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The Care and Feeding of Children - A Catechism for the Use of Mothers and Children's Nurses by L. Emmett Holt
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The daily schedule should be about as follows:

6.30 A.M. Milk, warmed, ten to twelve ounces, given from cup.

9 A.M. Fruit juice, two to three ounces.

10 A.M. Cereals: similar to those given from the fourteenth
to the eighteenth month; they need not be
strained although they should be cooked and
served in the same way.
Crisp dry bread, zwieback, or Huntley and Palmer
biscuits, without butter.
Milk, warmed, one cup.

2 P.M. Beef juice and one egg;
or, broth and meat; care being taken that the
meat is always rare and scraped or very finely
divided; beefsteak, mutton chop, or roast beef
may be given.
Very stale bread, or two pieces of zwieback.
Prune pulp or baked apple, one to two tablespoonfuls.
Water; no milk.

6 P.M. Cereal: farina, cream of wheat, or arrowroot, cooked
for at least one half hour, with milk, plenty of
salt, but without sugar.
or, milk toast or stale bread and milk.

10 P.M. If required, ten to twelve ounces of plain milk.
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