One brush for cleaning bottles.

One two-quart gla.s.s preserve jar for mixing the various ingredients.

One one-ounce Chapin dipper, for removing the top-milk.

One gla.s.s funnel.

A detailed description of the proper kinds of bottles and nipples will be found elsewhere. The measuring gla.s.s or graduate should be wide-mouthed. It is not safe to spoon the top-milk off, nor is it safe to pour it out. Absorbent cotton should be provided to close the nursing bottles when filled and left standing in the ice box.

ARTIFICIAL FEEDING FROM BIRTH TO THE TWELFTH MONTH

The following formulas for the different ages may be found useful for well babies:

From the third to the tenth day:

Milk (top 16 oz.) 3 ounces.

Lime-water 1/2 ounce.

Milk-sugar 1 ounce.

Boiled water to make 16 ounces.

Ten feedings in twenty-four hours; 1-1/2 to 2 ounces at each feeding.

From the tenth to the twenty-first day:

Milk (top 16 oz.) 6 ounces.

Lime-water 1-1/2 ounces.

Milk-sugar 1-1/2 ounces.

Water to make 24 ounces.

Nine to ten feedings in twenty-four hours; 1-1/2 to 2 ounces at each feeding.

From third to the sixth week:

Milk (top 16 oz.) 10 ounces.

Lime-water 2-1/2 ounces.

Milk-sugar 2 ounces.

Water to make 32 ounces.

Eight to nine feedings in twenty-four hours; 2 or 3 ounces at each feeding.

From sixth week to the third month:

Milk (top 16 oz.) 12 ounces.

Milk-sugar 2 ounces.

Lime-water 3 ounces.

Water to make 32 ounces.

Seven to eight feedings in twenty-four hours; 2-1/2 to 4 ounces at each feeding.

From third to fifth month:

After this age two bottles of milk are required, 16 ounces being taken from the top of each bottle and mixed.

Milk (top 16 oz.) 18 ounces.

Milk-sugar 2 ounces.

Lime-water 4 ounces.

Water to make 40 ounces.

Six feedings in twenty-four hours; 4 to 5 ounces at each feeding.

From the fifth to the seventh month:

Milk (top 16 oz.) 21 ounces.

Milk-sugar 2 ounces.

Lime-water 5 ounces.

Water to make 42 ounces.

Six feedings in twenty-four hours; 5 to 7 ounces at each feeding.

From the seventh to the ninth month:

Milk (top 16 oz.) 27 ounces.

Milk-sugar 2-1/2 ounces.

Lime-water 6 ounces.

Water to make 48 ounces.

Five to seven feedings in twenty-four hours; 6 to 8 ounces at each feeding.

From the ninth to the twelfth month:

Milk (top 16 oz.) 35 ounces.

Milk-sugar 2-1/2 ounces.

Lime-water 6 ounces.

Water to make 56 ounces.

Five to six feedings in twenty-four hours; 7 to 9 ounces at each feeding.

It will be observed that 16 ounces of top-milk is used to make the various formulas from. This means that the mother will dip off, with a Chapin dipper, 16 ounces from the top of a bottle of milk which has stood for four or five hours to allow the cream to rise; she will then mix this and take from the mixture the number of ounces called for in the formula she is using according to the age of the child. The ordinary milk that is delivered in New York City may be a.s.sumed to have stood the four or five hours necessary. This may not be so, however, in the country, as it is frequently delivered there as soon as it is milked. In such cases the mother will permit it to stand in the ice box until the cream has risen.

When the mother is about to make the mixture called for in feeding from the third to the fifth month she will observe that 18 ounces of milk is called for. Now since she only uses 16 ounces of the top-milk from one bottle this will not be enough. She must therefore use 16 ounces from two bottles of milk; this she will mix together and from this mixture she will take the 18 ounces wanted. Whatever milk is left over may be used for ordinary table purposes.

EASY BOTTLE-FEEDING METHOD