h for twenty-four to
forty-eight hours. Plans other than the laboratory preparations or the
ice-box are risky, and should not be depended upon.

Many of our railway dining cars now pick up fresh, certified milk at
stations along the line for use on their tables, and where such is the
case fresh preparations of milk may be made on a trans-continental
trip by the aid of an alcohol stove. Malted milk may also be used,
provided you have accustomed the baby to its use a week before leaving
home, by the gradual substitution of a fourth to a half ounce each day
in the daily food; all of which, of course, should be done under your
physician's direction.

If possible, leave baby at home in his familiar, comfortable
environment in the care of a trained nurse and a trusted relative, and
under the supervision of the baby's own physician. He is much better
off, much more contented, and we are all aware of the fact that
contentment and familiarity of sights and people promote good
appetite, good digestion, and happiness--the very essentials of
success in baby feeding. We speak touchingly and sympathetically to
the mother who must leave her babe; and likewise we wish to cheer her
as we remind her that by wireless messages and night letters it is
possible to keep in touch with loved ones though a thousand miles
away.

The sanitation and modification of cow's milk, as well as stools,
etc., are taken up in later chapters.

RULES FOR THE BOTTLE-FED

1. Never play with a baby during or right after a meal.
2. Lay the baby on his side when nursing the bottle.
3. Three full hours should intervene between feedings.
4. Don't give the food too hot--it should just be warm.
5. Make the test for warmth on the inner side of your arm.
6. Give a drink of water between each meal if awake.
7. Never save the left-overs for baby.
8. If possible, give three feedings each day in the cool air, with
baby comfortably warm.
9. Do not jump, bounce, pat, or rock baby during or after meals.
10. Never coax baby to take more than he wants, or needs.
11. No solid foods are given the first year.
12. Orange juice may be given at six months; while, after four months,
unsweetened prune juice is better than medicine for the bowels.

CHAPTER XVII

MILK SANITATION

Cow's milk, like mother's milk, is made up of solids and water. In a
previous chapter we learned that in one-hundred parts of mother's
milk, ei