The number of bottles provided should be two or three more than the number of feedings given in 24 hours.
During the period when sevenfeedings are given in 24 hours the following hours will be found convenient: 6 a.
Furthermore, the duration of the feedings can never be gauged accurately if the infant is allowed to nap while nursing.
It may happen as the infant grows older that the flow of milk will diminish; then the breast feedings will of necessity be more frequently replaced by the bottle, and the question of weaning will settle itself.
From the 9th to the 12th of June inclusive four separate worm-feedings with the flesh of the trichinised terrier-dog were administered to a crow.
Deducting the seven birds, and also six other animals where no examination after death was possible, I ascertained the result of my worm-feedings in sixteen instances.
Second, third, and fourth feedings in May and June.
In common with other helminthologists, I have frequently reared this and the serrated species by worm feedings administered to dogs.
Four separate feedings with trichinous dog’s flesh were likewise, at the same dates as the foregoing, administered to a rat.
From the 9th to the 17th of June inclusive seven separate worm-feedings were administered to a pig.
If the mother is nursing baby and he has been given one bottle of milk daily, as advised for a four-months-old babe, he can now have two bottle feedings daily.
If you have fed a breast-fed baby one meal a day from the bottle when can he be given two feedings from the bottle?
Quantity Quantity Interval feedingsof for for between 10 P.
In this way the different feedingsare kept separate.
Not so in the case of young infants; older infants will take a few feedings without objection, but it cannot be used for children much older than five months.
It may be necessary with a child under a year old to reduce the number of feedings to three or four in twenty-four hours.
For example, suppose one infant was being fed with modified milk as formula 4 or 5, series 3, six feedings daily.
Dilute the food for two or three feedings by using boiled water in place of an ounce or two of food; this much to be removed from the bottle before being given; if it is necessary to continue for several days, use a weaker formula.
Five light feedings are much more scientific, the first at about six-thirty in the morning since baby keeps early hours.
Treat as used; eight or nine ounces are given at each feeding, and five feedings given during the twenty-four hours.
The main feedings are two, morning and late afternoon, for whole or cracked grain scattered in the litter.
Second and third weeks less water, six feedings a day, warm and sweet as before.
The two night feedings may be omitted if patient is asleep.
After this the interval between feedings is lengthened to two hours and the amount of milk increased to 3/4 of a glass (6 ounces).
Divided into 6 feedings of 6 ounces each, fed at intervals of 3 hours.
When circumstances, such as having to be away all day at work, make it impossible for a mother to nurse her baby at regular intervals, she can be taught how necessary are two or three breastfeedings a day to the future welfare of her child.
The quantity of fluids should be small and the intervals between feedings short.
The morning is the best time in which to prepare the baby's food; the milk has not stood too long and it is easier to regulate the feedings if a fresh start is made each morning.
The milk and eggs are divided into separate feedings and given at hourly intervals from 7 A.
As the feedings become less frequent, and particularly as solid food begins to be added, there is real danger that the child may be insufficiently supplied with water.
The sense of thirst does not have much chance to reveal itself early in life, for with a diet exclusively liquid, and feedings separated by only a few hours, there is no reason why the child should become thirsty.
Ten or eleven feedings for twenty-four hours are all a child will bear and remain healthy.
If possible, give three feedings each day in the cool air, with baby comfortably warm.
The child should be wakened at regular intervals for feedings during the day--every three hours until he is six months old, and then every four hours.
The bowels should be quickly opened by castor oil, and thefeedings should be cut down at least two-thirds or one-half.
The two night feedingsshould be about 1 and 4:30 A.
When a child habitually brings up food between feedings it is usually a symptom of gastric indigestion.
Should each feeding be prepared at the time it is given, or allfeedings at one time, as during the first year?
The number of feedings should be reduced, the interval being lengthened by one hour or even more.
Later, when only plain milk is used, the quantities needed for the different feedings should be put into one or into two bottles, which then may be pasteurized or not as may be necessary.
Every two hours during the day and twice during the night, or tenfeedings during the twenty-four hours.
Quantity Quantity between feedings feedings for one for 24 meals, (10 P.
III or IV of the Second Series, page 71) may be given; later two feedings, and thus gradually the number of milk feedingsis increased until the child is taking only modified milk.
Often, with a child a year old, it is necessary to reduce the number of feedings to four or even three in twenty-four hours.
When should the interval between the feedings be shortened?
One may begin by alternating the nursing and the bottle-feeding and increase the number of bottle-feedings as may be indicated by the results.
This is then divided into the number of feedings required for the day, each feeding being put in a separate bottle, and the bottle stoppered with cotton.
When should the interval between the feedings be lengthened?
The intervals between feedings and the quantities for one feeding are given on page 108.
The intervals betweenfeedings should not be shortened but rather lengthened.
In this way the different feedings are kept separate, and the day's supply of milk is not disturbed every time the child is fed, as otherwise is unavoidable.
Let us suppose an infant to be taking such a modified milk as Formula IV or V (page 76), six feedings a day.
Jak, while working as orderly in the Centropolitan Hospital the previous summer, had assisted the interns and nurses in giving intravenous feedings to unconscious patients.
As soon as they had taken their initial feedings of the thermos-hot broth, Jon and his father set to work taking observations and making long and intricate calculations of their present speed and placement.
By the end of the second month, the interval between the feedings at night becomes six hours, and at the end of the ninth month, six and one half hours.
Even during the first week, the child is expected to skip twofeedings during the night, making the interval four hours instead of two.
From personal observation we judge that in many cases children will do equally well if allowed a longer interval between feedings at night.
Each bottle is to be used for but one feeding, and as many bottles are to be prepared as there are to be feedings for the day.
The feedings should be arranged so that they are evenly distributed during the day, and nothing is to be given at night except water.
First give one feeding of cow's milk a day and two breast feeds; then two feedings of cow's milk and one at the breast, and at last cow's milk entirely.
From ten to twenty-four feedings in twenty-four hours are not uncommon and sometimes infants are nursed or given the bottle two and even three times an hour.
Three or four feedings a day are sufficient for any baby.
If the little one appears weakly these feedings are increased in number.
The short time lapse between successive feedingswas one indication, and from time to time while keeping nests under observation, I saw kites that were individually recognizable as the owners coursing back and forth in the vicinity.
If it is well digested and does not cause any return of the diarrhea, the quantity of milk can be slowly increased until the former feedings are resumed.
As the case progresses toward recovery the interval between feedings can be shortened.
The feedings should be reduced in quantity and the interval doubled.
If the liquid feedings are vomited, another twelve hours must elapse before trying stomach feedings.
It is sometimes a problem to renew feedings of milk without exciting a relapse of the diarrhea.
If you plan to prepare his usual feedings you must take along all the equipment to do it.
Remember, too, that you will have to count on preparing his feedings during rest and meal stops.
If you can safely use the refrigerator of the diner, you can prepare your feedings before you leave.
Take enough for all feedings during the trip, plus some extras for water.
In a few months this woman was able to return to her home, and with restored mind to tell me of the violent feedings she had endured.
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