be reduced? When the
child becomes ill from any causes, or when there are any marked symptoms
of indigestion.

How can I reduce the food? If there is but a slight disturbance and the
daily food has been prepared, pour off one-third from each bottle just
before each feeding and replace this quantity of food with boiled water;
if the disturbance is more severe, immediately dilute the food at least
one-half and also reduce, at the same time the quantity given; for a
severe attack of indigestion, omit the regular food altogether and give
only boiled water until a doctor has been called.

How shall I return to the original formula after it has been reduced for a
disturbance of digestion? The increase must be very gradual after the
immediate reduction. After a severe attack of indigestion, the milk should
not be made more than one-fifth the original strength, and ten days or two
weeks should elapse before the original strength food is given and, as
stated, there should be a gradual slow increase.

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ABOUT ADDING OTHER FOODS TO MILK.

How long shall I continue the modified milk? Usually for about six months;
but if the infant is doing well you can continue it for ten or eleven
months. If the infant has trouble in digesting cows' milk other foods can
be added at three or four months or even at the beginning.

What food can I first use? Barley, oatmeal, arrowroot, and farina.

Is it better to make them from the flour? Yes, they are more simple to
prepare from the flour.

How shall I cook them? Cook them separately, and when used they take the
place of some of the boiled water.

(For another way, see former pages.)

How shall I prepare barley gruel water? Take one teaspoonful of the flour
and rub it up with a little cold water, and then stir this into a pint of
boiling water; add a pinch of salt and boil it fifteen minutes; strain if
it is lumpy. Oatmeal gruel is made the same way, only using two
teaspoonfuls instead of one.

Barley Jelly.--One rounded tablespoonful of the flour, mixed with a little
cold water, is added to one pint of boiling water containing a pinch of
salt; cook twenty minutes in a double boiler and strain. A thinner gruel
(barley water) is made by using half of the quantity of flour.

How much of the gruel can I use? If prepared by the last method one-sixth
to one-half the total quantity of food; if the barley water is used it
can be used in greater quantity if desired, a