http://www.practicingparents.com/2009/10/08/wet-nursing-cross-nursing/ helping you help kids Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:00:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.practicingparents.com/2009/10/08/wet-nursing-cross-nursing/comment-page-1/#comment-7366 reeshiez Sat, 11 Dec 2010 06:47:10 +0000 http://www.practicingparents.com/?p=2012#comment-7366 Cross nursing is very common in Arab culture. Children who are nursed by the same woman become milk siblings and the mother who nurses another persons child becomes that childs milk mother. My two of my aunts crossed nursed there children and I have a few friends who have "milk siblings." I don't see what the big deal is or why it is disgusting. I do think it is preferable for a woman to breastfeed her own child because it creates a strong bond between the two, but if for some reason she cannot, whether it is just occasionally or because she doesn't produce enough milk, then I don't see a problem with it. It is certainly better than giving a baby formula milk. Milk banks seem like a good solution also but cross nursing is definitely more convenient if you know someone willing to do it. Of course women who cross nurse should make sure that they are healthy and free from diseases but other than that, why not. Cross nursing is very common in Arab culture. Children who are nursed by the same woman become milk siblings and the mother who nurses another persons child becomes that childs milk mother. My two of my aunts crossed nursed there children and I have a few friends who have “milk siblings.” I don’t see what the big deal is or why it is disgusting. I do think it is preferable for a woman to breastfeed her own child because it creates a strong bond between the two, but if for some reason she cannot, whether it is just occasionally or because she doesn’t produce enough milk, then I don’t see a problem with it. It is certainly better than giving a baby formula milk. Milk banks seem like a good solution also but cross nursing is definitely more convenient if you know someone willing to do it. Of course women who cross nurse should make sure that they are healthy and free from diseases but other than that, why not.

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