enish stools with mucus, are
among the more prominent earmarks of unsuccessful nursing. These
symptoms appearing in a pale, flabby, listless, indifferent or cross
baby, with steady loss of weight continued over a period of three or
four weeks, point to "nursing trouble;" which, if not corrected, will
lead to that much dreaded infantile condition--malnutrition.

Bolting of food or overeating results in vomiting and gas, and thus
interferes with normal nursing, as also may tongue-tie. A condition in
the mouth, medically known as "stomatitis," and commonly known as
"thrush," often gives rise to a fretful cry when nursing is attempted.
In the first place, the baby cannot "hold on" to the nipple; while, in
the second place, it hurts his inflamed mouth when he makes an effort
to nurse.

Long continued nursing covering three-fourths of an hour or more,
seizing of the nipple for a moment and then discarding it, apparently
in utter disgust, are the earmarks of very scanty milk supply and
should receive immediate attention.

AIDS TO THE MILK SUPPLY

Believing that many more mothers than do so should nurse their babies,
we have carefully tabulated a number of aids to the milk supply, which
we hope will be most earnestly tried before the baby is taken from the
breast--for so many, many more bottle-fed babies die during the first
year than the breast fed. The dangers of infection, the worry of the
food preparation, the uncertainty of results, all call for a most
untiring effort on the part of every doctor, nurse, and mother, in
their endeavors to secure maternal nursing. The following is a summary
of "aids to the milk supply:"

1. Regular periodical sucking of the breasts from the day of baby's
birth.

2. Systematic applications of alternate hot and cold compresses,
followed by massage to the breasts.

3. Three good nourishing meals each day, eaten with merriment and
gladness of heart.

4. A glass of "cream gruel," milk, cocoa, or eggnog at the close of
each meal, with a glass just before retiring.

5. Three outings each day in the open air.

6. Nurse the baby regularly and then turn its care over to another,
you seek the out of doors and engage in walking, rowing, riding and
other pleasurable exercise.

7. Take a daily nap.

8. You can bank on fretting and stewing over the hot cook stove to
decrease your milk. It seldom fails to spoil it.

9. Regular body bathing, with cold friction rubs to the skin.

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