5 weeks . 6 weeks . 7 weeks . 8 weeks . After9 weeks . 10 weeks . 11 weeks . 12 weeks . After 13 weeks . 14 weeks . 15 weeks . 16 weeks . After 17 weeks . 18 weeks . 19 weeks . 20 weeks . After 21 weeks . 22 weeks . 23 weeks . 24 weeks . After 7 months. 8 months. 9 months. 10 months. 11 months. 12 months. 96 INFANT-FEEDING. Properties op Human Milk. Gravity. Bluish, semitransparent, no odor, swe
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