Usually at four months, and always at five or six months. Night feeding is one of the most frequent causes of wakefulness and disturbed sleep.
[ STERILIZED MILK ]
What is meant by sterilizing milk?
Heating milk for the purpose of destroying germs.
Does all cows milk contain germs?
Yes; even when handled most carefully, milk contains many germs; but when carelessly handled, and in summer, the number is enormous. While most of these are harmless or cause only the souring of milk, others are occasionally present which may produce serious diseases such as typhoid fever, diphtheria scarlet fever, cholera, tuberculosis, and many forms of diarrhoea.
Under what circumstances is it necessary to sterilize milk?
1. In warm weather when it cannot be obtained fresh; hence always in cities and towns during the summer.
2. When one cannot be certain that the cows are healthy, or that the milk has been carefully handled.
3. When the milk is to be kept for any considerable time (i.e., over twenty-four hours), especially if no ice can be had.