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Patricia Gima asked:
>In Australia or elsewhere, where nursing hasn't meant feeding a baby at the
>breast, what was the term used before bottles necessitated a distinction?
>Old-time language?
The oldest infant care books I have are two my mother used in the 40s and
50s (great for a laugh, these days), and do use the word 'nursing' in
places (the older one is basically by a British/New Zealander - Sir F.
Truby King), but the most common term for breastfeeding seems to be
'natural feeding' as opposed to 'artificial feeding'. I guess before
bottles existed in a big way, it was just referred to as 'feeding'.
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Joy Anderson B.Sc. Dip.Ed. Grad.Dip.Med.Tech. IBCLC
Nursing Mothers' Association of Australia Breastfeeding Counsellor
Perth, Western Australia. Email <[log in to unmask]>
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