Foods and home making

How is a bottle of modified milk prepared for feeding? There are at least three steps in getting a bottle of modified milk ready for use. 1. The cotton stopper must be removed. 2. The sterilized nipple must be placed on the mouth of the bottle. 3. The milk mixture must be heated and tested for proper temperature. To do this one should first clean the nails and wash (preferably scrub ) the hands. In removing the cotton stopper avoid touching the rim of the mouth of the bottle. See that no bits of cotton are left in the mouth of the bottle. In placing the nipple on the bottle, hold the neck of the bottle with the left hand. Grasp the nipple at its extreme edge with the thumb and first finger of the right hand. Do not touch the part of the nipple that is put in baby's mouth. Put the nipple over the rim of the bottle. To warm the milk to lukewarm temperature, first shake the bottle so as to mix the cream with the other ingredients. Place the bottle in a pitcher or tea kettle of hot (not boiling) water. Test the temperature of the milk by shaking a few drops on the inside of the wrist. (See Figure 145.) If the milk feels neither hot nor cold, it is lukewarm. Never put the nipple in your own mouth to taste the milk. If you want to taste the milk, shake some milk into a teaspoon ; taste from the teaspoon. Prepare as many bottles as needed for a day’s feeding. How should the empty feeding bottle and the nipple be cared for ? If any milk is left in the bottle, pour it out. Do not use it again. Feeding the Baby 501 Rinse out the bottle with cold water until it looks clean. Put a pinch of baking soda in the bottle. Fill the bottle with water. Set it aside to be scrubbed and sterilized the next day. With clear water, rinse directions about the of feeding the baby. What foods other time Figure 145. Testing the Temperature of Milk This is an easy and clean way of testing the temperature of milk. Why should than milk should be given a , , _ -r, ,i 1 t_- . you not touch the part of the nipple that baby? Both babies that : . . ,, , , “ .. fu J is put in the baby s mouth with your are fed on mother’s milk fjngers or iips? and those that are fed on modified cow’s milk should have certain foods other than milk. Ask the physician what foods to give, when to give them, and how much to give. These foods other than milk are chiefly fruits, vegetables, cereals, and cod-liver oil. Of course, the young baby must not be given solid foods. The juice of fruit, cooked and strained vegetable pulp, and cooked and strained cereals are suitable for him. Orange or Tomato Juice. — These supply vitamins and mineral mat- ter. At three weeks of age, give the baby 1 teaspoon of orange juice 502 Health and Child Care diluted with water or 2 teaspoons tomato juice undiluted each day. The juice of either ripe tomatoes grown outdoors or canned tomatoes may be given. As the baby grows, these amounts should be increased. By the end of the first year, a baby should have 2 ounces of orange juice — the juice of 1 orange — each day. The fruit juice should be given between a half-hour and an hour before feeding.