The care of children / by Arthur Miller.

  • Arthur Miller
Date:
1912
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Credit: The care of children / by Arthur Miller. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    If the baby takes its food too fast you must regulate the flow by holding the breast near the nipple between the first and second finger of the hand which is not engaged in holding the baby. The amount of the feed must be the amount the baby can take without posseting. If it brings up some of its food, note the longest time it can stay at the breast without doing so, and always feed it for that length of time. Do not think to improve the quality or quantity of the milk by over-eating. If you do you will only upset your digestion and defeat your object. Take simple and regu- lar meals, and keep the bowels in order b> taking fruit and green vegetables and plenty of fluids. When necessary take some cascara or syrup of senna; many aperients taken by the mother are excreted in the milk and purge the baby, but the two named have this effect less than any other. If the milk is insufficient take more fluid. Stout is the popular remedy for increasing the flow of milk, but plain water is just as good. It is fluid you want. B