ary white enamel, each one large enough to hold
all the nipples at once. One cup should have a cover; the other should
not. To avoid mistakes it is well to have the cups different in shape.
As soon as each feeding is finished the nipple should be thoroughly
cleansed under running water by scrubbing it inside and out with a
nipple brush. The nipple thus cleansed is placed in the cup without a
cover. When all the nipples have been used, cleansed, and collected in
the uncovered cup, they are transferred into the other cup; water is
added, the cup is covered and its contents are boiled for three minutes.
The nipples remain covered in the boiled water until needed; they are
removed one by one for the successive feedings. Care must be used in
removing a nipple to take it by the rim, not to touch other nipples
during the process and not to dip the fingers into the water. The best
way is to remove them by means of a glass rod, which is boiled with the
nipples and kept with them in the cup when not in use. There are
several advantages of this method of caring for nipples: it is easy; it
reduces to a minimum the necessary handling of the nipples after
boiling; and it reduces the probability of using the wrong nipple, since
boiled nipples are always in one kind of receptacle and used nipples in
another. It also prevents the too common practice of continuing to keep
nipples in a supposedly antiseptic solution long after the solution has
become badly soiled.

TABLES of diet for children over one year of age may be found in the
Appendix, page 322.

BATHING.--Usually the cord has separated and the navel has entirely
healed by the time a baby is 10 days old. After this time a daily tub
bath should be given; it should be given not less than one hour after
feeding. The temperature of the room should be from 70-72 deg., measured
by a thermometer placed in the part of the room where the bath is to
take place. In order to avoid chilling or tiring the baby the bath
should be given quickly, without confusion or interruption; success can
be achieved by using even a moderate amount of foresight. Before
undressing the baby everything to be used should be collected and placed
within easy reach,--clean clothing, soft towels, 2 wash cloths, pure
white soap, powder, absorbent cotton, etc. The bath tub should last of
all be filled with water, and its temperature tested by means of a bath
thermometer. The temperature of the water should be from 98 de