Sheila qrote:
>Breastfeeding (UK & US) = Nursing (US)
>Nursing (UK) = working as a nurse

In the UK, the word *nursing* is also used in the sense of *comforting.* A grandmother, for example, might nurse her grandchild by holding/rocking etc. It was quite startling to have a friend offer to nurse my baby while we were visiting in the UK!

norma, the ex-pat Brit who, after 30 yrs in the US, is beginning to lose her accent.

Norma Ritter, IBCLC
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