Identifier: howikeptmybabywe00noye (find matches)
Title: How I kept my baby well
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Noyes, Anna Bogert Gausmann, 1873-
Subjects: Infants Infant Care Child Welfare
Publisher: Baltimore, Warwick & York, inc.
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
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ood better than during the previous month, sothat in the matters of sleep, behavior, the number ofand intervals between meals, and the number andcharacter of feces, there was an improvement overthe preceding month. On the other hand, he re-gurgitated and vomited the least bit more, and hada cold in the head and a cough, which interfered withhis sleeping and made him cry considerably. Hiscrying, however, during both this and the previousmonth may have been partly caused by his teeth, twoof which were beginning to show white through thegums. II. Details. (See Chart X, p. 60.) T. Nimiher of meals a day. The number of mealsa day was reduced from six to ^Ye (Holt advisessix). 2. Intervals between meals. The intervals be-tween meals, both day and night, were lengthend—the day interval from three to three and one-halfhours, the night interval from seven and two-fifthsto eight and two-fifths hours. 3. Diet. The time at the breast (only 33 breastmeals were given) was increased from 13% to 14
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60 NINE TYPICAL MONTHS IN DETAIL 61 minutes, and the time nursing from IOV2 to 12 min-utes (both of which increases may be accounted forby the fact that my milk was flowing less vigorously).Holt advises not more than 20 minutes. The re- TENTH MONTH. 39 W. 1 D. AAvake from 3 A. M. to 4 A. M., cried, ^Yas restless,but was not fed. 39 W. 2 D. Awake for a minnte or two, but was not fed. 39 W. 5 D. Awake for one-balf hour, but was not fed. 40 W. Fed at 3 A. M. to relieve pressure on mj- breasts. Abreast pumii would have better served the purpose. 40 W. Feces loose, so omitted one meal (afternoon). 40 W. 1 D. Woke twice, fretted for a time, then went to sleep. 40 W. 4 D. Woke at 1 A. :M., 3 A. M. and 4 A. M. Cried a little,but went to sleep. 40 W. 5 D. Woke three times; cried himself to sleep. Had twofeces, close together, and a slight cold. I surmised he was gettingtoo much to eat, so cut down food, gave two meals of plain barleyand water. At 8.30 A. M. gave 1 tsp. castor-oil and 1 tsp. or

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