the thought: "No, I can't go out any more. I can't leave my
baby." You should get away from the baby a short time each day, and
go out among your former friends and acquaintances. Many a wrecked
home--a shattered domestic heaven--dates its beginnings back to the
days when the over-anxious young mother turned her back on her husband
and looked only into the face of her (their) child. Nothing should
come in between the filial friendship of husband and wife, not even
their child. So, dear mother, if you can, go out occasionally, away
from the baby, and enjoy the association of your husband and keep in
touch not only with his interests, but with the outside world. You
will come back refreshed and wonderfully repaid, and the face of the
adored infant will appear more beautiful than ever.

DIET OF THE NURSING MOTHER

The general suggestions on diet which we made to the expectant mother
are also valuable for the nursing mother. The food should be
appetizing, nutritious, and of a laxative nature. Three meals should
be eaten: one at seven A. M., one at one P. M. and one about
six-thirty at night, with the heaviest meal usually at one P. M. As
the mother usually wakens at five o'clock, or possibly earlier, she
should be given a glass of milk, cocoa, or eggnog. If she awakens at
six, nothing should be taken until the breakfast, which should consist
of a good nourishing meal, such as baked potatoes with white sauce,
poached eggs, cereal, milk or cocoa, prunes, figs, or a baked sweet
apple, with bread and butter, etc.

From that hour until one P. M. only water is taken, and several
glasses are urged during this interval. With nothing between meals but
water and a little outdoor exercise, a good appetite is created for
the one P. M. meal which should abundantly supply and satisfy the
hungry mother; and then again, nothing is to be taken between dinner
and supper but water. And after the supper hour, a walk out into the
cool night air should be enjoyed with the husband and on going to bed
about ten P. M., an eggnog or glass of milk may be taken. At the close
of the other meals a cup of oatmeal gruel or milk or any other
nourishing liquid may be enjoyed.

The eating of food or the drinking of nourishing drinks between the
meals not only interferes with digestion and disturbs the mother, but
it also upsets the baby; and it is often the reason why the appetite
of the mother is so deranged at the meal time, her spirits depressed,
a