whichever is the longer interval. Water should be allowed freely
between meals.

_What would be a proper schedule for an average child during the third
year?_

7.30 A.M. Cereal: cooked (preferably over night) for three
hours, although a somewhat larger variety may
be given than during the second year; given as
before with milk or thin cream, salt, but very
little sugar.
Warm milk, one glass.
A soft egg, poached, boiled or coddled.
Bread, very stale or dry, one slice, with butter.

10 A.M. Warm milk, one cup, with a cracker or piece of very
stale bread and butter.

2 P.M. Soup, four ounces;
or, beef juice, two ounces.
Meat: chop, steak, roast beef or lamb or chicken.
A baked white potato;
or, boiled rice.
Green vegetable: asparagus tips, string beans, peas,
spinach; all to be cooked until very soft, and
mashed, or preferably put through a sieve; at
first, one or two teaspoonfuls.
Dessert: cooked fruit--baked or stewed apple, stewed
prunes.
Water; no milk.