SCHEME FOR FEEDING NORMAL INFANTS
(First Year)
Scheme based on Holt and Shaw’s “Save the Babies.” Pub. by Am. Med. Ass’n.
Whole Milk Method
| Time | Milk Ounces | Water Ounces | Sugar | Intervals of Feeding | Number of Feedings |
| 1st and 2d days | 1 to 3 tbs. every 3-4 hours | ||||
| 3d and 4th days | 3 | 7 | 2 tsp. | 3 | 7 |
| 5th and 7th days | 4 | 8 | 3 tsp. | 3 | 7 |
| 8th day | 5 | 10 | 1½ tbs. | 3 | 7 |
| 8th day to end of 3d month | Increase ½ oz. every 4 days | Increase ½ oz. every 8 days | Increase ½ oz. every 2 weeks | 3 | 7-6 |
| End of 3d month | 16 | 16 | 4¼ tbs. | 3 | 6 |
| Beginning of 4th month to end of 6th month | Increase ½ oz. every 6 days | Reduce ½ oz. every 2 weeks. (Cook barley in water if food disagrees)[76] | 4 | 4 | 6-5 |
| End of 6th month | 24 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Beginning of 7th month to end of 9th month | Increase ½ oz. every week if food is well digested and child seems hungry | Reduce ½ oz. every 2 weeks | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| End of 9th month | 30 | 10 oz. (in which 3 tbs. of cereal is cooked) | 2 tbsp. | 4 | 5 |
| Beginning of 10th month to end of 12th month | Increase 1 oz. per month | Cereal gruel as above | Reduce 1 tbs. per month | 4-5 | 5-4 |
At the beginning of 7th or 8th month, or earlier if necessary, it is advisable to add orange juice, giving from 1-2 tablespoonfuls between the two morning feedings.[77]
After the 4th month it is well to eliminate the night feeding between 10 P.M. and 6 A.M.
At end of 11th month add 1-2 pieces of stale bread, toast or zwieback. Part of soft-cooked egg may be given every other day at noon meal by end of 11th month. The orange juice may be increased to 3 tbs. if bowels are not loose.
The strained cereal should be given twice daily by the end of the first year, and the milk should be undiluted at this time unless the digestion of the infant forbids.
Cooled boiled water should be given several times each day between feedings. Babies cry from thirst as well as from hunger.