SIR.—I have so often been grateful to Leslie Adrian that
I cannot allow her to disparage National Dried Milk without protest.
I have never used branded powdered milk; but I understand that National Dried is made under licence by at least two of the commercial firms, and that there is precious little to choose between them.
I've mixed National Dried—and my baby has thrived on it—for the last six months, using no more of a gadget to do so than an ordinary fork, PIO boiling water, and have never had any trouble front `huge globules of fat.' It is true that the fat rises W the top as the bottle cools, but that happens with an ordinary bottle of dairy milk : all you have to do is to shake the bottle a couple of times before givin8 it to the baby. It is advisable to do this anyway, as it means that not only the cream but the heat tsf distributed evenly.
Now that we are not only excused from boill bottles to sterilise them, but also from making ea
:t feed as it is required, and can make one batch f3 the day, the Maw sterilisation unit seems to me to a waste of time—it will take only one bottle, a 3 when the next bottle has to be sterilised another res ing place has to be found for the first one. It is f ,„ easier—and cheaper—to buy a large plastic box froth' Woolworths for 4s. 6d., or thereabouts, that v.-1' take four or five bottles at once. They can then ee rest in their Milton bath after use until they are fished out next morning and refilled.
Incidentally, let me recommend the 'Freflo' poll, thene feeding bottle with a screw top. It is tle chippable, and the teat is kept inverted and clean until needed. Like all other teats they have that mad- dening self-sealing device that Leslie Adrian men- tions—but so have all other rubber teats I have come across, and these are cheaper than most.— You rs faithfully,
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