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Title: Indian babies : how to keep them well
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: United States. Office of Indian Affairs
Subjects: Infants -- Health and hygiene Infant Care
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Government Printing Office
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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If you follow this rule there will be fewer dead babies. Do not give the baby solid food until the teeth are Avell-developed,and then only simple, well-cooked food, such as bread and butter,baked potato, cereal, rice, broths, soft-boiled eggs, or a little fruit.All fruits, however, should be well cooked. After the baby is ayear old plenty of cows milk is very good food. If you can not getthis, you may be able to get condensed milk, which is a goodsubstitute and many Indian babies thrive on it. Feed the babyregularly. 50572°—IG 2 10 INDIAN BABIES : HOW TO KEEP THEM WELL. BOTTLE FEEDING. If the baby must be fed from the bottle, absolute cleanliness isessential in everything used, and the milk must be modified ordiluted as the doctor directs.
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BABY VSIXG NLKSING BOTTLE. Do not use patent foods sometimes found in traders stores unlessthe doctor recommends them. Be sure, if 3ou are using cows milk, that the cow is not dirtywhen milked, that the stable is not dirty, that the milk is not dirty.The milk must be clean and free from germs. Many babies deaths during the summer are due to feeding impuremilk or milk which has not been kept cool. To prevent milk from INDIAN BABIES : HOW TO KEEP THEM WELL. 11 making the baby sick, during the hot weather, scaki the milk withoutletting it boil. To do this set a covered bottle of milk in a saucer andplace this in a shallow pail. Pour water in the pail until the waterlevel is about 4 inches from the top of the bottle. Set on the stove,and as soon as the water comes to a boil remove the bottle of milkand allow it to cool. It is better to prepare in this way a days feedings at one time, ifyou have some way in which to keep the milk cool afterwards. Besure to keep it covered. Never keep the f

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