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Breastfeeding 1-2-3

May 14th, 2008

Is Anyone Cross-Nursing or “Shared Feeding”?

Have you breastfed a nursling other than your own? Your sister’s baby or your friend’s? Cross-nursing, or “shared feeding,” continues to be a hot topic, and I have been contacted by a television producer for a major morning news outlet in the United States. Please email me if you are interested in being put in […]

By Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor -- 7 comments

January 6th, 2007

Wet-Nursing and Cross-Nursing Are Becoming Popular

There’s an interesting article entitled “Not Your Mother’s Milk” by Viv Groskop in yesterday’s Guardian on current trends in wet-nursing (hiring someone else to nurse your baby) or the more informal “cross-nursing” or “shared feeding” among close family members and friends. Groskop touches on the morality and legality of the practice around the world, […]

By Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor -- 10 comments