Fifteen ounces of boiled water.
If the baby is digesting this food without trouble, about the tenth day, increase the milk by one ounce and decrease the water by one ounce.
A normal child, with whom modified milk agrees, is able at the end of a month to digest its food in the following proportions:
Eight ounces of plain milk.
One ounce, or two tablespoonfuls, of Dextri-Maltose.
Twelve ounces of boiled water.
At seven months the baby is ready to have gruel combined with the water and the milk in the following proportions:
Nine ounces of plain milk.
One and one-half ounces (3 tablespoonfuls) Dextri-Maltose.
Five ounces of water.