The care and feeding of children : a catechism for the use of mothers and children's nurses / by L. Emmett Holt.

  • Luther Emmett Holt
Date:
1914
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Credit: The care and feeding of children : a catechism for the use of mothers and children's nurses / by L. Emmett Holt. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University Libraries/Information Services, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University.

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    Is there any objection to a hahy being partly nursed and partly fed? ]^one whatever; it is often better from the out- set to feed the baby during the night, in order not to disturb the mother's rest. If the mother has only milk enough for two or three nursings a day, this should be continued so long as her milk agrees with the baby. Even a small amount of good breast milk greatly improves a child's nutrition. What symptoms indicate that the mother s milk disagrees with the child? The child suffers from almost constant discom- fort; sleeps little and then restlessly, cries a great deal, belches gas from the stomach, and passes much by the bowels, or if not passed, the gas accumulates and causes abdominal distention and colicky pain. There may be vomiting, but more often the trouble is intestinal. Sometimes the bowels are constipated, but usually the movements are frequent, loose, green, contain mucus and are passed with much gas. What should he done under these circumstances? Tf the symptoms have persisted for two or three weeks and the child is not gaining in weight, there is little chance of improvement, and the child should be taken from the breast at once. If there is some
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