Twenty-four-hour Number of feedings,
Age. amount. amount and intervals.
{ 10 feedings of 1 ounce at 2
{ hour intervals.
1 week 10 to 12 ounces { 8 feedings of 1½ ounces at
{ 2½ hour intervals.
{ 8 feedings of 2½ ounces at
{ 2½ hour intervals.
4 weeks 20 ounces { 7 feedings of 3 ounces at
{ 3 hour intervals.
{ 7 feedings of 4½ ounces at
4 months 32 ounces { 3 hour intervals.
{ 6 feedings of 6 to 6½ ounces
6 months 36 to 40 ounces { at 3 hour intervals.
{ 6 feedings of 8 ounces at
{ 3 hour intervals.
9 months 48 ounces { 5 feedings of 9½ ounces at
{ 3 to 4 hour intervals.
First twenty-four hours—Infant should receive only water, and after
that water to be given only between feedings, 1 to 2 ounces every four
hours.
Water may be sweetened with saccharin.
Normal infant may feed every three or four hours and only one feeding
during night.
After eight months old, no feeding after 10 P. M.
Three months’ child may take 5 ounces at one feeding.
Six months’ child may take 7 ounces at one feeding.
Nine months’ child may take 9 ounces at one feeding.
The child should consume the contents of a bottle in twenty minutes.
Orange juice is not a necessary food unless milk is pasteurized
or sterilized (boiled) and in case of constipation. Give 1 or 2
teaspoonfuls one hour before feeding. After nine months reduce amount
of milk and increase amount of carbohydrates, such as starch gruels,
flour ball, barley flour, oatmeal, and vegetable soup. Zwieback or dry
toast may be placed in infant’s hand to teach it how to feed itself.
Milk allowed in second year, 1 quart in twenty-four hours. Fruit juices
may now be given and should form a part of the food after fifteen
months of age. Vegetables, such as beets, spinach and carrots chopped
fine and squeezed through colander, may be a part of the regular diet
in four meals a day. A child two years old may have small quantities
of fresh fish, tender chicken, or beefsteak. No green fruits should
be given under four years of age. Eggs should be soft-boiled for two
minutes or coddled four minutes, and then only one a day if it agrees
with the child.