SCHEME 2
For Feeding Well Babies
Scheme based on Dr. Richard M. Smith’s “The Baby’s First Two Years.”
A full-term baby will usually take a formula made as follows:
| Cream | 2 ounces |
| Skimmed milk | 2 ounces |
| Boiled water | 12 ounces |
| Sugar of milk | 6 level tsp. |
After 3d day increase cream and milk at the rate of 1 ounce each week, and sugar 1 tsp. every other day until at one month the baby will be receiving a formula such as—
| Cream | 5 ounces |
| Skimmed milk | 5 ounces |
| Boiled water | 22 ounces |
| Sugar of milk | 3½ level tbs. |
| Cream | 6 ounces |
| Skimmed milk | 6 ounces |
| Boiled water | 20 ounces |
| Sugar of milk | 4 level tbs. |
From this point the formula may be increased by adding 2 ounces of skimmed milk each month until the baby is eight months old. For each ounce of milk added, an equal amount of water should be omitted. The sugar in the formula should be reduced one half tbs. every three months.