The Care and Feeding of Children

The Care and Feeding of Children PDF Author: Luther Emmett Holt
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
ISBN: 9781458911919
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 146

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 edition. Excerpt: ... or upon a large tin tray. The French pattern of alcohol lamp is the best. Give the directions for preparing the food according to any of the above formulas. The nurse's hands, bottles, tables, and all utensils should be scrupulously clean. First, dissolve the milk sugar in boiled water, filtering if necessary. Then add the milk and cream and lime-water, mixing the whole in a pitcher. A sufficient quantity of food for twenty-four hours is always to be prepared at one time. This is then divided into the number of feedings required for the day, each feeding being put in a separate bottle, and the bottle stoppered with cotton. The bottles should then be cooled rapidly by standing, first in tepid then in cold water, and afterward placed in an ice chest. If the milk is to be pasteurized or sterilized, this should precede the cooling. DIRECTIONS FOR FEEDING INFANTS How should the bottle be prepared at feeding time? It should be taken from the ice chest, and warmed by standing in warm water deep enough to cover the milk in the bottle; it should then be thoroughly shaken and the nipple adjusted; the nurse should see that the hole in the nipple is not too large nor too small. How may the temperature of the milk be tested? Never by putting the nipple in the nurse's mouth. Before adjusting the nipple, a teaspoonful may be poured from the bottle and tasted, or a few drops may be poured through the nipple upon the inner surface of the wrist, where it should feel quite warm but never hot; or a thermometer may be placed in the water in which the bottle stands. A dairy thermometer should be used. The temperature of the water should be between 98 and 105 F. What is a simple contrivance for keeping the milk warm during feeding? A small flannel bag with a draw...