Yes, we hear about the rich using wet nurses, but I imagine in the day to
day life of a village, eons ago, a not thriving baby would be taken on by
another mom (or mothers), however nobody noticed or wrote about this, it was
probably just everyday commonplace. Or at least that is what I imagine
happened. or hope happened???
PS: it's kind of sad today that there is a resurgence of wet nursing for pay
because a mom thinks she has better/more important things to do. (I'm not
referring to a situation where mom is simply unable for very serious
reasons.)
Sad to think of breast milk becoming "THE" infant "formula" to give . I'm
preaching to the choir of course, who all know there is more to
breastfeeding than the milk. :-) Pat in SNJ
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