the baby is a week old, the quantity may be increased to
one-half at each meal; at two months the whole amount prepared may be
given at once.

The proportion of milk should be gradually increased, and the water
and cream decreased, until at two months old the proportion should
be:--

3 tbsps. milk.
1 tbsp. cream.
1 tbsp. lime water.
3 tbsps. sugar water.

When six months old the quantity of milk is doubled. It should be
increased every day until ten tablespoonfuls are given at a feeding.

BARLEY WATER.

2 tbsps. pearl barley.
1 pt. boiling water.

Wash the barley carefully. Pour over it the boiling water. Let it
simmer for two hours. Strain and sweeten with a pinch of sugar of
milk.

MILK-SUGAR WATER.

1/2 oz. sugar of milk.
1/2 pt. boiling water.

Dissolve, and keep closely covered. It will not keep long, so should
be made when required to use.

LIME WATER.

Take a lump of lime weighing about one ounce. Put in a bottle with a
quart of cold water (which has been boiled). Shake the bottle well
until the lime is dissolved, and let it stand for 12 hours. Pour the
clear liquid into another bottle, being careful not to disturb the
sediment. Keep carefully corked. Water will only absorb a certain
quantity of lime, so there is no danger of its being too strong.

As cow's milk is more difficult to digest than mother's milk, it is
sometimes necessary to substitute barley water in place of the lime
water and milk, using the same amount of cream as given in recipe.

MALTED FOOD.

2 oz. wheat flour or barley meal.
1-3/4 qts. water.
1 tsp. extract of malt.

Mix the flour to a paste with a little water, gradually add a quart of
the water; put it in a double boiler and boil 10 minutes. Dissolve the
malt extract in 4 tbsps. of the water (cold). Lift out the inner
vessel and add the malt and remainder of the cold water. Let it stand
15 minutes, replace, and boil again for 15 minutes. Strain through a
wire gauze strainer. (Half this quantity may be made.)

This preparation is used when both barley water and lime-water
disagree. It must always be given with milk. It prevents the large
tough curds forming, which is such an objectionable feature in using
cow's milk.

PEPTONIZED MILK.

In cases of especially weak digestion it may be necessary to peptonize
the milk, which may be done as follows: Add 5 grains of extract of
pancreas and 15 grains of baking soda