The young mother, or Management of children in regard to health.
- William Alcott
- Date:
- 1836
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The young mother, or Management of children in regard to health. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.
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![Sec. 2. Nursing, how often. Children should never be nursed to quiet them. Stomach must have time for rest. Regular seasons for nursing-. Once in three hours. Difference of constitution. Indulgence does not strengthen. Feeble children require the strictest man- agement. Nothing- should be given between meals. . 119—121 Sec. 3. Quantity of Food. Errors. Repetition of aliment. Variety. Children over-fed. Appetite not a safe guide. Training- to gluttony. Illustra- tions of the principle. Mankind eat twice as much as is necessary 121—123 Sec. 4. How long should Milk he. the only Food ? First change in diet. Objections of mothers. Choice bits. Ignorance of the nature of digestion. What digestion is. Food which the author of nature assigned 124—126 Sec. 5. On Feeding before Teething. When feeding before teething is necessary. Diet of mothers. Substitute for the mothers' milk. How prepared. Variety not necessary to the infant. Milk best from the same cow. Vessels in which it is used should be clean. Sweet milk not heated too much. Not frozen. Disgusting practices. Pure water. If not pure, boil it. Best of sugar. Is sugar inju- rious ? When the state of the mother's health forbids nursing. Use of sucking-bottles. Feeding should in all cases be slow. Jolting children after eating. Tossing. Sucking-bottle as a plaything. Evils of using it as such. Dirty vessels. Poison- ous ones. Character of nurses. Nursing at both breasts. Age of the nurse. Parents should have the oversight even of a nurse 126—138 Sec. 6. From Teething to Weaning. Proper age for weaning. Cullen's opinion. Proper season of the year. When the teeth have fairly protruded. First food given. New forms of food. Animal broth ]38—140](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21036068_0017.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
