Something about the story of a strange woman grabbing babies and
breastfeeding them is off to me.

Think about this. UNLESS all those babies grabbed are nursing babies, how
many bottle-feeders would have a clue what to do?

AND if a breastfed baby, how many would happily nurse from any old woman
NOT their mother?  Way back in the dark ages, I tried to nurse a 5 mo old.
He would have NOTHING to do with me.  A 3 mo old did nurse, but he also
would nurse anyone at 18 mo old, too.  (Any port in a storm, I guess)

Most babies have a decided preference for one breast (or two) from one
particular person, not any old breast (or new).

I find this story VERY HARD to swallow--pun intended.  :-)




Def. of LC service: "We are all faced with a series of great opportunities
brilliantly disguised as impossible situations."
Kathleen G. Auerbach,PhD, IBCLC (Homewood, IL)- [log in to unmask]
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