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15.—The best kind of. bottle is the old fashioned straight one,
with an india-rubber teat and without any tube at all. It is quite
impossible to prevent corks and tubes from becoming foul and
turning the milk sour. When the child has finished its meal, the
bottle must be rinsed and placed in clean water, with a little soda
in it until required again. Once a day it should be carefully cleansed
with hot water in which a little soda has been added.
16.—The child should have its milk at regular hours—every two
hours for the first two months, and every three hours afterwards.
17.—If cow's milk cannot be digested after a fair trial, "then
condensed milk may be given—one teaspoonful to four or five
tablespoonfuls of water that has been boiled. Do not continue to
give condensed milk for long, but after a month or two, try cow's milk
again. Read carefully the label on the tin of condensed milk, and
if it states that it is condensed "separated or skimmed" milk, do not
give it to the child, as it is quite unsuitable; only use condensed
"whole" "milk. If the tin is "blown" throw it away, as the contents
will be injurious to the child.
18.—Food when seven months old, and after.—When seven
months old, the child may have one or two meals a day, slightly
thickened with Robinson's groats, Chapman's entire wheaten flour,
rusks, or one of the other of the following malted foods, viz.:—
Allen and Hanbury's, Mellins, Savory and Moore's or Squires. Whichever
is used, the pap should be thin enough to go easily through the
bottle. The other meals should still be of milk and barley water
only. As the child grows older, the pap may be used oftener and
thicker.
19.—At eight months old, give the child one meal a day of broth
or beef tea in addition to the milk.
Weaning.—20.—Wean the child gradually from the breast when
it is nine months old, and remove it entirely when it is eleven months
old.
21.—At twelve months give an egg lightly boiled, or beaten
up, or a little milk pudding.
22.—At eighteen months give a little very finely minced or
scraped beef, or a little mashed potato with gravy.