1955-01-08 — Page 12

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 1955.

PRACTICAL

How To Avoid Cold War Between Mother And Baby Over Food

Feeding The Baby Well And Properly

O mental

By W. W. BAUER, M.D.

NE of the inost funda. new food. Too often it is offered medica on 4 teaspoon, at the point of a

The result psychologleal gun. xdiens is what, when ing rebeliton

is not so much and how to feed the baby. ngainst the food, as against the In this are involved two of parent

the most fenifleant phases

f good heth nutrition

mutal health.

A well fent baby geta a fond in bre, physally. A pro- body leg likliv-gete a pated start

These tw chipelives have westellmes bres

Strategy

bul

HOMECRAFT

*FAR-SIGHTED

By Joan O'Sullivan LONG, low lines aren't

the only characteris- ties of a ranch home. This particular style of architer- ture also goes in for open planning, large glass areas. casually-try the rejected that blend indoors and out, food again. Repeat as often and a minimum of stair necessary, Ronchalantly 43

climbing. possible. There is no food so thot vitn(min) al will result if a day, or a week, in lost introducing it into baby's diet. In fact, if he never taites to it, there are always substitute foods or combinations that will Tou round out the diet equally well. to a pinch. baby can even be raised without milk.

catastrophe

A Comfortable House

The Gaylord is a large, house with comfortable wide, sheltering caves and that overlook a windows terrace bordered with Blowering shrubs.

Enter the front door, and thin you step into a good-sized

Chat flows central foyer into the Jiving room and leads to other areas of the home.

A head-on collision between inther and baby may result in

no immediate triumph for

If baby and mama are not go- ing to fight a cold war with hot episodes over food, this is the time for thesse, and above all, for strategi retreats. Offer the baby a taste. He doesn't like #

Put out a stern What to. ito?

bigger and stronger antagonis again, and

it may not! Yot it is an return to the attack Yes, I mean attuck). No, no,

empty victory for either, since relire NO! Gracefully

to pro- It may be the balla for rent pared

positions some food the ments and tenalons which do tar baby likes and takes without more damage than any one food conflict. Next day. casually substance is worth.

ene or the other expression, hen the spoon up

For overemplissed or to the contrary, neglected

the ammpatible.

They

are

Few young mothers today ar anther with the basic con- erpts of marcessful infant feed ist. Fast r l ser willing to Take breast feed- accept them

ing. For example

It is far les

Popular than it deserves to be. To be guilty for moment extending the obvious; mother's inilk In the ideal baby food for hables; cow's milk for

cow bat

heren cow babies. Nursing the baty involves holding him, except in the rare instances where "lank" milk is used, and this gives the haby the much needed sense of hat the

and emotional love protection

corurity.

In the rare case of 10 nurse (t services of a

complete inability baby, the direct wet

10 are preferable

"bank" milk or formula, beenuse

of the

intimate Contact of

"mother" and child.

the

or

en-

Homemakers will be chanted by the living room, with Its picture-window wall, terrace entrance, huge fireplace and, best of all,

Vegetable Dinners Can an entire wat of unbroken

"MANY

Be Satisfying

By Ida Bailey Allen

say

space that makes arranging furniture a delight.

From the living room, It's but a step into the dining area. Here again, there's a terrace window wall and a entrance. Both make dining pleasunt all year round. In warm weather, it's easy The corn croquettes and but-

enough to serve light meats feel lered dried limas suggested

the main course furdish incom- outdoors on the terrace. pletes proteins, But these will be meal supplemented, and the

A Coffee Room given the right protein balance,

Nearby is the by using the cream of cheese and onion soup, and custard plc. and, next to it, as an added which furnish two animal pro-bonus, there's a small coffee room which is bound to be

when

people they do

not Madame, *satisfied' They eat a vegetable din ner," said the Chef. "Why

old-fashioned

Bulk Isn't enough, Chef, And if the vegetables are drowned it the cooking by boiling methods, the body, in its Instinctive need for vitamins and minerals, regialera 'hunger' no matter how full the stomach may be.

Baby and New Foods is this? They certainly get plenty of bulky food to fill Of course. I know that the the stomach." modern milk formula, based on cows milk. is a marvelleus Behievemetat

pediatric the Perinta, and that the old chit- ferential !n mortality And

of morbidity in favour breast-fed baby has virtually This for- heen wipe mut. tunate, under modern conditions. viewpoints: woriting If minded authres. mathers, complexity of the dally life and the viewpoint the the biology of Being should be kept discreetly out of sight.

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If it were not for the expert- ness of the formula-mixers, and The constantly earlier use of slide, now even including ment. baby would the feeding of the

dimelt matter indeed. Nutritionally, there is little to the 10 sought the modern young mother who keep her baby close to his doctor But motionally, this very progress breeds difficulties.

