ABCS OF BREASTFEEDING.

From the first moment that the baby is applied to the chest, it must be nourished by certain plan. This is required for the well-to-do of the child and will contribute essentially to safeguard the health of the father, who will become a good nurse, and his duty at the same time will become a pleasure.

This implies, however, a careful attention by the mother for their own health. so that his son is essentially dependent. Healthy, nutritious and easily digested milk may be collected only a healthy father; and it is against common sense to expect that, if a mother affect her health and digestion by improper diet, negligence of impure air and exercise, it can, however, provide as healthy and uncontaminated a fluid for your child, as if it were diligently attentive to these important points. Each instance of indisposition in nurse is likely to affect the infant.

And this leads me to observe, which is a common mistake to assume that because a woman is nursing, she must, therefore, to live fully and add an allowance of wine, intercom or other fermented beverage, your usual diet. The only result of this plan is to cause an unnatural degree of fullness in the system, which places the nurse on the verge of the disease, and that alone often puts a stop to the secretion of milk, rather than increase it. The right plan process is simple enough; allows only paid attention to the ordinary laws of health, and the mother, if she has a good Constitution, submit a nurse better than any deviation foolish status of ignorance and whim.

The following case proves the veracity of this Declaration:

A young lady, confined with their first son, left the room lying-in at the end of the third week, a good nurse and in perfect health. She had some slight problems with your nipples, but this was soon overcome.

The system of porter was now began and a litre of a litre and a half of this drink was taken within twenty-four hours. This was appealed to, not because there was that any deficiency in the supply of milk, because it was a large and thriving Infant in it; but because, having become a nurse, she was told that it was necessary and usual, and that without it her milk and strength ere long fail.

After this plan had been followed for a few days, her mother became drowsy and discarded sleep during the day; and a headach, thirst, skin hot, in fact, supervened fever; milk decreased in quantity, and for the first time, the Infant's stomach and intestines become disordered. The doorman was sentenced to be stopped; were provided for corrective measures; all symptoms, both father and son, were removed after a while and restored health.

Having been accustomed, before becoming a mother, to take a glass or two of wine and occasionally a glass of beer from the table, she was advised to follow precisely their former dietary plan, but with the addition of half a litre of barley milk morning and evening. Father and son remain in excellent health for the remaining period of breastfeeding, and the latter do not enjoy artificial food until the ninth month, whole-milk of father enough to your wishes.

Nobody can doubt that the doorman in this case was the source of injury. The patient had gone to the funeral in the room in full health, had a good time and came out of his house (relatively) as strong as she entered it. Its Constitution had not been previously worn by repeated fertile and nursing, she had a huge supply of milk and was therefore fully capable of performing the duties assigned to it now, without any support or unusual stimulants. Their previous habits were totally at odds with the plan adopted; your system has become too full, disease was produced and the results experienced was nothing more than what could be expected.

The plan to be followed for the first six months. Until that breast milk is fully established, which may not be until the second or third day after delivery (almost invariably in a confinement first), the child should be fed to a little thin porridge, or upon the water of one third and two-thirds milk, bread sweetened with sugar.

After that time it must obtain its breast food alone and for a week or ten days that the child's appetite should be mother's Guide, as the frequency in the offer of the breast. The stomach at birth is weak and still the food; your wishes are therefore easily satisfied, but they are often renewed. A range, however, enough to digest little swallowed, is obtained before the appetite revives again, and a new supply is required.

Within a week or so is essentially needed, and with some children this can be done safely since the first day of breastfeeding, breastfeeding baby at regular intervals of three or four hours, day and night. This allows sufficient time for each meal be digested and tends to keep the guts of the child in order. This regularity, moreover, will do much to avoid fretfulness and constant cry this, which looks as if it could be dissipated just putting constantly the child to the breast. A young mother runs very frequently to a serious error, in particular, considering each expression of discomfort as an indication of the appetite, and whenever the child cries granting him the chest, although ten minutes may not have passed since your last meal. This is a practice harmful and even dangerous, to, by overloading the stomach, undigested food remains, child's intestines are always out of order, he soon becomes restless and feverish and is, perhaps, eventually lost; When, by simply attending to the above rules of nursing, the baby can become healthy and vigorous.

For the same reason, the child who sleeps with his father should not have the nipple remaining in your mouth throughout the night. If nurtured as suggested, it will be found to awaken, the time for their meal approaches, with great regularity. In reference to the night-nursing, I would suggest breast-feeding the baby until 10 p. m., and not put it to the chest again until 05 the next morning. Many mothers have adopted this hint, with great benefit to their own health and without the slightest to the detriment of the child. With the latter he soon becomes a habit; to induce him, however, it should be taught early.

The above plan and without variation, must be exercised to the sixth month.

After the sixth month the time of weaning, if the father has a great offer good and nutritious milk, and his son is healthy and thriving on it of course, no change in your diet should be made. If otherwise, however, (and this, but often be the case, even before the sixth month) the child may be fired twice in the course of the day, and this type of food you choose that, after a short test, is the better deal.

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