The following table is that given by Dr. Louis Starr as a guide for feeding: GENERAL RULES FOR FEEDING. _Age._ _Intervals of _Average Am't _Average Am't Feeding._ each Meal._ in 24 hours._ First week 2 hours 2 tablespoons 1¼ pints Second to sixth week 2½ hours 3-4 tablespoons 1½-2 pints Sixth week to sixth month 3 hours 6-8 tablespoons 2½-3 pints At six months 3 hours 12 tablespoons 4½ pints At ten months 3 hours 16 tablespoons 5 pints For the First Week; One Feeding 1 Tablespoon of whey.[64] 1 Tablespoon of water. ⅔ Tablespoon of cream. ⅙ Teaspoon of sugar. Or Biedert's cream mixture: 1 Tablespoon of cream. ¼ Teaspoon of milk-sugar. 3 Tablespoons of water. Or, 1 Tablespoon of milk. ¼ Teaspoon of milk-sugar. 3 Tablespoons of water. If it is desirable to make at once a sufficient quantity of Biedert's cream mixture for several feedings, the above rule multiplied by eight will furnish enough for eight bottles, and is as follows: one cup of cream, three cups of boiling water, and one tablespoon of milk-sugar. Mix all together; put the mixture in equal portions into eight feeding-bottles, and plug each with cotton. Either sterilize it or put it immediately on ice to keep. After the First Week, and Until the Sixth Week Use either the cream mixture, the whey mixture, or the following: 2 Tablespoons of cow's milk. 4 Tablespoons of water. 1 Teaspoon of Mellin's food. ⅓ Teaspoon of milk-sugar. From the Sixth Week to the Sixth Month Water and milk in equal quantities, with a little cream and milk-sugar, and some attenuant, such as Mellin's food or barley jelly.[65] 2 Tablespoons of cow's milk. 2 Tablespoons of water. 1 Tablespoon of cream.[66] 1 Teaspoon of Mellin's food. ⅜ Teaspoon of sugar. The above proportion to be maintained, but the amount to be varied according to the age of the babe. If at any time this disagrees, use instead Biedert's cream mixture or the whey mixture. When both of these fail it may be necessary to peptonize the food. _To peptonize milk_: No. 1 2 Tablespoons of milk. 2 Tablespoons of water. 1 Tablespoon of cream. 1 Small measure of peptogenic milk powder. Put all into a clean porcelain-lined saucepan and heat it, stirring slowly until the mixture boils: this should not require more than ten minutes. No. 2 A special preparation for sick or feeble infants, or those suffering from indigestion. 2 Tablespoons of milk. 2 Tablespoons of water. 1 Tablespoon of cream. 1 Small measure of peptogenic milk powder.