FEEDING DURING THE SECOND YEAR

_How many meals are required during the second year?_

It is usually better to continue five meals throughout the second
year. Some children will sleep from 6 P.M. to 6 A.M. without waking,
but unless there is a feeding at 10 P.M. children are apt to wake very
early in the morning.

_Should each feeding be prepared at the time it is given, or all
feedings at one time, as during the first year?_

During the second and third years it is better to prepare the milk for
the entire day at one time. If it is to be modified by adding cream,
water, etc., it is done as during the first year.

Later, when only plain milk is used, the quantities needed for the
different feedings should be put into one or into two bottles, which
then may be pasteurized or not as may be necessary. In this way the
different feedings are kept separate, and the day's supply of milk is
not disturbed every time the child is fed, as otherwise is
unavoidable. The food should be prepared as soon as possible after the
daily milk supply is delivered in the morning.

_Give a proper diet for an average healthy child of twelve months._

6.30 A.M. Milk, six to seven ounces; diluted with barley or oat
gruel, two to three ounces; after the thirteenth