OTHERWAYS, I take the due and proper Time for _Weaning_ the INFANT, to be about the 18th or 24th _Month_, rather longer than shorter; because it surely finds the Benefit of this proper and benign _Aliment_ all the Days of its Life. Yet at what time soever it happens to be done, the CHILD is not on a sudden to be accustomed to _different sorts_ of VICTUALS, but rather, while it yet _Sucks_, to be gradually brought to the _Use_ of what is most convenient for its _Nutrition_, such as _Hen_ or _Chicken-Broth_, or the _Soup_ of other Meats, mix’d with a little _Crumb of Bread_; or a _Soup_ made of Ale, and _Crumbs_, with a little _Fresh-Butter_, which is of excellent _Nourishment_: As before, or about the Time that the INFANT is to be _Wean’d_, a little half _chew’d Meat_ of any Sort, provided _sweet_ and _fresh_, may be given it for a good _weaning Repast_. UPON this Head, I shall only farther observe, that the ABLACTATION, or Weaning, always happens more conveniently in the _Spring_ or _Autumn_, than in the _Summer_ or _Winter_, and _that_ more auspiciously with the _encreasing_ than with the _decreasing Moon_: And _this_, because otherways, besides the _Alteration_ which happens to the CHILD from the Change of its _Diet_ and _Aliment_, another may easily affect it from the _Calidity_ or _Frigidity_ of the _Ambient Air_. BUT besides, in short, that the INFANT may be the better and the more readily _Wean’d_, the NURSE’S _Nipples_ may be anointed with the fresh _Juice of Wormwood_; or with a _Liniment_ of the same _Juice_, _Honey_ and _Aloes_; or any other proper _Ingredients_, discreetly us’d, that its tender _Lips_ or _Gums_ may not be inflam’d, nor the weak _Stomach_ hurt or offended. However, the better way is, that the NURSE withdraw herself from the CHILD’S _Presence_; upon which it is to be plentifully _fed_, as already advis’d, allowing it a little _Ale_, but no _Wine_, for its Drink. NOW as to the DIET and _Regimen_ of _Children_ from ABLACTATION to the first _Seventh Year of their Age_, I would farther observe, that it differs yet altogether from that of more _adult Persons_, since their infirm _Habits_ and tender _Bodies_ can no way tolerate, or withstand the consequential _Effects_ of an irregular DIET, or an Erroneous _Regimen_: Besides this Age requires VICTUALS frequently, and _that_ not only what is sufficient for _Nutriment_, but also for _Growth_: And moreover they ought still to be now and then _bathed_ or _washed_ at Times.