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Page 41
BREAD, CRACKERS AND CAKES
_What forms of breadstuffs are best suited to young children?_
Fresh bread should not be given, but stale bread cut thin and freshly
dried in the oven until it is crisp is very useful, also zwieback, the
unsweetened being preferred. Oatmeal, graham or gluten crackers and
the Huntley and Palmer breakfast biscuits, stale rolls, or corn bread
which has been split and toasted or dried till crisp, form a
sufficient variety for most children.
_What breadstuffs should be forbidden?_
All hot breads, all fresh rolls, all buckwheat and other griddle
cakes, all fresh sweet cakes, especially those covered with icing and
those containing dried fruits. A stale lady-finger or piece of sponge
cake is about as far in the matter of cakes as it is wise to go with
children up to seven or eight years old.
DESSERTS
_What desserts may be given to young children?_
Mistakes are more often made here than in any other part of the
child's diet. Up to six or seven years, only junket, plain rice
pudding without raisins, plain custard and, not more than once a week,
a small amount of ice cream.
_What should be especially forbidden?_
All pies, tarts and pastry of every description, jam, syrups and
preserved fruits; nuts, candy and dried fruits.
_Does "a little" do any harm?_
Yes, in that it develops a taste for this sort of food, after which
plainer food is taken with less relish. Besides the "little" is very
apt soon to become a good deal.
_Does not the child's instinctive craving for sweets indicate his need
of them?_
That a child likes or craves sweets is the usual excuse of an
indulgent parent. Every child likes his own way, but that is no reason
why he should not be trained to obedience and self-control; a child's
fondness for sweets can hardly be considered a normal instinct. As a
matter of fact, supported by everyday experience, no causes are
productive of more disorders of digestion than the free indulgence in
desserts and sweets by young children. It is a constantly increasing
tendency, not easily controlled as a child grows older; and in early
childhood, the only safe rule is to give none at all.
FRUITS
_Are fruits an essential or important part of the diet?_
They are a very important part and should be begun in infancy. They
are particularly useful for the effect they have upon the bowels. It
is important that they should be selected with care and given with
much discretion, especially in cities. In the country where fruit is
absolutely fresh, a somewhat greater latitude may be allowed than is
given below.
_What fruits may safely be given to children up to five years old?_
As a general rule, only cooked fruits and the juices of fresh fruits.
_What fruit juices may be used?_
That from sweet oranges is the best, but the fresh juice of grape
fruit, peaches, strawberries and raspberries may also be used.
_What stewed fruits may be given?_
Stewed or baked apples, prunes, pears, peaches and apricots.
_What raw fruits are to be particularly avoided with young children?_
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