I wouldn't be surprised if a pretty high percentage of dads would sort
of like to try nursing the baby.  Why not?  It's obviously a cool
experience, and they're not completely lacking in nurturing impulses.
I'll bet if they fessed up, they wouldn't be totally averse to keeping
the baby happy at breast until mom gets back.  But I suspect it's an
impulse they feel they need to keep deeply buried in our
belch-and-scratch-yourself macho culture.  Kathy D?  Any
cross-cultural stories?

Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC  Ithaca, NY, who'll ask her DH as soon as
he gets home...

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