Diet after weaning ; a manual for the care and feeding of children between the ages of one and two years.

  • Mellin's Food Company, Boston.
Date:
1907
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Diet after weaning ; a manual for the care and feeding of children between the ages of one and two years. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    accustomed to these changes in the diet, the first meal should be increased by the addition of a slice of bread or a rusk broken up and soaked in the Mel- lin's Food and milk. Afterwards the fourth meal may be made like the first. If the child is thriving and does not demand a fifth meal, it need not be given. The more easily digested portions of ripe fruits, such as the pulp of stewed prunes or of baked apples, may be given in moderation with the midday meal. The fresh juice of a sweet orange is an especially serviceable addition to a child's dietary. When the infant is a year old, two or three teaspoonfuls may be given him an hour before the midday meal and increased grad- ually to three or four tablespoon- fuls. Between the ages of one and two years, the developing infant is gradually becoming prepared to take ordinary food and, as each child is a law unto himself, very careful attention must now be given to the diet. Any error in the feeding, in either quantity or quality, will be quickly followed