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Pennsylvania mom Jessica Colletti says breast-feeding is so nice, she’s doing it twice — for her own son and a friend’s. And the friend likes the plan so much, she moved in with Colletti and her husband.
“It just seemed like the natural thing to do because I was already breast-feeding my son,” said Colletti.
The milky situation started last year after Colletti met Charlie Interrante, 25, at a magazine photo shoot for new mothers, and Interrante mentioned her trouble nursing her son, Mateo, now 18 months old.Interrante wasn’t able to pump her own milk for Mateo at her job as a barber, and Mateo had trouble digesting formula, Colletti said.
I've seen this discussed more and more frequently and am curious how many women (families) would actually consider doing this? I guess it takes a lot of trust to do so, but I'd be so concerned about illness as a result of my child drinking a "stranger's" breast milk.
I've seen this discussed more and more frequently and am curious how many women (families) would actually consider doing this? I guess it takes a lot of trust to do so, but I'd be so concerned about illness as a result of my child drinking a "stranger's" breast milk.
I wouldn't do it as a matter of course...but yeah....if I was watching a baby and that's what there was I wouldn't think twice.
I don't even know what to say about the stranger sickness bit...first a friend is not a stranger....and in first world countries there isn't much risk other than if certain prescription drugs are being used....and even then.....
I don't know. I wouldn't ask someone else because of diseases. My brother and his wife said they almost asked me one time when the sil thought she was surgically going to have to have a kidney stone removed. She ended up not needing the surgery and I didn't get asked. I remember thinking it would have messed up my milk supply because my nephew needed a lot of milk compared to my younger and smaller child. My child was two months and my nephew was six weeks older.
I don't know. I wouldn't ask someone else because of diseases. My brother and his wife said they almost asked me one time when the sil thought she was surgically going to have to have a kidney stone removed. She ended up not needing the surgery and I didn't get asked. I remember thinking it would have messed up my milk supply because my nephew needed a lot of milk compared to my younger and smaller child. My child was two months and my nephew was six weeks older.
Most women can nurse two...milk supply increases...and really....a 6 week age difference?
I would if the mum asked me to. And I'd be ok with a friend breastfeeding my child but that's quite an awkward thing to bring up in conversation really.
I'd be so concerned about illness as a result of my child drinking a "stranger's" breast milk.
Unless the woman is the carrier of a communicable disease - then I am not sure what basis such a concern would have. What form of infections or illnesses are you predicting exactly - as I would hate to comment further without being clear what it is you actually mean. It is hard to allay concerns without a clear picture of what those concerns are.
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Oh god another one of those women who think they walk on water for producing milk in their boobs.
I am not getting that from it at all. Maybe projecting?
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16 and 18 months....neither need formula or breast milk. They can both eat to meet their nutritional needs.
But of course "can" is not synonymous with "should". There is nothing wrong with breast feeding at those ages - and there are many groups including WHO that recommend breast milk some distance past these ages.
I don't know what the big deal is about this issue. In the past there were 'wet nurses' for just this reason.
I believe that years and years ago many wealthy women would hire wet nurses to fed their babies so they wouldn't have the hassle.
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