Summary: Wet nurses have been around to feed other women’s babies since women started having babies, but in the last few generations wet nurses have fallen out of favor, mostly because of the introduction of formula, among other reasons. In 2007 a small series of articles noted a new minor reemergence of wet nursing, often in the form of cross nursing, when two or more women feed each others' baby in a child care arrangement. In 2009, while on a humanitarian mission to Sierra Leone, Salma Hayek made headlines by breastfeeding a newborn African baby. So what do you think? Is modern day wet nursing weird or wonderful? Articles: "Salma Hayek on Why She Breastfed Another Woman's Baby" by Kimberly Kaplan at ABC News 11 Feb. 2009. "Modern Day Wet Nursing" by Carol Lloyd at Salon.com 26 April 2007. "Not Your Mother's Milk" by Viv Groskop in The Guardian 5 January 2007. Don’t forget to subscribe to all (Over)Thinking Mom posts by RSS or Email. Are you afraid of commitment? That’s okay, you can subscribe to each portion of the blogcast separately. Check out by RSS or Email the once a week Podcast Episode. You can also subscribe through iTunes. If you have liked the podcasts, feel free to leave a review with iTunes. Modern Day Wet Nursing
