rne, two may be given and later
three. It can be given immediately before the regular feeding of cereal
and milk. From the twelfth to the sixteenth month eggs may be given: at
first one-half, and later a whole egg mixed with bread crumbs. Various
vegetables should also be given cooked in the form of a puree. If at any
time the child should refuse the food, or act as if it had no appetite,
leave the milk out of the diet; this may then restore the appetite and
it will take the other food freely; the milk can be resumed later.

As the child grows older, the distaste for milk may grow, or he may be
one of those children with whom milk really does not agree; in either
event, do not hesitate to leave it out of the child's dietary. These
children should be encouraged to eat plenty of good butter on their
bread and crackers. Butter will not only agree with them, but it will
supply any fat deficiency in the general diet. The diet may now consist
of milk (unless it disagrees), cereals cooked three hours, raw or rare
meat, poultry, eggs, vegetables, purees, cooked and raw fruit, bread,
crackers.

HOW TO BATHE THE DELICATE CHILD.--Regular daily baths are particularly
of benefit to the delicate child, despite the prevailing fear that they
may catch cold. The salt bath is advised and the time to take it is just
before retiring. The room should be warm and the temperature of the
water should be 90 deg. F.: it should not last longer than five minutes, and
the water should be cooled down to 70 deg. F., before the child is removed
from the bath. While the cold water is running in, the surface of the
body should be briskly rubbed with the mother's hands and after removal
the child should be dried with a fairly coarse bath towel to ensure a
good reaction. Very delicate children need not have the temperature of
the water reduced; others may stand water of 80 deg. F., but no lower. In
the poorly nourished it is frequently advantageous to rub the body,
after drying, with olive oil or goose oil. This aids nutrition and
because of the massage it aids circulation. In some older children a
daily cold spinal douche seems to act particularly well. If the child
does not promptly react from the effect of the cold water it is best to
discontinue it.

AIRING THE DELICATE CHILD.--Delicate children should, above all things,
be assured of the maximum amount of fresh air and sunlight. Many mothers
entertain the idea that these children are disposed to ta