Denise,
I agree with you but what is happening when there is no food provided? I
recently had a manuscript reviewer take issue with the use of the term to
describe children who were suckling at their mother's breast (these were
adopted children who actively sought breastfeeding from their adoptive
mother see an example at
http://www.mlive.com/news/aanews/index.ssf?/base/news-10/1095086750296950.xm
l thanks to Janice Reynolds for alerting me to the article). Personally I
think it is perfectly acceptable to use the term breastfeeding (but maybe
not breast feeding??? is there a difference) to describe situations where
milk is not necessarily transferred. How many older children breastfeed when
there is no or very little milk??? Is it still breastfeeding? What do people
think?
Karleen Gribble
Australia


> Hi Cathy
> Yes you'll be pleased to know that in Australia dads, aunties, children
and
> even lactation consultants can still nurse someone else's baby, but only
> mothers breastfeed.  Someone on lactnet commented that they preferred the
> term 'nursing' to refer to breastfeeding. I don't.  I feel it's just
> another way of hiding from sight, and hearing, what is happening.  It
> reminds me of the euphemisms my grandmother would use to avoid saying the
> word 'pregnant'.
> Denise
> in Aus

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