1. The mother's milk is the natural food, and nothing can fully take
its place.
2. The infant's stomach does not readily accommodate itself to changes
in diet; therefore, regularity in quality, quantity and temperature is
extremely necessary.
3. Not until a child is a year old should it be allowed any food
except that of milk, and possibly a little cracker or bread,
thoroughly soaked and softened.
4. Meat should never be given to very young children. The best
artificial food is cream, reduced and sweetened with sugar and milk.
No rule can be given for its reduction. Observation and experience
must teach that, because every child's stomach is governed by a rule
of its own.
5. A child can be safely weaned at one year of age, and sometimes
less. It depends entirely upon the season, and upon the health of the
child.
6. A child should never be weaned during the warm weather, in June,
July or August.
7. When a child is weaned it may be given, in connection with the milk
diet, some such nourishment as broth, gruel, egg, or some prepared
food.
8. A child should never be allowed to come to the table until two
years of age.