Sentences with phrase «as wet nurses»

The researchers suggest that in the South in particular, this aversion to breastfeeding is partially due to the historical tradition of black women serving as wet nurses for white children.

From our role as wet nurses in slavery being forced to breastfeed and nurture our slave owners children often to the detriment of our children, to the lack of mainstream role models and multi-generational support, to our own stereotyping within our community — we have a different dialogue around breastfeeding and it needs special attention.

Someday I'll get a job as a wet nurse for some big celebrity.

Employing wet nurses, which had been a common practice among wealthier women, became less common as wet nursing, most often performed by poor women, immigrants, and women of color, became more stigmatized, and as safer breast milk alternatives, such as sterilized condensed milk, became available.25 Instead, during this «chemical period» in infant feeding, medical authorities took charge, partially by devising complicated «percentage» formulas only they could administer as breast milk replacements.26 As Rima Apple and others have amply shown, the result was the «medicalization of motherhood,» or «scientific motherhood.»

[83] A woman who is engaged to breastfeed another's baby is known as a wet nurse.

Among them was a South American man, observed by Prussian naturalist Alexander von Humboldt, who subbed as wet nurse after his wife fell ill as well as male missionaries in Brazil that were the sole milk supply for their children because their wives had shriveled breasts.

Seeking position as wet nursing nanny - I have a surplus of breastmilk and can assist in breastfeeding.

Lilli's decision to keep her baby leads her to a charity for unwed mothers, a job as a wet nurse and, briefly but most alarmingly, the perilous urban streets.

Not exact matches

Perhaps in the future, Margaret Mead's nod toward wet nursing practices will expand as breastfeeding acceptance becomes universal.

Your child will be better off with you as a happy, responsive, loving mother than the world's most productive wet nurse.

I don't think of my daughter as a heavy wetter because she can use a pocket diaper all night with no doubler even though she wakes up to nurse two or three times.

As long as your baby is nursing well, wetting enough diapers, and gaining weight, it doesn't matter where she falls on the growth chartAs long as your baby is nursing well, wetting enough diapers, and gaining weight, it doesn't matter where she falls on the growth chartas your baby is nursing well, wetting enough diapers, and gaining weight, it doesn't matter where she falls on the growth charts.

It was common as daylight a hundred years ago, when wet nurses were employed by women who couldn't or didn't want to breastfeed.

He is no longer a very heavy wetter, as he is currently self weaning and not nursing as much.

Yeah, did you know the word came about as a reference to wet nurses, lactating women who were employed by a family to feed the infant?

Even if a baby can not nurse direct from the mother, there are options such as expressed milk, wet nursing etc..

However, breastfeeding began to be seen as something too common to be done by royalty, and wet nurses were employed to breastfeed the children of the royal families.

Attitudes to breastfeeding itself began to be seen as common; too common to be done by royalty, even in ancient societies, and wet nurses were employed to breastfeed the children of royal families.

Women who couldn't breastfeed for whatever reason also turned to wet nurses, or lactating women who fed other women's babies out of good will or as a profession.

We think they're the best answer to feeding baby since wet nursing became a full - time profession as long ago as 1745 B.C., say editors at «Newsweek» magazine.

Change moist nursing pads or bras as soon as they get wet, and avoid the routine application of creams and ointments to your nipples.

Your nurses and pediatrician will guide you in watching for wet and dirty diapers, as well as weighing the baby to determine weight loss and gain.

Feeding babies with formula in emergencies must only be considered as a last resort, when other safer options — such as helping non-breastfeeding mothers to reinitiate breastfeeding, finding a wet nurse or pasteurized breast milk from a breast milk bank — have first been fully explored.

A small chance exists that an HIV - positive infant could pass the virus to a wet nurse if the infant had a sore in the mouth or the wet nurse had a breast condition such as cracked nipples.

What information... what advice can you give them as far as becoming a wet nurse or a cross nurse for somebody, you know, what do you have to keep in mind with that?

Meg, as a lactation consultant, why do you think we have this stigma now with wet - nursing or cross-nursing, basically feeding another person's baby?

