month to | every | 2 weeks | | | end of 9th| week if | | | | month | food is | | | | | well | | | | | digested | | | | | and child| | | | | seems | | | | | hungry | | | | | | | | | End of 9th | 30 | 10 oz. (in | 2 tbsp. | 4 | 5 month | | which 3 tbs. | | | | | of cereal is | | | | | cooked) | | | | | | | | Beginning | Increase | Cereal gruel | Reduce 1 | 4-5 | 5-4 of 10th | 1 oz. | as above | tbs. per | | month to | per month| | month | | end of | | | | | 12th month| | | | | -----------+----------+---------------+----------+-----------+---------- At the beginning of 7th or 8th month, or earlier if necessary, it is advisable to add orange juice, giving from 1-2 tablespoonfuls between the two morning feedings.[77] After the 4th month it is well to eliminate the night feeding between 10 P.M. and 6 A.M. At end of 11th month add 1-2 pieces of stale bread, toast or zwieback. Part of soft-cooked egg may be given every other day at noon meal by end of 11th month. The orange juice may be increased to 3 tbs. if bowels are not loose. The strained cereal should be given twice daily by the end of the first year, and the milk should be undiluted at this time unless the digestion of the infant forbids. Cooled boiled water should be given several times each day between feedings. Babies cry from thirst as well as from hunger. SCHEME 2 FOR FEEDING WELL BABIES Scheme based on Dr. Richard M. Smith's "The Baby's First Two Years." A full-term baby will usually take a formula made as follows: Cream 2 ounces Skimmed milk 2 ounces Boiled water 12 ounces Sugar of milk 6 level tsp. After 3d day increase cream and milk at the rate of 1 ounce each week, and sugar 1 tsp. every other day until at one month the baby will be receiving a formula such as-- Cream 5 ounces Skimmed milk 5 ounces Boiled water 22 ounces Sugar of milk 3-1/2 level tbs. At two months-- Cream 6 ounces Skimmed milk 6 ounces Boiled water 20 ounces Sugar of milk 4 level tbs.