TAGS

ADVERTISE HERE!

Know the Deficiency of Milk

Deficiency of milk may exist even at a very early period after delivery, and yet be removed. This, however, is not to be accomplished by the means too frequently resorted to; for it is the custom with many, two or three weeks after their confinement, if the supply of nourishment for the infant is scanty, . . . → Read More: Know the Deficiency of Milk

Artificial Diet for Infants

It should be as like the breast-milk as possible. This is obtained by a mixture of cow’s milk, water, and sugar, in the following proportions.

Fresh cow’s milk, two thirds; Boiling water, or thin barley water, one third; Loaf sugar, a sufficient quantity to sweeten.

This is the best diet that can be . . . → Read More: Artificial Diet for Infants

Appearance of milk-teeth

The first set of teeth, or milk-teeth as they are called, are twenty in number; they usually appear in pairs, and those of the lower jaw generally precede the corresponding ones of the upper. The first of the milk-teeth is generally cut about the sixth or seventh month, and the last of the set at . . . → Read More: Appearance of milk-teeth

ABC OF BREASTFEEDING

From the first moment the infant is applied to the breast, it must be nursed upon a certain plan. This is necessary to the well-doing of the child, and will contribute essentially to preserve the health of the parent, who will thus be rendered a good nurse, and her duty at the same time will . . . → Read More: ABC OF BREASTFEEDING

Pregnancy and your skin

Pregnancy is one time in your life when your entire existence goes under a major upheaval. From physical changes to mental metamorphosis, everything comes under the weather, for good or for worse.

If everything else is to change, how can your skin be left out? After all, it is your skin that holds you . . . → Read More: Pregnancy and your skin

How To Use Essential Oils at Birth

Elaine Gillmore submitted the following tip:

I am a mother of three beautiful kids. Now they are grown up – but if I would have known what I know today, I would have used essential oils, to make my life and the life of my family even . . . → Read More: How To Use Essential Oils at Birth