. ... Woman in girlhood, wifehood, motherhood; her responsibilities and her duties at all periods of life; a guide in the maintenance of her health and that of her children . een said, some mothers are unwilling to nursetheir infants. Other mothers, who would gladly suckle theirchildren, have no milk at all or but a little and that only dur-ing the first weeks after child-birth. Sometimes after flow-ing freely for several months the milk may suddenly stop. In such cases and when owing to the mothers death theinfant is deprived of its natural food, instead of weaning thebaby it is much better t
. ... Woman in girlhood, wifehood, motherhood; her responsibilities and her duties at all periods of life; a guide in the maintenance of her health and that of her children . een said, some mothers are unwilling to nursetheir infants. Other mothers, who would gladly suckle theirchildren, have no milk at all or but a little and that only dur-ing the first weeks after child-birth. Sometimes after flow-ing freely for several months the milk may suddenly stop. In such cases and when owing to the mothers death theinfant is deprived of its natural food, instead of weaning thebaby it is much better to employ a wet-nurse. There aremany advantages and also some disadvantages in this pro-cedure. Human milk, being the childs natural food, is greatly tobe preferred to any substitute. Besides there is always a riskin feeding the child on cows milk or the prepared the employment of a wet-nurse is the babys onlychance for life. It is very difficult, however, to obtain a suitable wet-nurse. Knowing this, the woman is likely to become tyran-nical, lazy, shiftless and unreliable. She often will not takethe proper care of herself necessary to preserve the quality. THE FEEDING OF INFANTS 237 of her milk, and at any moment may become dissatisfiedwith her position and abandon it. She may, moreover,transmit a hidden disease to her nursling. The Choice of the Wet-Nurse.—This is a most im-portant matter and, as a rule, should be left to the attend-ing physician. The wet-nurse must be perfectly healthy,strong and not too fat. She should have no symptoms of tu-berculosis, syphilis or other communicable disease. If herown baby be healthy, it will be a possible indication as toher own health and as to the nutrient value of her milk. Sheshould preferably be between twenty and thirty years of ageand should have a baby approximately the same age as theone which she is to nurse. The nurses breasts should be firm or only slightly pen-dulous, becoming more flabby when emptied. They shou
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