CARE OF MILK IN THE HOME 219 
milk prepared according to the above directions, the 
milk should be diluted with oat meal water instead of 
plain water. The oat meal water is prepared by add- 
ing a tablespoonful of rolled oats to a pint of water 
and boiling the mixture for at least thirty minutes. 
Strain through several thicknesses of cheese cloth and 
use the filtrate. The use of oat meal water in place 
of plain water in diluting milk is especially recommended 
for babies over three months of age when a more con- 
centrated ration should be fed. The addition of cream 
is also desirable with advancing age. 
One important precaution in successful baby feeding 
is to wash the nipples and bottles in hot water to which 
some alkali has been added, and to keep them well steril- 
ized by boiling them in water. Frequent boiling in lime 
water is desirable. 