C

B-be is susposed to necustom himselt early to new ideas, new favours and new textures. Here the baby food industry stems into the pleure with many wonder- full heirs and convenieneen in packaged

vegetables,

n

fruits. Julees, menia, soups and besides cereals, soup mixtures. which save the mother hours of

ofter

bnby, {ime and smoother diet--both physically Yet despite und esthetically. all this, bables night new foods. Or perhaps I had better say, they Oght the methods by which foods are thrust

We

upon, better not to say down, them speak of "offering" the baby

teins-milk and cheese,

in

the

kitchen

No matter what position to the scene of informal snacks animal proteins occupy in neal, they balance the incom-and cozy family breakfasts. piete proteins of the vegetables. The advantages Cream of Cheese and Onion dining areas

the cheese melts.

of

two.

Bre many,

Is

enver-

PLANNING

THERE'S SOMETHING HOMEY about the Gaylord, a rambling ranch style with wide sheltering caves that contribute to its low look. Two picture windows-one in the master bedroom, the other in the coffee room— make this charming home attractive indoors and out.

LIVING JUM

团购版

DIPROOM

BEDROOM

-CAR GARAGE

|

HALL

DINING KOSM

COFFEERM

.

BEDROOM

THE LIVING ROOM is placed for privacy and conventence at the back of the house, with doorways to dining room and outdoor terrace,

Anc- especially if the family Combine 1 c. Soup:

The coffee room chopped onion, 1 c. water, large, tap, pepper, 1 tsp. salt and might well be used by the "There's Another

children when they common tap, sugar. Simmer 20 min cause for dissatisfaction, too.

Meantime, hent 3 c. whole tain, while the dining room single area seems small or

sharp add c. grated "Vegetables, whether fresh or milk: the dried legumes

(excepting American cheese mixed with 2 can be reserved for more hemmed in.

From the entry, you stop formal grown-up dinners.

with ruy beans), contain incomplete tbsp. flour and 2 tbsp. butter or proteins. However, these incom. margarine. Cook and stir oceh- Accessible from the kitchen, into the living room,

can be supple- sionally over a low heat, until the coffee room also opens its picture window interest. plete proteina mented or made efficient for use

on the foyer.

At the back of the room, by the body, by adding B Add onion and liquid, Pour To the left of the foyer, one entry leads into the Ferrous amount of one or more onto 2 beaten egg yolks; stir

B hallway leads to the dining area, another to the animal proteins. These include

min. over a low heat. Garnish sleeping quarters, three bed kitchen, which also can be milk, cheese, eggs, fish, meat or poultry, Any of these foods can

with minced parsley, Mash the rooms and two baths. The reached directly from the

Corn Croquettes: be combined with the vegetable contents of (No. 2) tin corn master bedroom has a dining room. All are com dish, or served separately.

kernels. Add c. One cariched private shower and a huge fortable, cozy, well-planned This is the basis of all sails broad crumbs. %. chopped wardrobe room. fying vegetable meals, The nuiments, any kind, (or

If further bedrooms, are following menu, in which dorn peanuta). isp. enriched our,

A Separate Apartment croquetta ore used,

on 1 beaten egg, i top, gult, a tsp. required, the attic has space example."

pepper and is monosodium for two extra rooms, and a To the right of the kit-

DINNER

Crearn of Cheese and Onion Soup

Choice of

Hom Croquelies

pr

Corn Croquettes

Buttered Dried Limas

Stewed Tomatoes

Colo Slow with Green Peppera Custard Ple

Milk

Coffee Toa

All Measurements Are Levat

Recipes Serve to

use

glutamate. Let stand 10 min.

Form into balls containing 1 tbsp. cach, Roll in Bour, then In an egg while beaten with 2 tbsp, water. Coat with fine dry bread crumbs.

Fry in deep fat hot enough to brown a 1⁄4" cube of bread in 1 min. 300 F. Drain on paper

towels.

1

TRICK OF THE CHEF Season cream of cheese and onion soup with a dash of nut-

meg.

bath,

rooms.

rooms

chen, a hallway leads to The Gaylord comprises sleeping quarters, two bed- 1,769 square feet.

and a bath. Ad- ditional bedrooms can bo A Smaller House

added on the first floor. Since The Kingston is a smaller the first floor stairway is house, but open planning directly inside the entry, creates. & feeling of this space might also ba spaciousness.

entirely turned into an Living room, dining room separate apartment...

The Kingston comprises and kitchen run into each other in such a way that no 878 square feet.

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THE KINGSTON is a small but impressive plan. A porch-topped garage extenda the line of the house.

TERRACE

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BEDROOM

GARAGE

LIVING ROOM

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