Sometimes a more restricted diet together with specially directed exercises to relieve any digestive disturbance and correct constipation, and relaxing exercises for the nerves, will do more than anything else to improve the quality of the milk. Mothers should particularly avoid becoming overtired. When the milk is good, but the quantity deficient, massage of the breasts three or four times a day for five or ten minutes will increase the supply. One effective means of increasing the secretion of the mammary glands is the mechanical stimulus of suction. If a robust baby can be put to the breast for a time it may develop an ample flow of milk for a puny infant whose powers of suction are feeble. A good malt extract with meals sometimes tends to increase the flow of milk. When the quality and quantity of the milk are deficient, the physician usually advises a very nourishing diet and a tonic. This nourishment does not of necessity require an excessive amount of liquid. When the quantity is sufficient, but the quality poor, it is usually necessary to wean the baby, if it is several months old, although mother’s milk, even if below standard in quality, is better for the infant than cow’s milk, at least during the first few months. Nervousness, sleeplessness, worry, and grief have a decided effect on the milk supply and on the baby. Nervous mothers are apt to have an abundance of milk one day and little the next day; frequently the milk will disappear suddenly. * * * * * [Sidenote: Weaning] When it is possible, the baby should be weaned gradually. Although there is no set time for weaning, it is not advisable to feed the child exclusively from the breast after the eighth or tenth month. Bunge holds that human milk contains too little iron at this period and the babies are apt to become pale and undernourished. When additional feeding is decided on, the physician should prescribe the preparation. A bottle a day should be substituted for the breast feeding at first and, gradually, additional bottle feedings, until, after about a month the breast is entirely withdrawn. After the eighth month and until the age of twelve months, as a general rule, cow’s milk should be diluted and sweetened by mixing eight ounces of barley water and thirty-two ounces of milk, adding an ounce of cane-sugar or milk-sugar, and dividing the whole into five 8-ounce portions. Additional food may be given to the healthy child after the eighth or ninth month. Orange juice or other fruit juice one or twice a day should be given about an hour before feeding. A teaspoonful may be given at first and the amount gradually increased to about two tablespoonfuls a day. Orange juice is a specific in conditions of scurvy resulting from improper feeding. The child usually improves rapidly after it begins to take the juice. Beef juice, meat broths, or strained vegetable soup may be given in increasing amounts up to 5 or 6 ounces daily.