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WATER DRINKING

As soon as the new born babe is washed and dressed he is given two
teaspoons of warmed, boiled water; and this practice is continued
every two hours during the day, until as much as two to four ounces of
unsweetened water is taken by the tiny babe during the twenty-four
hours. Inanition fever--the fever that sometimes follows a failure to
give water to the new born infant--is thus avoided. The bottle from
which the water is given should be scalded out each time, the nipple
boiled, and just before the "water nursing" the nipple should be
swabbed with boracic acid solution.

REGULARITY IN FEEDING

From earliest infancy the baby should be nursed by the "clock," and
not by the "squawk." Until he reaches his sixth-month birthday, he is
fed with unerring regularity every three hours during the day. Asleep
or awake he is put to the breast, while during the night he is allowed
to sleep as long over the three-hour period as he will. Babies are
usually nursed at night: during the early weeks, at nine o'clock in
the evening, at midnight, and at six o'clock in the morning. After
four months all nursing after ten P. M. may be omitted.

The baby is ordinarily allowed to remain at the breast for about
twenty minutes. He may often be satisfied with one breast if the milk
is plentiful; if not, he is given both breasts; and may we add the
following injunction? insist that nothing shall go into your baby's
mouth but your own breast milk and warm or cool-boiled water; no
sugar, whiskey, paregoric, or soothing syrup should be given, no
matter how he cries. Never give a baby food merely to pacify him or to
stop his crying; it will damage him in the end. More than likely he is
thirsty, and milk to him is what bread and meat are to you, neither of
which you want when you are thirsty.

POSITION OF MOTHER DURING THE NURSING

A perfectly comfortable position during nursing for both mother and
babe is necessary for satisfactory results. During the lying-in period
the mother should rest well over on her side with her arm up and her
hand under her head, the other hand supports the breast and assists in
keeping the nipple in the baby's mouth, as well as preventing the
breast from in any way interfering with baby's breathing. A rolled
pillow is placed at the mother's back for support.

After the mother leaves the bed, she will find a low chair most
convenient when nursing the baby, and if an ordinary chair be used,