The weight of girls is on the average about one pound less than boys. They are about the same in height.
Charts showing weight curve for the first year, and from one year to fourteen years are given at the end of this book.
[ [2]] Obtained from any of the Walker-Gordon milk laboratories, from James Dougherty, No. 411 West 59th Street, New York, and from many druggists. Price, 20 cents.
[ [3]] The directions and formulas given in the following pages are intended only for guidance in feeding children who are not suffering from any special disturbance of digestion; directions for such conditions are given in a later chapter.
[ [4]] If the milk sugar be measured in the milk-dipper, two scant dipperfuls may be calculated as one ounce. If measured in a tablespoon, three even tablespoonfuls may be calculated as one ounce.
[ [5]] This can be obtained at 411 West Fifty-ninth Street, New York, with bottles and full directions; a tin one, at a cost of $3.50, and a copper one, which is much more durable, for $7.00.
[ [6]] Obtained at the same prices from any of the Walker-Gordon milk laboratories.