If, therefore, the nurse will follow out the plan suggested by Drs. Morse and Talbot, it should be a simple matter to change the percentage of any of the food constituents in any formula.
The following schemes for feeding well babies are included to facilitate the work in the home. A nurse may teach the mother the manner in which these schemes are used, keeping in mind that there can be no iron clad rule for feeding all babies. No nurse should recommend a formula without directions from a physician. And no formula should be changed without his permission.
The following milk formulas are used in the Nathan Straus Pasteurized Milk Laboratories of New York:
~Formula No. 1.~--Infants from 1st to 4th week, by A. R. Green.
24 ounces of mixture divided into 8 feedings of three ounces each, fed at intervals of 2-1/2 hours:
3/4 oz. 16% cream 3 oz. full milk 19 oz. water 1-1/4 oz. limewater 1-1/2 oz. milk sugar
~Formula No. 2.~--Infants 1st to 3d month, by Dr. R. G. Freeman.
1-1/2 oz. 16% cream 3 oz. full milk 13 oz. water 1/2 oz. limewater 1 oz. milk sugar
Divided into 6 feedings of 3 oz. each, fed 3 hours apart.
~Formula No. 3.~--Infants 2d to 6th month, by Dr. R. G. Freeman.
18 oz. full milk 16-1/2 oz. water 1-1/2 oz. limewater 1-1/2 oz. milk sugar
Divided into 6 feedings of 6 ounces each, fed at intervals of 3 hours.
~Formula No. 4.~--Infants 3d to 7th month, by Dr. A. Jacobi.
18 oz. full milk 18 oz. barley water 1 oz. cane sugar 20 grains salt (less than 1/4 tsp.)
Divided into 6 feedings of 6 ounces each, fed at intervals of 3 hours.
~Formula No. 5.~--Infants 7th to 9th month, by Dr. A. Jacobi.
2-1/2 oz. full milk 7-1/2 oz. oat or barley water 1-1/2 oz. cane sugar 30 grains (about 1/4 tsp.) table salt
Divided into 5 feedings of 6 ounces each, fed at intervals of 3-1/2 hours.
Scheme based on Holt and Shaw's "Save the Babies." Pub. by Am. Med. Ass'n.
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