[572 Mothers’ remedies]

Formula for the third month.—­(This is often used), Carefully skim off the top six ounces from a quart bottle of pure milk, then pour off six ounces of milk, twelve ounces in all, and now add twelve ounces of boiled water in which three teaspoonfuls of granulated or six of milk sugar have been dissolved, with a pinch of soda or else two ounces of lime-water; add then twelve ounces of barley or oatmeal gruel, divide into eight bottles, pasteurize, etc.; cool quickly and place where the temperature is 50 degrees F., until meal time, when one of the bottles should be warmed by placing it in warm water.  Pour a little out in a spoon to test the warmth, etc.; when the milk is lukewarm remove the cotton cork and attach the rubber nipple.  He should be fed regularly and equally every three hours up to ten p. m., then have one at two or three a. m., and nothing until seven a. m.  He should get three and one-half to four ounces at each meal, so that much should be put in each bottle.

What is the formula for a bottle-fed baby of four months?  For a healthy baby, six ounces of top milk skimmed from the top of a quart bottle of milk, six ounces of milk then poured off, twenty-four ounces of barley or oatmeal gruel, six teaspoonfuls of milk sugar or three of granulated sugar, a pinch of salt and a pinch of bicarbonate of soda; or if lime-water is used instead, take one ounce of lime-water to each twenty of the milk and gruel.  He should have four or five ounces of this mixture every three hours up to 10 p. m., then one meal at about 2 a. m.  None until 6 or 7 a. m.

Will a child lose weight when placed upon this diet?  It will often do so for a week or more, but he will soon gain gradually and regularly.

Formula for the fifth month.—­Skim off the top six ounces as before, then pour off nine ounces of milk and mix it with the top-milk, add twenty-four ounces of barley or oatmeal gruel, a pinch of salt, four teaspoonfuls of granulated or seven of milk sugar, a pinch of bicarbonate of soda and proceed as before.  He should be fed every three hours during the day until 10 p. m.  Give five to six and one-half ounces at each meal, making six meals in the whole twenty-four hours.

Formula for sixth month.—­Six ounces of the top-milk skimmed off from a quart of pure milk, ten ounces of milk then poured off.  Twenty-four ounces of barley or oatmeal gruel, in which has been thoroughly dissolved four teaspoonfuls of granulated or seven of milk sugar, a pinch of bicarbonate of soda, and a pinch of salt.  Pasteurized as before, etc.  Give baby from four to six ounces at each meal every three hours up to 9 or 10 p. m.  If the day is exceedingly warm, pour out one or even two ounces from each bottle of the regular mixture and substitute boiled water for it.  If the baby is inclined to vomit, it will be better during the hot weather to use less of the top milk, four, or