15. Babies should be fed at regular times. They should also be put to sleep
at regular hours. Regularity is one of the best safeguards to health.
16. Milk for babies and children should be from healthy cows. Milk from
different cows varies, and it is always better for a child to have milk
from the same cow. A farrow cow's milk is preferable, especially if the
child is not very strong.
17. Many of the prepared foods advertised for children are of little
benefit. A few may be good, but what is good for one child may not be for
another. So it must be simply a matter of experiment if any of the
advertised foods are used.
18. It is a physiological fact that an infant is always healthier and
better to sleep alone. It gets better air and is not liable to suffocation.
19. A healthy child should never be fed in less than two hours from the
last time they finished before, gradually lengthening the time as it grows
older. At 4 months 31/2 or 4 hours; at 5 months a healthy child will be
better if given nothing in the night except, perhaps, a little water.