As long as baby is having appropriate wet and soiled diapers and is waking to nurse for at least some feedings, then likely all is welAs long as baby is having appropriate wet and soiled diapers and is waking to nurse for at least some feedings, then likely all is welas baby is having appropriate wet and soiled diapers and is waking to nurse for at least some feedings, then likely all is well.

Before then wet - nursing would have happened as a matter of course if the mother was ill or absent.

Wealthier women, who had always breastfed less often than other women, now turned to using artificial formulas and cow's milk as it became safer, instead of employing wet nurses.

Experts say it is pretty normal for your newborn to want to nurse all the time — as long as they are having enough wet diapers, seem content when not eating, and are gaining weight.

Other limitations of the included studies were that some studies lacked the distinction between exclusive breastfeeding, defined by the World Health Organization as «the infant has received only breast milk from his / her mother or a wet nurse, or expressed breast milk, and no other liquids or solids, with the exception of drops or syrups consisting of vitamins, mineral supplements or medicines,» and partial breastfeeding, defined by the World Health Organization as «a situation where the baby is receiving some breastfeeds but is also being given other food or food - based fluids, such as formula milk or weaning foods.»

Wet nursing has been documented as early as 2000 BC and continued until the 20th century when the feeding bottle was introduced (Stevens, Patrick & Pickler 2009).

If baby is gaining weight, having wet and dirty diapers as well as seeming content after a nursing session are all good signs.

Many people talk about «necessity» as why wet - nursing was common place, and there is no question that in many cases it would have been a necessity for the baby to live.

Some people might describe wet - nursing as «gross» or «weird», but many people do not realise that women have been wet - nursing since the beginning of time.

As I was nursing on - demand every 2 - 3 hours and my DS was having the proper number of wet diapers, she told me to just ignore the dietitian.

Back in the day, children were breastfed by friends, relatives and even strangers, a common practice referred to as «wet nursing.»

I suggested donor milk, as according to the WHO (2003), when the mother can not or chooses not to breastfeed, the next best alternative is pumped milk from the mother, a wet nurse or donor milk from a human - milk bank, or an approved breast - milk substitute (p. 17).

Lester suggests that you allow baby to nurse as he pleases the first six weeks so you really establish supply, but ensure that transfer is sufficient by his four to six wet and four to six dirty diapers per day.

Using a high - quality (also known as «DSQ» for Diaper Service Quality) prefold diaper will not usually be enough to last an entire night if your baby is a heavy wetter or frequently nurses through the night.

I then suggested donor milk from other mothers (to me this is similar to a wet nurse, except it is pumped), as there are now growing communities online that are devoted to the sharing of breast milk.

Despite technological advances and slowly evolving parenting styles that accommodate them, modern women are often as confined in their homes with their young children as the servants, wet nurses or nannies of the last century were.

You can express a few drops to rub around the nipple and allow to air - dry or simply utilize the time when nursing as a «wet method» of healing.

When the doctor on call finally bolted into the room after being repeatedly paged (Cyndi overheard the nurses say Dr. King was taking forever because of family visiting from out of town), she was wearing a Tie - dye T - shirt and her hair was wet as if she'd just been swimming.

1 «Exclusive breastfeeding» is defined as no other food or drink, not even water, except breast milk (including milk expressed or from a wet nurse) for 6 months of life, but allows the infant to receive ORS, drops and syrups (vitamins, minerals and medicines).

«Predominant breastfeeding» means that the infant's predominant source of nourishment has been breast milk (including milk expressed or from a wet nurse as the predominant source of nourishment).

The World Health Organization defines exclusive breastfeeding as receiving «only breast milk from his / her mother or a wet nurse, or expressed breast milk, and no other liquids or solids with the exception of drops or syrups consisting of vitamins, mineral supplements or medicines» (38).

As she prepares to deliver, and once she starts nursing her babies, Mandy will eat 12 cups of dry puppy food and 2 cans of wet puppy food PER DAY.

The government reports that negligent nursing home conditions — including wet floors and poor lighting — account for as many as one - fourth of all nursing home falls.