Shannon, welcome to Lactnet, and thank you for sharing this case with us.

Your client can hold the baby on her bare chest, with baby in just a
diaper--skin to skin--and do lots of snuggling.  The baby will most likely
go to the breast after being accustomed to the smell of this new mother.

I would encourage the mother to do this, and to breastfeed this little one,
while gently, slowly introducing a bottle so that baby's feeding doesn't
have to be solely at her breast.

There is also a possibility that baby could accept some solid foods (early,
I know) in a month or so and lessen the feeding requirements for the mother.

Don't worry about transmission.  In my opinion, that issue is overplayed.
Milk from a relative's mother is far less a threat to health than modified
milk from another species.  With stimulation from feeding or pumping she
can make enough milk for both babies, just as if she had twins--or triplets.

Pat Gima, IBCLC
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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