Wet Nurses – Have you even nursed someone else’s baby?

I had the chance to nurse a family member’s baby, when she was ill.  It was only one time.   It was a newborn and my baby was 1 year old.

It was weird, because I hadn’t nursed a tiny baby in forever and suddenly my baby seemed HUGE!

It was great, because I was helping someone I loved.

It was normal to me, because it just felt right.

There may be times when we are called upon to nurse a friends baby or a family member’s baby.   Would you do so if the opportunity arose?

Wet Nurse as a job?

This is a whole different type of wet nursing.  I am not opposed to it, but in todays world, there probably is not a large number of such jobs available.  I found a great article in the Williamsburg Magazine about Wet Nurses (search page 19) in historic times. It was interesting to read about the debate about nursing even back then.