I too would be very interested in any scholarly publications that discuss
how wet nursing/ cross nursing is accepted outside of the West.
I would like to add another anecdote  similar to Phyllis'
I know an adoptive mum, never previously breastfed, whose son adopted at 5
months took to breastfeeding immediate post-placement. The mum wanted
reassurance that her son was suckling correctly and on one occasion got her
sister ot breastfeed him briefly to see whether it felt right to her (it
did). I admit to wishing when my daughter finally started breastfeeding (at
3.5 years and 3 months post placement) that I could 'borrow' a breastfeeding
toddler to help me to remember what breastfeeding felt like.
Karleen Gribble
Australia

> Another LC reported this hospital pediatrics situation: Two Hispanic moms
> were tending their babies in the same room. One was experienced & her baby
> was 2-3 months old. One was new, a U-turn baby, back in the hospital 24
> hours after discharge. LC had been called to assist the new mom/baby pair.
> During the discussion, there was a side conversation in Spanish between
the
> two moms. Two hours later, when the LC returned, new baby was nursing like
> a champ. After the LC left, the moms had switched babies. The older baby
> taught new mom and the experienced mom taught the newborn. Then when the
> newborn went back to new mom, they "got it". Yes, they were strangers to
> each other, which makes the rest of us cringe at the potential risks. But
> to them, it made perfect sense and solved new mom's problem. Experienced
> mom was doing what she would do back home.

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