Objections to Condensed Milk Feeding.—Condensed milk is not to be recommended as a permanent food where good cow's milk can be obtained. In most cases it should be used as the sole food for a few weeks only. It may be used when the digestion is impaired for some reason. If the symptoms are intestinal it will be more apt to agree than if they are caused by stomach ailments. The symptoms of intestinal disturbances are,—colic, flatulence (gas), curds or specks in the stools, constipation or diarrhea. It will not be found suitable if the child is simply vomiting.
The objections to condensed milk are: It is very rich in sugar and very deficient in proteids and fat. Children fed on condensed milk often gain very rapidly in weight but have little strength or resistance. They do not fight disease well for this reason; they are apt to develop rickets and scurvy.
CHAPTER XX
ARTIFICIAL FEEDING—CONTINUED
How to Prepare Milk Mixtures—Sterilizing the Food for the Day's Feeding—How to Test the Temperature of the Food for Baby—When to Increase the Quality or Quantity of Food—Food Allowable During the First Year in Addition to Milk—Beef Juice—White of Egg—Orange Juice—Peptonized Milk—The Hot or Immediate Process—The Cold Process—Partially Peptonized Milk—Completely Peptonized Milk—Uses of Peptonized Milk—Objections to Peptonized Milk—What a Mother Should Know About Baby's Feeding Bottle and Nipple—Should a Mother Put Her Baby on Artificial Food if Her Supply of Milk, During the First Two Weeks is not Quite Enough to Satisfy it—Certain Conditions Justify the Adoption of Artificial Feeding from the Beginning—Mothers' Mistakes in the Preparation of Artificial Food—Feeding During the Second Year—Sample Meals for a Child Three Years of Age—The Diet of Older Children—Meats, Vegetables, Cereals, Bread, Desserts—Fruits.
HOW TO PREPARE MILK MIXTURES
The mother should always remember, that the secret of success in raising a baby efficiently on artificial food is to be cleanly and to be exact. The bottles and the nipples must be scrupulously clean; the hands of the mother must be clean; the water used must be boiled and each ingredient must be measured exactly.
First dissolve the sugar in the boiled water, which must be the exact quantity; then remove the top-milk and measure the exact amount wanted in the graduate, pour into the jar, add the water and sugar mixture, and finally the lime water.