uld be
given at about ten instead of at nine at night.

Should the baby continue to awaken during the night before six in the
morning, unless he is under weight, a bottle of warm, boiled,
unsweetened water should be given.

QUANTITY OF FOOD

The quantity of food to be given is always determined by the size of
the baby's stomach, which, of course, depends somewhat upon the age of
the child; for instance, the stomach of the average baby one week old
holds about one ounce, while at the age of three months the stomach
holds five ounces; so it would not only be folly to give two ounces at
one week and seven ounces at three months, but it would also be very
detrimental to the babe, causing severe symptoms due to the
overloading of the stomach.

Careful study of the size of the stomach at different ages in infancy,
together with the quantity of milk drawn from the breast by a nursing
baby, has led to the following conclusions regarding the capacity of
the baby's stomach:

AGE QUANTITY

1--4 weeks 1--2 ounces
4 weeks--3 months 21/2--4 ounces
3 months--6 months 4--6 ounces
6 months--1 year 6--8 ounces

REFRIGERATOR NECESSITY

It is highly important that the day's feedings be kept in a cold
place, free from the odors of other foods as well as free from dust,
flies, and filth. In order that this may be accomplished, the
well-protected bottles, each containing its baby-meal, are placed in a
covered pail containing ice and water. This covered receptacle is now
put in an ice box; and, in order that our most economical reader--one
who may feel that she cannot afford to keep up the daily expense of
the family refrigerator--may herself prepare a simple home
refrigerator, the following directions are given (Fig. 9).

HOMEMADE ICE BOX

Procure a wooden box about eighteen inches square and sixteen or
eighteen inches deep and put four inches of sawdust into the bottom;
now fill in the space between a ten-quart pail, which is set in the
middle of the box with more sawdust. A cover for the box is now lined
with two or three inches of newspaper, well tacked on, and is
fastened to the box by hinges. We are now ready for the inside pail of
ice, into which is carefully placed the well-protected bottles of
milk, all of which is then set into the ten-quart pail in the box.
Five cents worth of ice each day will keep baby's food cool, clean,
and pro