four ounces of barley or
oatmeal gruel, six teaspoonfuls of milk sugar or three of granulated
sugar, a pinch of salt and a pinch of bicarbonate of soda; or if
lime-water is used instead, take one ounce of lime-water to each twenty of
the milk and gruel. He should have four or five ounces of this mixture
every three hours up to 10 p. m., then one meal at about 2 a. m. None
until 6 or 7 a. m.

Will a child lose weight when placed upon this diet? It will often do so
for a week or more, but he will soon gain gradually and regularly.

Formula for the fifth month.--Skim off the top six ounces as before, then
pour off nine ounces of milk and mix it with the top-milk, add twenty-four
ounces of barley or oatmeal gruel, a pinch of salt, four teaspoonfuls of
granulated or seven of milk sugar, a pinch of bicarbonate of soda and
proceed as before. He should be fed every three hours during the day until
10 p. m. Give five to six and one-half ounces at each meal, making six
meals in the whole twenty-four hours.

Formula for sixth month.--Six ounces of the top-milk skimmed off from a
quart of pure milk, ten ounces of milk then poured off. Twenty-four ounces
of barley or oatmeal gruel, in which has been thoroughly dissolved four
teaspoonfuls of granulated or seven of milk sugar, a pinch of bicarbonate
of soda, and a pinch of salt. Pasteurized as before, etc. Give baby from
four to six ounces at each meal every three hours up to 9 or 10 p. m. If
the day is exceedingly warm, pour out one or even two ounces from each
bottle of the regular mixture and substitute boiled water for it. If the
baby is inclined to vomit, it will be better during the hot weather to use
less of the top milk, four, or five ounces instead of six or eight, and
add so much more gruel. Barley gruel is better than oatmeal gruel unless
baby is constipated. Again if the baby has delicate digestive organs, one
meal each day during the very hot weather, can be made of mutton broth
prepared as follows: Cut up one pound of neck of mutton, one pint of cold
water and a pinch of salt; this is cooked very slowly for three hours
until half a pint is left, adding a little water from time to time as it
boils away; strain through muslin and allow to cool, and when cool take
off all of the fat. Add this to an equal quantity of barley water and feed
lukewarm to the baby from the nursing bottle. These measures may ward off
summer complaint and assist in teething.

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