An article about cross nursing:

"Experts have noted an increase in cross-nursing, the breastfeeding of a baby other than your own. According to Lisa Moran, editor of Babytalk magazine, cross-nursing is to be expected."


Got this response:

"How about this for a sensationalistic AOL headline: 'Entire Population of Country Drinks Milk from Teats of Anonymous Bovine'

It is "gross" and "Weird" that we might give human milk (from a person we know and trust) to our human baby, but it goes without comment that we have an entire industry based on taking the "infant formula" from the teats of another species and drinking it, fermenting it, adding bacteria to it, etc. (I am talking about cow's milk here, for those who have not yet caught on). Do people even take a moment to THINK about what they are saying?

Wet nurses have been around for as long as historical records have been kept. Why do we suddenly find this very natural practive "creepy?" mmmmmmm, now pass me a nice cold glass of bovine lactate."

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Now, I'm not tossing my vote into either camp, and since I'm not a parent, it doesn't really matter what I think about it anyway, but this comment made me snicker...and now I share that with you.