meal approaches, with great regularity. In reference to night-nursing,
I would suggest suckling the babe as late as ten o'clock p. m., and not
putting it to the breast again until five o'clock the next morning.
Many mothers have adopted this hint, with great advantage to their own
health, and without the slightest detriment to that of the child. With
the latter it soon becomes a habit; to induce it, however, it must be
taught early.

The foregoing plan, and without variation, must be pursued to the
sixth month.


AFTER THE SIXTH MONTH TO THE TIME OF WEANING.--If the parent has a
large supply of good and nourishing milk, and her child is healthy and
evidently flourishing upon it, no change in its diet ought to be made.
If otherwise, however, (and this will but too frequently be the case,
even before the sixth month[FN#1],) the child may be fed twice in the
course of the day, and that kind of food chosen which, after a little
trial, is found to agree best.



[FN#1] See Deficiency of Milk, p. 11.



Leman's tops and bottoms, steeped in hot water, with the addition of a
little fresh milk, and sweetened or not with loaf sugar, is one of the
best description.