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>This discussion reminds me of how American I have become.
>When I grew up in Australia if you wanted to hold some one's
>baby you would ask " Oh can I nurse him / her"? meaning just
>to hold the baby in your lap (and perhaps feed it the bottle).
> Now of course since living in the US nursing a baby is
>synonomous with breastfeeding and I would certainly do a
>double-take if I heard a man or a child ask if they could
>"nurse" the baby.
Oh, this takes me back! Not to Australia but to rural Southern Ontario.
This is how my mother, grandmother and aunts referred to holding and
cuddling a baby. I have heard "nurse" used this way in a long while.
Judith
Judith Hayman, RN, IBCLC, BSc, BScN
Public Health Nurse & Lactation Consultant
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