w often should a baby be fed during the first month?_

Every two hours during the day and twice during the night, or ten
feedings during the twenty-four hours.

_At what age may the interval be made two and a half hours?_

Usually at five or six weeks.

_When may it be increased to three hours?_

Usually at two months.

_Why should not a child be fed more frequently?_

It takes the stomach nearly two hours to digest a meal at two months,
and about two and a half hours at five or six months, and if the meals
are too near together the second one is given before the first has
been digested and vomiting and indigestion result. The meals should be
far enough apart to give the stomach a little time for rest just
before each feeding.

_Schedule for Feeding Healthy Infants during the First Year_

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AGE. Interval Night No. of Quantity Quantity
between feedings feedings for one for 24
meals, (10 P.M. in 24 feeding. hours.
by day. to 7 A.M.). hours.
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Hours. Ounces. Ounces.
2d to 7th day 2 2 10 1 -1-1/2 10-15
2d and 3d weeks 2 2 10 1-1/2 - 3 15-30
4th and 5th weeks 2 1 10 2-1/2 - 3-1/2 25-35
6th to 8th week 2-1/2 1 8 3 - 5 24-40
3d to 5th month 3 1 7 4 - 6 28-42
5th to 9th month 3 0 6 5 - 7-1/2 30-45
9th to 12th month 4 0 5 7 - 9 35-45
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This schedule gives the averages for healthy children The smaller
quantities are those required by small children whose digestion is not
very vigorous. The larger quantities are those required by large
children with strong digestion; in very few cases will it be advisable
to go above these figures.

The interval is reckoned from the beginning of one feeding to the
beginning of the next one.

_When should the interval between the feedings be lengthened?_

When there is gastric indigestion as shown by habitual vomiting or the
regurgitation of food long after the bottle is finished; also when the
appetite